NoCrackingZone | Archives | 2018 | September

On the hook! Phishing trip nets “Barbara” 5 years and whopping fine

The romance and business email compromise scammer pled guilty to fraud amounting to $25m.

Like a good junior programmer, Facebook’s AI is cutting its teeth with a bit of bug fixing.

A hacker used their own code to tamper with a smart contract run by a betting company, and walked off with $24,000.

Project Verify from Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile aims to replace your password.

Jail time for fake reviews is “a landmark ruling for the Internet,” TripAdvisor said.

It’s in the terms of service, as one man found out after Apple removed three movies from his iTunes library.

A URL spoofing bug in Safari is being reported with the word BEWARE! – we explain how bad it really is, and what to do about it.

The data-management firm’s customer database held names, email addresses, some IP addresses and more: a wealth of ammo for phishers.

…and using the credit card terminals to allegedly issue themselves fraudulent returns and to steal taxpayer IDs and bank info.

California looks set to regulate IoT devices, becoming the first US state to do so and beating the Federal Government to the post.