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Scams use deception to steal money, credentials, or sensitive data, making them a cybersecurity risk for individuals and organizations.

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Scams are deceptive schemes intended to make people surrender money, credentials, sensitive information, or access. In information security, they commonly use phishing messages, impersonation, fraudulent websites, business-email compromise, fake technical support, or malicious attachments. Their defining feature is manipulation: the attacker creates a credible pretext and pressures the target to act before verifying the request.

Security teams should treat scams as an attack surface spanning email, messaging, telephone calls, social media, and payment workflows. Material risks include account takeover through stolen credentials, unauthorized payments, disclosure of personal or company data, and malware execution from deceptive content. Useful controls include phishing-resistant authentication, secure payment-change procedures with independent verification, filtering and domain protections, user training focused on reporting, and rapid review of suspicious messages or transactions. Incident handling may require revoking sessions, resetting credentials, contacting financial institutions, preserving evidence, and notifying affected parties where applicable.

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Bank Info Security 1 year, 8 months ago

Iranian Threat Actors Mimic North Korean Job Scam Techniques

Tehran Baits Aerospace Sector into Downloading Malware With Fake Job OffersIranian state hackers are taking a page out of North Korean tactics to entice job seekers into downloading malware, with security researchers spotting a Tehran campaign directed against the aerospace industry. It's possible that Pyongyang shared its attack methods and tools.

More from Bank Info Security 15 Nov 2024, 12:30 p.m. Aerospace Aviation Iran Malware North Korea Research Scam Threat Actor
Bank Info Security 1 year, 8 months ago

Cryptohack Roundup: FTX Files Lawsuits to Recover Funds

Also: Arrests in $232M Scam, Guilty Plea in $73M Pig-Butchering CaseThis week, FTX sued to recover money, FTX's Caroline Ellison began her prison sentence, South Korea arrested hundreds in $232M scam, a guilty plea in a $73M pig-butchering case, BlueNoroff launched a new attack campaign, GodFather malware and WonderFi CEO kidnapped and released after ransom payment.

More from Bank Info Security 15 Nov 2024, 6:00 a.m. Lawsuit Lazarus Malware Prison Ransom Scam South Korea