Police bust accuses 37 of being cyber criminals that stole identities, credit card numbers and pin codes; seize LabHost site on Dark Web

Police bust cyber gang accused of worldwide fraud (msn.com)

CISA releases an alert to warn consumers about scams to acquire money or personal data

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2023/03/15/beware-bank-related-scams

Bad actors taking advantage of SVB collapse for social engineering attacks as suspicious domains are being registered

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cybercriminals-exploit-svb-collapse-to-steal-money-and-data/

https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Incoming+Silicon+Valley+Bank+Related+Scams/29630/

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ISC: Turkey and Syria earthquake devastation prompts scammers and malware

https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Earthquake+in+Turkey+and+Syria+Be+Aware+of+Possible+Donation+Scams/29518/

Watch those Black Friday emails about “big box” stores or well-known brands

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/phishing-kit-impersonates-well-known-brands-to-target-us-shoppers/

Meta removed accounts associated with covert U.S. military “influence operations” targeting the Middle East and Russia

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/meta-links-us-military-with-covert-facebook-influence-operation/

Meta’s Adversarial Threat Report, Third Quarter 2022

Large concerted effort underway to steal (phish) credentials to financial institutions in India

https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/k/massive-phishing-campaigns-target-india-banks-clients.html

Bad actors capitalizing on Twitter blue checkmark chaos

Twitter Blue Badge email scams – Don’t fall for them!

Geek Squad email scams are back

They’re back, so the effort has to bear some fruit for someone. There’s a lot of good advice out there about them so I won’t rehash them all. It’s best to know that they’re fake. Just delete them and move on. I would think that all age groups have been a victim of this kind of fraud, but the elderly may be especially susceptible. Educate your parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and their friends.

Some recent articles about them:

https://www.makeuseof.com/geek-squad-email-scam/

What is Geek Squad Email Scam and How to Avoid It?

If you’ve fallen prey to these, don’t hide that. Tell someone. Report it to your local police and/or file a report online with the FTC here: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/

It might also be a good time to revisit these great tips concerning Online Privacy and Security

https://consumer.ftc.gov/identity-theft-and-online-security/online-privacy-and-security

Group-IB details the attacks on 130+ organizations that were compromised by phishing campaign targeting Okta

https://blog.group-ib.com/0ktapus