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Daily Archives: June 29, 2015
Cybersquatters giving some US presidential candidates a bad name
Cybersquatters have caused some embarrassment for several of the US presidential contenders. But abuse of domain names can be costly for businesses and dangerous for consumers.
Spearphishing gets personal as woman scammed out of £50k house deposit
Spearphishing isn’t just a threat for businesses. As this case shows, thieves are willing to spend considerable effort prying into the lives and email of ordinary people in the hope of scoring big cash.
Stop Abuse Online site launches to help tackle cyberbullying
The new website, launched by the UK government provides advice and support for women and LGBT online abuse victims.
One man emailed 97,931 people to tell them their passwords had been stolen
‘Atechdad’ searched Pastebin for stolen login credentials, and after three days of searching he emailed victims to tell them the bad news.
Private eye jailed for hacking email of Scientology critics and others
Eric Saldarriaga pled guilty to prying open the accounts of over 50 people, including prominent Scientology critics Mike Rinder and Tony Ortega.
Monday review – the hot 28 stories of the week
Get yourself up to date with everything we’ve written in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time.