Phishing Scam

"No one can trace this number. It is fake...," a scammer confesses, rattled after his mark turns the tables on him, in a video that has gone viral on X.

The fraudulent message urges recipients to respond within 24 hours to avoid the parcel being returned, and includes a web link.

In March this year, Scam Sniffer stated in its crypto phishing report that about 57,000 victims lost approximately $47 million (roughly Rs. 392 crore) to crypto phishing scams – with most percentage of scams facilitated by scammers working on X.

Apple revealed its efforts to prevent fraudulent transactions via the App Store between 2020 and 2023 on Tuesday. The Cupertino-based tech giant highlighted the rise of digital threats and the measures it has taken to protect users from falling for scams and phishing attacks. The company said it has prevented transaction frauds in the App Store tot...

Google is reportedly working on a new warning message for Google Messages that can prevent users from falling for a phishing scam or unknowingly installing malware on their devices. This feature will be triggered whenever the user clicks on a link sent by a number not saved in the Contacts. The new warning message is said to require users to take a...

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).

LinkedIn has emerged as the platform of choice for phishing scams, with many North Korean hackers posing as recruiters.

Cybersecurity expert Marijus Briedis from NordVPN has explained that this scam preys on users' emotions, particularly grief and loss, to lure them into clicking on malicious links.

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’.

Vishing is a form of cyber crime that involves "voice" and "phishing". The scammers deceive people by talking quickly and persuasively on phone to catch them off guard.

Government sites from India, Nigeria, Egypt, Colombia, Brazil, Vietnam, and other countries are redirecting visitors to scam MetaMask sites. The websites of the Nigerian Postal Service and the Municipal Corporation of Ambala are amongst those that are redirecting visitors to the fake website, disguised as the original site for the digital wallet pl...

In a sign that no person or institution is too big for scamsters, the name of the Supreme Court is now being misused to steal people's personal details and confidential data. The registry of the Supreme Court has issued an advisory.

Blockchain Capital's X account was compromised by hackers on Wednesday. Scammers published a post promoting a fake crypto token on the microblogging platform. A link to a malicious website was also published along with the post, aiming to phish unsuspecting victims. It seems that Blockchain Capital has managed to regain access to its verified handl...

The Twitter handle of Uniswap founder Hayden Adams was hacked earlier, exposing over 254,000 of his followers to financial risks. Notorious cyber actors who targeted Adams’ account, tweeted that Uniswap’s Permit2 contract was anonymously exploited, bringing users’ tokens at risk. The scammers were trying to get Uniswap users to click on an in...

India’s CoinDCX crypto exchange has upgraded its crypto wallet service Okto with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies to increase the safety of its users’ funds against phishing scams and hacks. It is, however, noteworthy, that AI and ML on Okto will analyse how users interact with their devices, applications, and...

"No one can trace this number. It is fake...," a scammer confesses, rattled after his mark turns the tables on him, in a video that has gone viral on X.

The fraudulent message urges recipients to respond within 24 hours to avoid the parcel being returned, and includes a web link.

In March this year, Scam Sniffer stated in its crypto phishing report that about 57,000 victims lost approximately $47 million (roughly Rs. 392 crore) to crypto phishing scams – with most percentage of scams facilitated by scammers working on X.

Apple revealed its efforts to prevent fraudulent transactions via the App Store between 2020 and 2023 on Tuesday. The Cupertino-based tech giant highlighted the rise of digital threats and the measures it has taken to protect users from falling for scams and phishing attacks. The company said it has prevented transaction frauds in the App Store tot...

Google is reportedly working on a new warning message for Google Messages that can prevent users from falling for a phishing scam or unknowingly installing malware on their devices. This feature will be triggered whenever the user clicks on a link sent by a number not saved in the Contacts. The new warning message is said to require users to take a...

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).

LinkedIn has emerged as the platform of choice for phishing scams, with many North Korean hackers posing as recruiters.

Cybersecurity expert Marijus Briedis from NordVPN has explained that this scam preys on users' emotions, particularly grief and loss, to lure them into clicking on malicious links.

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’.

Vishing is a form of cyber crime that involves "voice" and "phishing". The scammers deceive people by talking quickly and persuasively on phone to catch them off guard.

Government sites from India, Nigeria, Egypt, Colombia, Brazil, Vietnam, and other countries are redirecting visitors to scam MetaMask sites. The websites of the Nigerian Postal Service and the Municipal Corporation of Ambala are amongst those that are redirecting visitors to the fake website, disguised as the original site for the digital wallet pl...

In a sign that no person or institution is too big for scamsters, the name of the Supreme Court is now being misused to steal people's personal details and confidential data. The registry of the Supreme Court has issued an advisory.

Blockchain Capital's X account was compromised by hackers on Wednesday. Scammers published a post promoting a fake crypto token on the microblogging platform. A link to a malicious website was also published along with the post, aiming to phish unsuspecting victims. It seems that Blockchain Capital has managed to regain access to its verified handl...

The Twitter handle of Uniswap founder Hayden Adams was hacked earlier, exposing over 254,000 of his followers to financial risks. Notorious cyber actors who targeted Adams’ account, tweeted that Uniswap’s Permit2 contract was anonymously exploited, bringing users’ tokens at risk. The scammers were trying to get Uniswap users to click on an in...

India’s CoinDCX crypto exchange has upgraded its crypto wallet service Okto with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies to increase the safety of its users’ funds against phishing scams and hacks. It is, however, noteworthy, that AI and ML on Okto will analyse how users interact with their devices, applications, and...