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Senior U.S. Officials Continue to be Impersonated in Malicious Messaging Campaign
Activity dating back to 2023 reveals malicious actors have impersonated senior U.S. state government, White House, and Cabinet level officials, as well as members of Congress to target individuals.
Russian Government Cyber Actors Targeting Networking Devices, Critical Infrastructure
The FBI has issued a warning about Russian FSB cyber actors (Center 16), also known as Berserk Bear and Dragonfly, targeting networking devices and critical infrastructure globally. These actors exploit CVE-2018-0171 in Cisco Smart Install.
Fictitious Law Firms Targeting Cryptocurrency Scam Victims Combine Multiple Exploitation Tactics While Offering to Recover Funds
Scammers are increasingly impersonating fictitious law firms to defraud individuals—particularly vulnerable populations such as the elderly—who have previously fallen victim to cryptocurrency scams.
Cybercriminals Defraud Hedera Hashgraph Network Users Through NFT Airdrops Disguised as Free Rewards
Once a user receives an unsolicited token, a plaintext "memo" field appears in the transaction. The memo field is independent of the wallet used to manage cryptocurrency, making it a universal attack vector.
FBI Warns of Scammers Impersonating the IC3
The FBI has issued a warning about a persistent fraud scheme in which scammers impersonate employees of the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) to deceive and revictimize individuals, particularly those who have already suffered financial fraud.
FBI Warns of North Korean IT Workers Conducting Data Extortion
The FBI has warned that North Korean IT worker schemes are stealing data to extort their victims as part of efforts to generate revenue for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Criminals Use Generative Artificial Intelligence to Facilitate Financial Fraud
Attackers use AI-generated text to appear believable to a reader to push social engineering, spear phishing, and financial fraud schemes such as romance, investment, and other confidence schemes or to hide common indicators of fraud schemes.
Scammers Defraud Individuals via Work-From-Home Scams
The FBI issued a warning about scammers using fake remote job ads to steal cryptocurrency from job seekers across the United States while posing as recruiters for legitimate companies.
"Phantom Hacker" Scams Target Senior Citizens and Result in Victims Losing their Life Savings
The FBI warned about a new scam called the "Phantom Hacker" scam, which is specifically targeting senior citizens. It involves imposters posing as tech support, financial institutions, and government representatives to gain the trust of victims.
Criminals Pose as Chinese Authorities to Target US-based Chinese Community
Criminals exploit widely publicized efforts by the People’s Republic of China government to harass and facilitate the repatriation of individuals living in the United States to build plausibility for their fraud.
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