More than 2,000 victims lost money through fake goods sold online, cold-calls, SMS messages and other types of types of fraud, according to the UK agency Action Fraud, which enables people to report if they are a victim of cybercrime or fraud.
May 31, 2020 : Forbes
Microsoft is warning of a major new COVID-19 phishing campaign using malicious Excel macros to achieve remote access of victims’ machines via a legitimate support tool.
May 21, 2020 : Info Security
The pandemic has shifted everything. And according to Jeff Bender, vice president of digital solutions at Diebold Nixdorf, the financial services landscape will be forever altered. “When we look at a post-COVID-19 world,” he said, “there’s no doubt that the global pandemic has had a profound impact on consumer behavior.”
May 15, 2020 : PYMNTS
How about this one? A consumer recently received an email from someone claiming to be from their financial institution. And the bank claimed that, somehow, the customer's banking information was not accurate and was creating trouble with the deposit of the Economic Impact Payment, according to Melissa Gaddis, senior director of customer success for TransUnion Global Fraud & Identity Solutions.
May 15, 2020 : Detroit Free Press
Fraudsters are honing their phishing emails tied to the COVID-19 crisis, using fake messages about business continuity plans and new payment procedures to spread the LokiBot information stealer, Microsoft researchers report.
May 14, 2020 : Bank Info Security