Romance scams are often low risk, high reward strategies for ciminals, who use them to steal large sums of money from…
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5 ways to avoid being catfished
Today, many Americans will head out to the water—not to swim, but to catch a catfish in time for National Catfish…
Interpol’s First Light operation smashes crime on a global scale
A large-scale Interpol operation has resulted in arrested and ill-gotten gains seizures galore. Operation First Lighttook place between March and May…
Italian mafia cybercrime sting leads to 100+ arrests
The Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) has successfully dismantled an organized crime ring of hundreds of members in a sting operation…
Criminals exploited weak checks and old tech to pull off vast COVID benefit fraud
In life, when you encounter something momentuous—a sudden job loss, a routine check-up that revealed an illness you can’t afford the…
Judge drops hammer, dishes 7 years slammer for BEC and romance scammer
A Texas resident has finally paid the price for a heady mix of malicious mail antics. A combination of business email…
TrickBot indictment reveals the scale and complexity of organized cybercrime
Back in 2016, we saw the emergence of a botnet mainstay called TrickBot. Initially observed by our Labs team spreading via…
A week in security (March 16 – 22)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we concluded our series on child identity theft. We also looked into threat actors and campaigns…
International students in UK targeted by visa scammers
A new visa scam has come to light targeting international students from China studying in the UK. At least, it’s being…
Of princes and perpetrators: Beware of getting ensnared in 419 scams
We’ve mentioned before that 419 scams don’t always originate from Nigeria. It’s a very simple and popular scam that can be…