Tag: phishing

  • Zerodha users targeted with a pig-butchering scam

    Zerodha users targeted with a pig-butchering scam

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    Vivek Halappanavar and Swapneel Patnekar

    Threat researchers at Shreshta have uncovered a pig-butchering scam targeting Zerodha users. The phishing websites are impersonating Zerodha, a reputed stockbroking and financial services company, duping investors into investing in fake crypto and investment schemes. What is a pig-butchering scam? A pig butchering scam, a.k.a. “Sha Zhu Pan” or Shazhupan, (Chinese: 杀猪盘), translated as Killing…

  • ATO Scam

    ATO Scam

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    Vivek Halappanavar

    Executive Summary Shreshta Threat Intelligence has uncovered a ATO Scam targeting Australian Taxation Office users.  Tax return scams involving myGov are on the rise and these deceptive sites, pretending to be a legitimate ATO website, seek to extract the users login credentials. We urge Australian citizens to be on guard against such phishing websites impersonating…

  • Scams luring faster Ola electric scooter delivery date on the rise

    Scams luring faster Ola electric scooter delivery date on the rise

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    Vivek Halappanavar

    Shreshta Threat Intelligence has uncovered scams luring faster Ola electric scooter delivery date. The threat actors are launching phishing campaigns impersonating OLA , deceiving consumers into purchasing Ola electric scooters by promising a faster delivery date. Executive Summary As per our analysis, we conclude with high confidence that the attackers are launching phishing websites impersonating…

  • Fake Google Play Store

    Fake Google Play Store

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    Swapneel Patnekar

    Executive Summary While malicious and fake apps in the Google Play Store is common, Shreshta Threat Intelligence team has detected multiple fake Google Play Store websites which impersonate the Google Play Store. This gives an impression to the user, that they are visiting the Google Play Store. If the user clicks on the Install button,…

  • Crypto Scams in India

    Crypto Scams in India

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    Swapneel Patnekar

    Executive Summary Crypto Scams in India are growing at a rapid rate. At the end of December 2023, Financial Intelligence Unit India (FIU IND) issued show cause notices to nine offshore Virtual Digital Assets Service Providers – Binance, Kucoin, Huobi, Kraken, Gate.io, Bittrex, Bitstamp, MEXC Global and Bitfinex.  Also, it wrote to the Ministry of…