The Czech company ComSource has warned about a new fraudulent trick by the WindTapper group, which targets the financial sector, using a combination of phone vishing and the WindRelay malware to obtain sensitive data and make contactless payments without the need for physical card theft. (translated)
Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer suggests more police and measures from banks to protect the elderly from physical fraud after 31 people were affected by so-called vishing in southern Sweden. (translated)
Police officer Samuel Persson and his colleagues managed to apprehend suspected fraudsters after an elderly person in Ljungby suspected that something was wrong with a scheduled home visit and contacted the police before the crime was carried out. (translated)
The police warn of an increase in physical frauds in southern Sweden, where scammers visit victims at home under false pretenses, and urge the public to pause and think before letting strangers in. (translated)
"The deputy of the Property Management of Hradec Králové was not only the author of guidelines on how not to fall for so-called vishing, but during Monday and Tuesday, July 13 and 14, she bypassed all regulations, made it impossible for her subordinate to conduct a check, and sent dozens of millions herself." (translated)
A woman from Jeseník became a victim of a fake banker who, under the pretext of personal data misuse, persuaded her to transfer 200,000 crowns to a secure reserve account, but thanks to her timely response and information checks, she managed to cancel most of the payment and thereby save part of her savings, while the police are investigating the case as a criminal fraud. (translated)
Fraudsters pretended to be employees of the Czech National Bank and swindled a man from Přerov out of 390,000 crowns by extracting money from him over the phone under the pretense of threatening his identity and finances, which again highlights the need to be cautious of unknown callers and to ignore such suspicious calls. (translated)
A fraudulent banker deceived seniors by convincing them over the phone of the existence of a forgotten account with 300,000 crowns, and then tricked them into stealing over four million crowns. (translated)
A new telephone fraud, where attackers pretend to be police officers and representatives of financial institutions, has left victims without money and with loans contracted through social engineering and vishing, with specialists warning that these calls are completely false and recommending caution in providing personal information. (translated)
Hackers are using vishing, a method of phone fraud, to infiltrate major financial companies like Moody's, Blackstone, or Apollo, by posing as trusted professionals to steal sensitive data and extort ransoms. (translated)
Pirates have launched a coordinated vishing (voice phishing) campaign against several of the largest hedge funds on Wall Street. They used AI to clone the voices of executives or colleagues (from public recordings: conferences). (translated)
Ten people have been charged in Ukraine for vishing, where scammers were robbing Czech citizens over the phone, despite their broken Czech, with the total damage potentially reaching hundreds of millions of crowns. (translated)
A fraudulent banker deceived a senior citizen from Jeseník by convincing her over the phone that her identity card had been abused, and under pressure, he forced her to send him nearly 300 thousand crowns, while the police are now investigating suspicions of committing fraud. (translated)
Articolul prezintă o creștere alarmantă a tentativelor de fraudă (vishing) în rândul românilor care se pregătesc pentru vacanțe, escrocii prezentându-se ca agenți de turism pentru a obține informații personale și financiare, iar autoritățile avertizând asupra necesității de a fi prudenți și de a raporta orice tentativă de înșelăciune. #escrocherii #vacanta #securitatecibernetica
Podvodníci, kteří se fingovali jako policista a bankéř, získali od důvěřivé ženy 600 tisíc korun tím, že ji přes telefon vylákali k přeposlání peněz na falešný účet pod záminkou zneužití její identity. #podvod #phishing #vishing
În prima jumătate a anului 2026, peste 42% din incidentele cibernetice raportate au fost fraude telefonice (vishing), conform unui raport al DNSC, care subliniază că persoanele cu vârsta de peste 50 de ani sunt o țintă frecventă a acestor atacuri. #fraude #cibernetice #vishing
Pohotová reakce ženy, která se stala cílem podvodu s falešným policistou a bankéřem, jí nakonec zachránila 720 tisíc korun, když si uvědomila podezřelou situaci a díky ostražitosti bankéřů bylo její podezřelé převody zastaveno. #podvod #vishing #bezpečnost
Článek se zaměřuje na problematiku kyberpodvodů, které, oproti tradičním podvodníkům, obalamucují oběti bez ohledu na věk či vzdělání, přičemž v loňském roce kradli Čechům přes dvě miliardy korun a letos se pokusy o krádeže vyšplhaly na čtyři miliardy korun jen za první čtvrtletí, přičemž autoři poukazují na sofistikované techniky podvodníků, jako je vishing a deepfake, a psychologické manipulace, které vyvolávají strach a nedůvěru vůči legitimním pomocníkům. #kyberpodvody #kyberšmejdi #vishing
Důvěřivá žena z jižních Čech byla během jediného dne podvedena a přišla o více než milion korun díky telefonnímu podvodníkovi, který se vydával za kriminalistu a přesvědčil ji k provedení několika finančních transakcí, včetně vybrání hotovosti, kterou následně předala neznámému kurýrovi. #podvod #vishing #bezpečnost
Článek popisuje případ ženy, kterou podvodníci, vydávající se za policisty a bankovní pracovníky, zmanipulovali k odhalení jejích osobních údajů a následnému vylákání 600 tisíc korun, přičemž použili rafinované techniky vishingu a vytvářeli dojem důvěryhodnosti. #podvod #vishing #bezpečnost
