 A common phone call scam that people have been receiving states that your Social Security number is suspended for suspicious activity. It then prompts you to speak to a government agent in order to receive help resolving the issue. This scam has been going on for over a year, if not longer, and are robocalls that pretend to be from a government official who states that suspicious or fraudulent activity associated with your social security number has been detected. The robocall then prompts you to call back or speak to an agent in order to resolve the issue. As the FTC notes, Social Security numbers cannot be suspended, so any calls stating that they are is simply a scam. The attackers are just trying to trick you into providing your birth date, bank account numbers, social security numbers, and other sensitive information. "Thing is, Social Security numbers do not get suspended," the FTC states in an advisory. "This is just a variation of a government imposter scam that’s after your SSN, bank account number, or other personal information. In this variation of the scheme, the caller pretends to be protecting you from a scam while he’s trying to lure you into one." Visit OUR FORUM to read and hear the scam messages.  Microsoft today announced Windows 10 May 2019 Update, along with a new strategy for Windows Update release schedule and more transparency in this regards. Microsoft also officially announced the release date of the next feature update for Windows 10 and it won’t arrive this month. Windows 10 May 2019 Update comes with a series of improvements to Start menu, Action Center, Settings app and more. It also introduces a new Windows light theme experience, Windows Sandbox, and several other features. Windows 10 May 2019 Update is expected to begin rolling out for free to compatible devices in late May 2019. Insiders have been testing Windows 10 version 1903 over the last several months and the update is finally ready for the Release Preview Ring. After a month of testing with Release Preview Ring Insiders, the fully baked update will be ready for public consumption by the end of May. “I’m pleased to announce that the Windows 10 May 2019 Update will start to be available next week in the Release Preview Ring for those in the Windows Insider Program. We will begin broader availability in late May for commercial customers, users who choose the new May 2019 Update for their Windows 10 PC via “check for updates,” and customers whose devices are nearing the end of support on a given release,” Microsoft said in a blog post. Follow this and further releases on OUR FORUM.  Phishing campaigns, some launched as recently as March, aimed at stealing credentials from Verizon mobile customers by spoofing the company's support service. Being mobile-focused and using an identifier for an official service from Verizon is what prompted researchers to categorize it as sophisticated above average. The link delivering the phishing kit includes the abbreviation 'ecrm,' which Verizon uses as a sub-domain - ecrm.verizonwireless[.]com - for its Electronic Customer Relationship Management platform. Researchers at Lookout mobile security company noticed one such attack in late November 2018; another one occurred in February this year and the activity intensified in March when three waves were recorded in two consecutive days. Loaded on the desktop, the phishing page looks suspicious, but on mobile devices, it renders as if it were genuine and could easily fool the receiver into sending the attacker the login credentials (phone number or user ID, and password) for the Verizon account. "This kit targeted Verizon customers through malicious links masquerading as Verizon Customer Support. This shows that the attackers did their research," writes Jeremy Richards, a principal security researcher at Lookout. Verizon customers are constantly targeted by phishing campaigns and the company is perfectly aware of this. A page is available with variations of the fraud attempts to warn users to be on guard. Customers of AT&T have also been targeted in a phishing campaign that was active on Monday. Microsoft researchers found it via Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection platform. For more including domain names visit OUR FORUM. |
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