Retailers are facing a new breed of scammers using bomb threats to achieve their goals. As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Sunday (June 25), these criminals are targeting chains like Kroger, Walmart and Whole Foods, in some cases demanding money gift cards or bitcoin and threatening to set off bombs...
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a press release warning financial institutions (FIs) and consumers about pandemic-related scams, including some connected to cryptocurrency. FinCEN warns that bad actors “are engaged in fraudulent schemes that exploit vulnerabilities created by the pandemic.” That includes malware and...
Cybercriminals impersonated the voice of an energy company’s chief executive and demanded an urgent transfer of $243,000 – and it worked, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Cybercrime experts are calling it one of the most unusual crimes ever perpetrated using artificial...
Two Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) agents have been charged for their alleged involvement in a bitcoin extortion scam. According to Hard Fork, Sergey Belousov and Aleksey Kolbov, who worked as anti-fraud agents, are being charged with allegedly using their power to blackmail Erast Galumov,...
June 28, 2024
The hackers who struck car dealership software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform CDK Global on June 18 and 19 are reportedly affiliated with a Russia-based group called BlackSuit. This cybercriminal group has been tied to 96 extortion efforts since May 2023 and has likely committed dozens more, Bloomberg reported Friday (June 28). BlackSuit includes members who were formerly affiliated with cyber gangs […]
June 25, 2023
Retailers are facing a new breed of scammers using bomb threats to achieve their goals. As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Sunday (June 25), these criminals are targeting chains like Kroger, Walmart and Whole Foods,...
August 02, 2020
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a press release warning financial institutions (FIs) and consumers about pandemic-related scams, including some connected to cryptocurrency. FinCEN warns that bad actors “are...
August 30, 2019
Cybercriminals impersonated the voice of an energy company’s chief executive and demanded an urgent transfer of $243,000 – and it worked, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal....
