The NJCCIC received reports of Social Security Administration (SSA) phishing emails, consistent with the SSA’s scam alert earlier this month. The emails contain SSA branding to appear legitimate and claim to be from the SSA. However, upon further inspection, they were sent from...
In direct deposit or payroll diversion scams, threat actors research the targeted organization and identify an employee to impersonate. They typically register a free email address using the employee’s name and utilizing display name spoofing in the messages.
For the first quarter of 2025, the NJCCIC received reports of increased cryptocurrency scams, primarily pig butchering schemes. In these fraudulent investment schemes, threat actors impersonate legitimate individuals or organizations to steal personally identifiable information...
Over the past several weeks, the NJCCIC received reports of unauthorized account access facilitated by phishing campaigns. While the targeted accounts varied, the images in this post originate from a campaign that aims to access users' Microsoft 365 accounts.
Threat actors can use phone numbers obtained from past data breaches and public records to randomly call or send messages claiming to be a member of a loan processing team and providing a loan offer that appears too good to be true. They may provide vague details...
The NJCCIC has reported various classic sextortion scams in the past. Threat actors continue to utilize similar messaging but different domains, IP addresses, and cryptocurrency wallet addresses in their schemes. The NJCCIC received reports of the latest ongoing scheme.
Authentic bank notifications can help inform users of bank account activity, including balances and transactions. However, threat actors continue to impersonate banks and develop convincing messages that claim to involve bank account activity. These messages appear legitimate...
Threat actors continue to exploit trusted financial software through impersonation, phishing emails, and fraudulent invoices or transactions. They can sign up for free accounts for legitimate software and target potential victims from within those services.
Threat actors can perform reconnaissance by searching for and weaponizing publicly disclosed data and using a variety of impersonation techniques to convince their target that they are known and trusted parties involved in real estate transactions.
Individuals and businesses may use trusted accounting software to keep track of finances, generate invoices, and run payroll. Accounting software can also automate bookkeeping, create reports, analyze financial trends, and organize and manage data, making tax season easier.
