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Fake job offers are a new form of scam

Job search has entered the new forms of scams by cybercriminals, who launch fake offers to lure their victims. The cybersecurity company ESET has recently indicated that this form of scam is among the crimes that have increased markedly…

Criminals focus their efforts on Amazon Prime Day

Cybercriminals targeted Amazon Prime Day discount period customers with an increase in malicious activity leading to 80 % of domains containing the word 'Amazon' potentially dangerous. In the run-up to Amazon Prime Day 2021, cybercriminals…

Venezuelan accused of alleged bitcoin scam

The Venezuelan Public Ministry received a complaint against José Alejandro Figueira de Abreu for the alleged crimes of fraud and money laundering by appropriating 7.9 bitcoins representing more than 300 thousand dollars. The complaint was…

UpBit exchange hacked for 50 million dollars

Hackers normally violate small exchanges with poor security measures, although in this case the feat was perpetrated to UpBit, one of the most popular exchanges in South Korea - belonging to the Korean technology giant Kakao - for an amount…