Gift card-draining scam: What it is and how to protect yourself
Nearly 60% of internet traffic to gift card websites is by malicious bots, per recent data While consumers can fall victim to a variety of scams, experts say gift card draining…
Nearly 60% of internet traffic to gift card websites is by malicious bots, per recent data While consumers can fall victim to a variety of scams, experts say gift card draining…
Patrice Boffa, experto en ciberseguridad, explica cuáles son las formas de estafas más comunes, el uso que los delincuentes le están dando a la inteligencia artificial y cómo reconocer sitios…
After a relatively quiet final Patch Tuesday of 2023, Microsoft published warnings this week about the potential for gift card fraud and hackers abusing a popular authentication technology. Alongside the warnings, Microsoft…
Microsoft has seized the websites of a Vietnam-based group it alleges sold millions of fake accounts to cybercriminals who used them for ransomware attacks, identity theft and other scams around…
Science and Technology Correspondent Brent O’Halloran reveals the concerning rise of cyber-crime as weaponry like ‘bot armies’ becomes easier to acquire. From stealing passwords to scalping concert tickets, there is…
Vietnam-based Storm-1152 sold fraudulent Microsoft accounts that were used for phishing, spamming, ransomware, and other types of fraud and abuse, Microsoft says. Microsoft this month took down a cybercrime ring…
Microsoft Corp. has shut down the U.S.-based infrastructure of a cybercrime group that created more than 750 million fraudulent accounts across the company’s services. Microsoft carried out the takedown, which…
Microsoft has aggressively pursued legal measures to dismantle Storm-1152’s network, seizing its US-based infrastructure, shutting down key websites, and rigorously investigating to identify the individuals responsible for the group’s activities.…
Microsoft disrupted an alleged threat actor group that built viable cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS) businesses. Dubbed Storm-1152 by Microsoft, the group bilked enterprises and consumers globally out of millions of dollars. Cybercrime-as-a-service is a…
Microsoft says it has successfully dismantled the infrastructure of a cybercrime operation that sold access to fraudulent Outlook accounts to other hackers, including the notorious Scattered Spider gang. The group,…