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Swedish Government and Banker’s Association Announce Plans to Stop Scams

BioCatch

As I’ve previously blogged , the state of scams in Sweden has been a hot topic in the media over the past few months, not least due to a show on Swedish SVT where an investigative journalist followed a criminal gang who used social engineering to convince elderly people to transfer their savings through a hybrid smishing and vishing campaign.

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Know About Phishing Attacks & Safeguard Your Crypto Assets on Coinremitter

CoinRemitter

Below are the most common types of cyber phishing you should be aware of: – Email phishing – Smishing and Vishing – Clone phishing – Pharming – HTTPS phishing Email Phishing This is the most popular as well as the most common medium of cyber phishing.

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Credit Unions, CUSOs Fighting Fraudsters

PYMNTS

” Phishing, Smishing and the Value of Education . The April Credit Union Tracker® details much of this nefarious activity – a most valuable read on those merits alone – and we learn about “…clone phishing, spear phishing, smishing and other specialized types of phishing.

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Despite Knowing Risks, Brits Continue to Expose Themselves to Cybercriminals Finds IDnow

The Fintech Times

With 54 per cent of Brits unfamiliar with social engineering, encompassing deceptive tactics such as phishing or smishing, the majority of the population remains vulnerable to potential fraud attempts. An additional 37 per cent of Brits are most concerned about fraud via social media channels.

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How Fraudsters Create New Schemes With Social Engineering

PYMNTS

Vishing” and “smishing” are two phishing variants that have become more popular as QSR employees and consumers grow wise to the suspicious emails associated with phishing. These schemes rely on other means of communication: telephone calls for vishing and text messages for smishing.

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The Big Spike In ‘CEO Fraud’

PYMNTS

Phishing/vishing/smishing/pharming, non-payment/non-delivery, extortion and personal data breaches were among the favored attack patterns last year. All in, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received a total of 467,361 complaints, with reported losses exceeding $3.5

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Fraud Scams Skyrocket, But People Worry More About Pickpockets

FICO

A simple phish or smish can turn into a nightmare for a consumer whose guard is down and is using their preferred communication method (text or email) to respond to a legitimate-looking message. Given the explosive growth of scams and human tendency to rely on vulnerable communication channels, how can we tackle the epidemic of scams?

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