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In this scam, cybercriminals are using Google search results to try to trick you into calling a phone number that they control. If you search for an organisation on Google, scammers can manipulate the search results to display a fake phone number for the organisation. Don’t take a chance of losing your investments on a risky phone call.
If you search on Google and call the fake number from one of these manipulated search results, you will be connected to a scammer. They will attempt to trick you out of your money by saying that your account needs updates or you need to transfer funds. They may ask you for your login information so that they can access your account. Once they gain access to your account, they can quickly transfer your funds to accounts that they control. This is one investment that you don’t want to risk!
Follow these tips to avoid falling victim to a phone number scam:
- Confirm that you are on the organisation’s official website if you are going to buy one of their products or use one of their services.
- Double-check that the listed phone number is the same one on the organisation’s official website.
- Report any fake listings, ads, or any other type of disinformation through Google’s Report services.
Latest Security Breaches
Exploit: Ransomware
The Washington Times: Newspaper
Risk to Business: MODERATE
The Washington Times, an influential U.S. newspaper, was reportedly compromised by the Rhysida ransomware group, which listed the paper as a victim on its dark web blog. The group claims to be auctioning the Washington Times’ “exclusive” data, including corporate files and employee documents, for 5 bitcoins (approximately $304,518) with a seven-day deadline to start the auction. Read more here
Exploit: Third Party (Misconfiguration)
Toyota: Carmaker
Risk to Business: MODERATE
Toyota revealed that a misconfigured cloud bucket exposed over 2.15 million customer records to the open internet for over 10 years, from November 2013 to April 2023. The breach affects customers of Toyota’s Connected services in Japan. Additionally, the ZeroSevenGroup cybercrime gang claims to have stolen data “from a U.S. branch”, potentially a Toyota dealer, including employee and customer details, but the provenance of the data they published has not been confirmed. Toyota says that none of its internal systems were breached, pointing to an unnamed third party as the source of the data. Read more here
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