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FBI Issues Urgent Warning For Chrome, Safari And Edge Users: Scammers Are Targeting You
The FBI has issued a warning to online shoppers as holiday season scams surge, with an 89% increase in fraudulent websites reported.
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FBI Warns Of Bomb Threats From Russia At US Voting Sites
The FBI warned of bomb threats at polling stations in "multiple" US states on Election Day, adding that none were credible but many appeared to originate from Russia.
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YouTube Spammed with Tim Cook’s Deep Fake Videos Promoting Crypto Scam During Apple’s Glowtime Event
Taking advantage of the hype around Apple’s 'Glowtime' event on September 9, hackers deployed deepfake videos on YouTube to target potential victims. These fraudulent videos were designed to capture the attention of Apple enthusiasts searching online to stream the launch of the flagship iPhone 16 models.
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Crypto Fraud Increased 45 Percent in 2023 to $5.6 Billion, FBI Says
The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center received nearly 69,500 complaints from consumers in the US and abroad last year. Call center frauds, such as government impersonation scams, accounted for about 10 percent of cryptocurrency losses.
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North Korean Hackers Intensifying Attacks on Crypto Sector, FBI Warns
The FBI has said that North Korean hackers are increasingly deploying sophisticated hack attacks over the crypto sector. The aim of these hackers, as per the FBI, is to steal hefty crypto reserves from firms that are operating services around digital assets.
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FBI Issues Warning on Surge in Crypto Investment Scams, Reports 53 Percent Increase Over the Past Year
Crypto investment scams rose substantially last year. The FBI said it received 8,80,400 financial scam complaints last year with the amount of loss coming close to $12.5 billion (roughly Rs. 1,03,428 crore).
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War In Israel Raised Threat For Americans To "Another Level": FBI Director
The Israel-Hamas war has heightened the threat of attacks in the United States, raising particular concerns for the Jewish and Muslim communities, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned Tuesday.
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Ex-US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Warns Of Potential Terror "Sleeper Cells" In US Amid Israel-Hamas War
Former US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday warned that there might be terrorist sleeper cells hiding in the United States and waiting for the order to strike during the unprecedented illegal immigration at the southern border.
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US Warns Its Space Industry Against Cyberattacks, Hacking by Foreign Entities
US counterintelligence agencies on Friday warned the American space industry to guard against efforts by foreign intelligence entities to steal research and trade secrets as they try to boost their own countries' space programs. US authorities have for years said Chinese hackers are targeting US space know-how, including having accessed computers ...
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Avoid Using Free Charging Stations At Airports And Hotels, FBI Warns
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned people not to connect to the free power but instead carry their own chargers and USB cord that plug into an outlet.
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Crypto Criminals Not on Holiday, Scams Like 3Commas and ‘Pig Butchering’ Continue to Strike
Even a couple of days before the industrially quaky year of 2022 ends, news and warning around crypto crimes have made it to the headlines. This week, the private API details of around 100,000 users of 3Commas were leaked online leading to millions in loss. The attack was in operation since October.
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FBI Issues Warning to Investors About the Vulnerability of DeFi Platforms to Exploits
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released new warnings for investors in decentralised finance (DeFi) platforms which have been targeted with $1.3 billion (roughly Rs. 10,383 crore) in exploits within the first quarter of 2022.
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Apple, Google Need to Submit Details on Tackling Fake Crypto Apps, US Lawmakers Reach Out
US authorities have reached out to big tech giants Apple and Google, in a bid to check if the companies are proactively monitoring crypto apps available to their users for downloads. The letters, addressed to Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai come in the backdrop of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warning that has recently claimed that fake crypto...
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UK's Spy Agency, FBI Bosses Flag China Threat In Rare Joint Address
The heads of MI5 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned Wednesday about China's commercial espionage thrust in the West, in a rare joint address at the British intelligence service's London headquarters.
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Crypto Fraudsters Swarming to LinkedIn Pose ‘Significant Threat’: FBI’s Sean Ragan
The FBI has warned LinkedIn users against falling into the traps of crypto scammers that are fishing for victims on the job-seeking platform. Crypto fraudsters on LinkedIn have been known to direct victims to legit crypto investment platforms, give them advise on proper investments, gain their trust over some months, and then convince them to move ...
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FBI Issues Urgent Warning For Chrome, Safari And Edge Users: Scammers Are Targeting You
The FBI has issued a warning to online shoppers as holiday season scams surge, with an 89% increase in fraudulent websites reported.
-
FBI Warns Of Bomb Threats From Russia At US Voting Sites
The FBI warned of bomb threats at polling stations in "multiple" US states on Election Day, adding that none were credible but many appeared to originate from Russia.
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YouTube Spammed with Tim Cook’s Deep Fake Videos Promoting Crypto Scam During Apple’s Glowtime Event
Taking advantage of the hype around Apple’s 'Glowtime' event on September 9, hackers deployed deepfake videos on YouTube to target potential victims. These fraudulent videos were designed to capture the attention of Apple enthusiasts searching online to stream the launch of the flagship iPhone 16 models.
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Crypto Fraud Increased 45 Percent in 2023 to $5.6 Billion, FBI Says
The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center received nearly 69,500 complaints from consumers in the US and abroad last year. Call center frauds, such as government impersonation scams, accounted for about 10 percent of cryptocurrency losses.
-
North Korean Hackers Intensifying Attacks on Crypto Sector, FBI Warns
The FBI has said that North Korean hackers are increasingly deploying sophisticated hack attacks over the crypto sector. The aim of these hackers, as per the FBI, is to steal hefty crypto reserves from firms that are operating services around digital assets.
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FBI Issues Warning on Surge in Crypto Investment Scams, Reports 53 Percent Increase Over the Past Year
Crypto investment scams rose substantially last year. The FBI said it received 8,80,400 financial scam complaints last year with the amount of loss coming close to $12.5 billion (roughly Rs. 1,03,428 crore).
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War In Israel Raised Threat For Americans To "Another Level": FBI Director
The Israel-Hamas war has heightened the threat of attacks in the United States, raising particular concerns for the Jewish and Muslim communities, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned Tuesday.
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Ex-US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Warns Of Potential Terror "Sleeper Cells" In US Amid Israel-Hamas War
Former US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday warned that there might be terrorist sleeper cells hiding in the United States and waiting for the order to strike during the unprecedented illegal immigration at the southern border.
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US Warns Its Space Industry Against Cyberattacks, Hacking by Foreign Entities
US counterintelligence agencies on Friday warned the American space industry to guard against efforts by foreign intelligence entities to steal research and trade secrets as they try to boost their own countries' space programs. US authorities have for years said Chinese hackers are targeting US space know-how, including having accessed computers ...
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Avoid Using Free Charging Stations At Airports And Hotels, FBI Warns
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned people not to connect to the free power but instead carry their own chargers and USB cord that plug into an outlet.
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Crypto Criminals Not on Holiday, Scams Like 3Commas and ‘Pig Butchering’ Continue to Strike
Even a couple of days before the industrially quaky year of 2022 ends, news and warning around crypto crimes have made it to the headlines. This week, the private API details of around 100,000 users of 3Commas were leaked online leading to millions in loss. The attack was in operation since October.
-
FBI Issues Warning to Investors About the Vulnerability of DeFi Platforms to Exploits
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released new warnings for investors in decentralised finance (DeFi) platforms which have been targeted with $1.3 billion (roughly Rs. 10,383 crore) in exploits within the first quarter of 2022.
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Apple, Google Need to Submit Details on Tackling Fake Crypto Apps, US Lawmakers Reach Out
US authorities have reached out to big tech giants Apple and Google, in a bid to check if the companies are proactively monitoring crypto apps available to their users for downloads. The letters, addressed to Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai come in the backdrop of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warning that has recently claimed that fake crypto...
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UK's Spy Agency, FBI Bosses Flag China Threat In Rare Joint Address
The heads of MI5 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned Wednesday about China's commercial espionage thrust in the West, in a rare joint address at the British intelligence service's London headquarters.
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Crypto Fraudsters Swarming to LinkedIn Pose ‘Significant Threat’: FBI’s Sean Ragan
The FBI has warned LinkedIn users against falling into the traps of crypto scammers that are fishing for victims on the job-seeking platform. Crypto fraudsters on LinkedIn have been known to direct victims to legit crypto investment platforms, give them advise on proper investments, gain their trust over some months, and then convince them to move ...
