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183 articles

Review and analysis of fake Trezor cryptowallet
  • cryptocurrencies

Case study: fake hardware cryptowallet

Full review of a fake cryptowallet incident. It looks and feels like a Trezor wallet, but puts all your crypto-investments into the hands of criminals.

  • Stanislav Golovanov

  • May 10, 2023

Purging your company’s LinkedIn page of fake employees
  • LinkedIn

Fake accounts on LinkedIn: time for a purge

Why you should purge your company’s LinkedIn page from fake employee profiles, and how to do it.

  • Alanna Titterington

  • May 2, 2023

Hot crypto wallet, cold crypto wallet: what are they, and how are they stolen from?
  • cryptocurrencies

Five types of attacks on hardware crypto wallets

Hardware crypto wallets are effective at protecting your cryptocurrency, but they can still be stolen from. Let’s address the risks their owners need to be protected from.

  • Stan Kaminsky

  • April 20, 2023

Scam e-mails from “cloud-mining platform”
  • scam

Bitcoin-cloud mining scam

Scammers are pretending to offer users tens of thousands of dollars, supposedly accumulated in an account on an “automated cloud-mining platform”.

  • Olga Altukhova (Svistunova)

  • March 24, 2023

Copyright infringement, add a link
  • scam

Copyright infringement backlink scam

How scammers force website owners to add potentially dangerous links by threatening harsh consequences for copyright infringement.

  • Andrey Kovtun

  • March 16, 2023

How to protect funds being stolen from bank cards with a chip and NFC
  • safe money

How cybercriminals steal funds from bank cards — and how to protect yourself from such theft

We investigate why chip cards are no panacea, and what precautions should be taken when making a payment.

  • Stan Kaminsky

  • March 10, 2023

How cybercriminals tailor attacks for different age groups of gamers
  • gamers

The Phantom Menace: how gamers of different ages are being attacked

Why scammers are more likely to target kids than hardcore gamers, how they do it, and what they want to steal

  • Olga Altukhova (Svistunova)

  • March 1, 2023

Fobo Trojan distributed as ChatGPT client for Windows
  • threats

Malicious (and fake) ChatGPT client for Windows

Cybercriminals are distributing a Trojan stealer under the guise of a ChatGPT desktop client for Windows. We delve into the details and ways to protect yourself.

  • Daria Ivanova

  • February 22, 2023

Vacancies and recruiting on the dark web
  • Dark Web

Underground HR: recruiting on the dark web

Illegal businesses in the shadow economy need employees no less than their legal counterparts. Let’s take a look at how “dark HR” works.

  • Dmitry Reznikov

  • February 21, 2023

How to know if you’re facing a scam: we identify all the red flags in a recent scam that deployed a fake cryptocurrency exchange
  • fraud

How scammers steal cryptocurrency from Twitter users

How to know if you’re facing a scam: we identify all the red flags in a recent scam that deployed a fake cryptocurrency exchange

  • John Snow

  • January 10, 2023

A link to Google Translate in an email could be a sign of phishing.
  • phishing

Google Translate for phishing

Why might a business email contain a link to Google Translate?

  • Roman Dedenok

  • November 24, 2022

Here are some simple tips to protect your funds from fraudsters, phishers and carders when shopping online.
  • tips

Rules for safe online shopping

Here are some simple tips to protect your funds from fraudsters, phishers and carders when shopping online.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • November 21, 2022

Scammers are sending e-mails under the guise of government agencies to coax personal data and money out of users
  • scam

Fake financial regulators

Scammers are sending e-mails under the guise of government agencies to coax personal data and money out of users.

  • Olga Altukhova (Svistunova)

  • November 10, 2022

Phishing tricks: e-mails marked safe
  • phishing

Smells phishy: e-mails marked safe

Work e-mails stamped “verified” should set alarm bells ringing.

  • Roman Dedenok

  • July 21, 2022

Bitcoin scam giveaway on a fake Nvidia website
  • scam

Raining bitcoin: Fake Nvidia giveaway

How scammers swindle users out of cryptocurrency through a fake Nvidia giveaway supposedly worth 50,000 BTC.

  • Olga Altukhova (Svistunova)

  • July 14, 2022

avorable exchange rate on a fake cryptoexchange
  • scam

Hyped-up fake crypto-exchanges on YouTube

How scammers lure YouTube users to a fake website where a purported bug lets them exchange Bitcoin at an excellent rate.

  • Mikhail Sytnik

  • July 5, 2022

Package for you. Please scan the QR code
  • scam

“Package for you. Please scan the QR code”

How cybercriminals extract bank card details pretending to be DHL.

  • Roman Dedenok

  • June 29, 2022

How phishers prey on Wise / TransferWise users
  • phishing

Phishing for Wise guys

Here’s how phishers extract phone numbers and credentials from users of Wise.

  • Roman Dedenok

  • June 3, 2022

Scammers steal seed phrases to hack cryptowallets
  • scam

Cryptoscam giveaway: phishers go after seed phrases

We explain how scammers steal cryptowallets through phishing.

  • Roman Dedenok

  • May 16, 2022

What is a seed phrase, how scammers use it to steal cryptowallets, and how to protect your MetaMask account
  • scam

Scammers eye MetaMask: how can you stay safe?

What is a seed phrase, how scammers use it to steal cryptowallets, and how to protect your MetaMask account.

  • Roman Dedenok

  • March 21, 2022

8 more tips for spotting online scammers
  • scam

8 more tips for spotting online scammers

We reveal more cunning cybercriminal tricks and explain how to guard against scams.

  • Roman Dedenok

  • March 11, 2022

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