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Fake Website Posing as Sony’s Soneium Blockchain Reportedly Found in Google Search
To lure victims, malicious actors are now reportedly circulating harmful links that appear in Google search results for 'Soneium.' The crypto community has been warned to avoid any suspicious sites imitating Soneium.
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Cyber Criminals Have New Tool ‘Drainer’ to Rob Crypto Holders, Beware of Web3 Ads on Google, X
Crypto hackers have reportedly been able to rob 63,210 victims so far and have managed to get away with a stolen wealth of $59 million (roughly Rs. 490 crores) between March and November this year via ‘Drainers’.
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Google Sues Scammers Over Fake Bard AI Chatbot That Downloads Malware
Alphabet’s Google is suing five unidentified scammers who tricked people looking for Google’s artificial intelligence chatbot Bard into downloading malware onto their computers. In a lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California, Google claimed the scammers set up social media accounts encouraging people to download a fake version of Bar...
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Crypto Fraudsters Exploiting Ads on Google Search Results for Scam Websites: Expert
Crypto scammers are exploiting people’s tendencies to interact with Google ads to hunt for victims. Cyber researcher who goes by the username of @0xngmi has sounded an alert about an ongoing scam on Google Search. “But Google has failed to take any action,” the researcher posted as part of their X thread.
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Crypto Scammers Fishing Victims on Android, iOS Via ChatGPT, Other AI Tools: Sophos
Crypto scammers are increasingly leveraging the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT to breach the security protocols offered by Google and Apple, targeting members of the crypto community via fake apps. A total of seven malicious apps have been identified by Sophos that were available on Apple’s App Store and Google Play Stor...
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Scammers Breach Official South Korean YouTube Channel, Play Elon Musk Clips Discussing Crypto
A YouTube channel belonging to Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism was recently breached. Once the controls to this channel were accessed, the hackers renamed the channel ‘SpaceX Invest’. Soon after, videos of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk discussing cryptocurrencies began playing on-loop on the hacked channel.
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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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Email Scams Are Getting More Personal – They Even Fool Cybersecurity Experts
Email scams are getting more personal, as scammers have begun targeting users with personalised messages. LinkedIn accounted for 52 percent of all phishing scams globally in Q1 2022, while data from Google Safe Browsing reveals there are now nearly 75 times as many phishing sites as there are malware sites. Con artists are using new, chilling tacti...
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Google Sues Puppy Scammer. This Is How He Targeted US' Elderly
Internet users beware! An alleged puppy fraud scheme has recently come to Google's notice.
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Google Sues Puppy Scammer After Tip From AARP; Scammer Used Services to Sell Fake Pets
Google is suing an alleged puppy scammer who used its services to sell fake pets online. The scammer used Gmail and Google Voice accounts to fool his victims and request payments.
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Russian Crypto Scammers Targeting YouTube, Google Researchers Warn
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has identified malicious scams thriving on the platform. Scammers are trying to hijack YouTube channel credentials from people, to use these hacked channels to peddle crypto scams and other malicious content.
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As Pandemic Pushes Digital Payments, Online Frauds Become More Common in India
Digital payment frauds and online financial attacks in India are getting bigger these days. People are complaining about fake Paytm KYC messages and calls. However, the lack of awareness and the absence of concrete data and IT policies are making it easier for fraudsters to steal people’s hard-earned money.
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Ripple Sues YouTube Over Cryptocurrency Scams
The lawsuit appears poised to raise a fresh challenge around the controversial Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which shields Google, Facebook and other internet companies from liability for material that users post on their platforms.
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Facebook, Google, and Other Internet Giants Fight Spread of Coronavirus Misinformation
Google, Facebook and other platforms are struggling to keep ahead of scammers, trolls, and others with ill intent who routinely use major tragedies or disasters as opportunities to swindle or manipulate people.
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Google Blocked Over 1.9 Billion Malware Installs From Non-Play Store Sources Last Year
Google has been taking steps towards safeguarding the Play Store from all kinds of malware and frauds. According to the company, it prevented more than 1.9 billion malware installs from non-Google Play sources in 2019.
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Fake Website Posing as Sony’s Soneium Blockchain Reportedly Found in Google Search
To lure victims, malicious actors are now reportedly circulating harmful links that appear in Google search results for 'Soneium.' The crypto community has been warned to avoid any suspicious sites imitating Soneium.
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Cyber Criminals Have New Tool ‘Drainer’ to Rob Crypto Holders, Beware of Web3 Ads on Google, X
Crypto hackers have reportedly been able to rob 63,210 victims so far and have managed to get away with a stolen wealth of $59 million (roughly Rs. 490 crores) between March and November this year via ‘Drainers’.
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Google Sues Scammers Over Fake Bard AI Chatbot That Downloads Malware
Alphabet’s Google is suing five unidentified scammers who tricked people looking for Google’s artificial intelligence chatbot Bard into downloading malware onto their computers. In a lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California, Google claimed the scammers set up social media accounts encouraging people to download a fake version of Bar...
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Crypto Fraudsters Exploiting Ads on Google Search Results for Scam Websites: Expert
Crypto scammers are exploiting people’s tendencies to interact with Google ads to hunt for victims. Cyber researcher who goes by the username of @0xngmi has sounded an alert about an ongoing scam on Google Search. “But Google has failed to take any action,” the researcher posted as part of their X thread.
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Crypto Scammers Fishing Victims on Android, iOS Via ChatGPT, Other AI Tools: Sophos
Crypto scammers are increasingly leveraging the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT to breach the security protocols offered by Google and Apple, targeting members of the crypto community via fake apps. A total of seven malicious apps have been identified by Sophos that were available on Apple’s App Store and Google Play Stor...
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Scammers Breach Official South Korean YouTube Channel, Play Elon Musk Clips Discussing Crypto
A YouTube channel belonging to Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism was recently breached. Once the controls to this channel were accessed, the hackers renamed the channel ‘SpaceX Invest’. Soon after, videos of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk discussing cryptocurrencies began playing on-loop on the hacked channel.
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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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Email Scams Are Getting More Personal – They Even Fool Cybersecurity Experts
Email scams are getting more personal, as scammers have begun targeting users with personalised messages. LinkedIn accounted for 52 percent of all phishing scams globally in Q1 2022, while data from Google Safe Browsing reveals there are now nearly 75 times as many phishing sites as there are malware sites. Con artists are using new, chilling tacti...
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Google Sues Puppy Scammer. This Is How He Targeted US' Elderly
Internet users beware! An alleged puppy fraud scheme has recently come to Google's notice.
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Google Sues Puppy Scammer After Tip From AARP; Scammer Used Services to Sell Fake Pets
Google is suing an alleged puppy scammer who used its services to sell fake pets online. The scammer used Gmail and Google Voice accounts to fool his victims and request payments.
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Russian Crypto Scammers Targeting YouTube, Google Researchers Warn
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has identified malicious scams thriving on the platform. Scammers are trying to hijack YouTube channel credentials from people, to use these hacked channels to peddle crypto scams and other malicious content.
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As Pandemic Pushes Digital Payments, Online Frauds Become More Common in India
Digital payment frauds and online financial attacks in India are getting bigger these days. People are complaining about fake Paytm KYC messages and calls. However, the lack of awareness and the absence of concrete data and IT policies are making it easier for fraudsters to steal people’s hard-earned money.
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Ripple Sues YouTube Over Cryptocurrency Scams
The lawsuit appears poised to raise a fresh challenge around the controversial Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which shields Google, Facebook and other internet companies from liability for material that users post on their platforms.
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Facebook, Google, and Other Internet Giants Fight Spread of Coronavirus Misinformation
Google, Facebook and other platforms are struggling to keep ahead of scammers, trolls, and others with ill intent who routinely use major tragedies or disasters as opportunities to swindle or manipulate people.
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Google Blocked Over 1.9 Billion Malware Installs From Non-Play Store Sources Last Year
Google has been taking steps towards safeguarding the Play Store from all kinds of malware and frauds. According to the company, it prevented more than 1.9 billion malware installs from non-Google Play sources in 2019.
