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SCAM OF THE WEEK: Cybercriminals Go for the Gold Last week, the opening ceremony of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games took place in Beijing. With representatives from 91 countries, the Olympics are watched by billions of spectators from all over the world.  Unfortunately,...

SCAM OF THE WEEK: Cybercriminals Ship Out Another Scam The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact supply chains for countless industries around the world. Cybercriminals often use wide-reaching problems like shipping delays to their advantage. In a recent scam, cybercriminals use...

SCAM OF THE WEEK: Google Docs Comment Con Google Docs is one of the world’s most popular document sharing and editing applications. Along with the ability to create and share documents, Google Docs allows users to add comments to these documents. In a new scam, cybercriminals...

SCAM OF THE WEEK: Google Voice Authentication Scams Google Voice is a service that provides virtual phone numbers to make and receive calls and text messages. Each Google Voice number must be linked to a real phone number so that any activity can be traced back to the user. In a...

SCAM OF THE WEEK: Selling Phishy Stress Relief For many people, the past two years have been some of the most stressful years of their lives. Unfortunately, cybercriminals are trying to use this stress to their advantage by creating fake promotions for CBD products.  CBD,...

SCAM OF THE WEEK: Watch Out For Omicron Variant Scams Omicron, a new variant of the COVID-19 virus, is quickly spreading across the globe. This unfortunate news is only made worse by cybercriminals who are creating Omicrom-themed phishing scams. In a recent phishing email,...

SCAM OF THE WEEK: A New Spam Scam In a new scam, cybercriminals spoof Microsoft Office 365 by using the email address quarantine[at]messaging[dot]microsoft[dot]com to send you a spam notification. The fake notification claims that a seemingly important email with the subject line...

Executive IT Help Security Advisory!   Please be alert to the notifications you receive from Duo and MFA for your email, computer, and VPN. DO NOT accept any notification from Duo or other authentication app/texts if you are not logging in. DO NOT click on links in your...

SCAM OF THE WEEK: #Bitcoin-Hostage-Videos An elaborate new Bitcoin scam targets Instagram influencers and their followers. In this scam, cybercriminals send an influencer a phishing link that takes them to a fake Instagram login page. If the influencer tries to log in to their...

SCAM OF THE WEEK: Order Confirmation Imitation If you’ve started your holiday shopping, you may have received purchase confirmation emails from Amazon, one of the world’s most popular retailers. Unfortunately, cybercriminals have also been sending their own version of these...