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Valentine’s Day Scams Woo the Lonely-Hearted
A quarter of Valentine’s Day-themed spam emails intercepted by Bitdefender's filters were identified as scams aimed at defrauding recipients ...
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China continues Pig-Butchering Crack-down
One of my techniques for keeping current on Cybercrime trends is having an "interesting" collection of international news ticklers. This story came to me via X:CyberScamMonitor via a QQ account called "onCambodia." ...
How to Combat ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams with Decision Intelligence
Noam Zitzman | | crypto crime, decision intelligence, Fraud, human trafficking, law enforcement, machine learning, online romance scam, pig butchering, third-party scam
Ever since people started exchanging goods and services, there has been a risk of one party scamming the other. And there has always been a risk of a third party scamming both ...
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Fraud schemes explained: Proxy Phantom, Pig Butchering, and Crypto Cashout
Sift Trust and Safety Team | | account takeovers, crypto cashout, Data & Insights, Fraud, fraud rings, fraud schemes, pig butchering, proxy phantom
Discover the latest fraud schemes and learn best practices to protect your business and customers from evolving threats. The post Fraud schemes explained: Proxy Phantom, Pig Butchering, and Crypto Cashout appeared first ...
Top takeaways from TrustCon 2023
Discover insights from TrustCon 2023, including generative AI's role in fraud prevention and content moderation. The post Top takeaways from TrustCon 2023 appeared first on Sift Blog ...
Cybercriminals Cause Heartbreak on Valentine’s Day
Nathan Eddy | | cybercriminals, Phishing, pig butchering, Pig Butchering Scams, Spam, valentine's day
Many people look for love or companionship online, and Valentine’s Day presents the perfect opportunity for digital crooks to take advantage of vulnerable lonely hearts. A report from Bitdefender found Valentine’s Day-themed ...
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Personal Cybersecurity Concerns for 2023
Social-Engineer | | bec, business email compromise, cybercrime, Cybersecurity Concerns for 2023, General Social Engineer Blog, Impersonation scams, Infosec, pig butchering, social engineering
Not too long ago, many of us thought that cybersecurity was something for corporations to worry about. Perhaps we thought, […] ...
Digital Trust & Safety Roundup: Holiday fraud threats, recession-era fraudsters, and crypto under fire
Sift Trust and Safety Team | | Account Fraud, account takeover, ATO, Crypto, Digital Trust & Safety, Fraud, fraud prevention, Holiday Fraud, payment fraud, pig butchering, trust and safety
Sift experts discuss the fraud threats during an economically uncertain holiday season and crypto’s consumer trust problem. The post Digital Trust & Safety Roundup: Holiday fraud threats, recession-era fraudsters, and crypto under ...
Digital Trust & Safety Roundup: Crypto scams, policy abuse, and deep web dangers
Sift Trust and Safety Team | | Account Fraud, account takeover, ATO, Crypto, Data & Insights, deep web, Fraud, fraud prevention, pig butchering, policy abuse, Scams
Read about the latest scam trends, preventing policy abuse, and the dangers that lurk on the deep web. The post Digital Trust & Safety Roundup: Crypto scams, policy abuse, and deep web ...
Please stop calling all Crypto Scams "Pig Butchering!"
Lately there has been a media-driven craze in the fraud community to call every crypto-investment scam "Pig Butchering." I hope you will join me in canceling that term after you read this ...