With iOS 13 nearing release, Apple users perhaps thought they were done with iOS 12 updates for good. If so, they were wrong.
Monthly Archives: August 2019
US charges 80 in world-spanning romance scam and email fraud ring
The $6m scam targeted women worldwide and victimized more than a dozen companies.
Android 10 coming soon, with important privacy upgrades
It’s semi-official: Android 10 (née Q), the next version of the Android operating system, could start shipping 3 September.
Report: 53% of social media logins are fraud
Most attacks are from botnets. The goals: spreading spam, stealing data, spreading propaganda, and social-engineering consumers for profit.
GitHub joins WebAuthn club
GitHub is the latest company to support WebAuthn, a new standard that makes logging into online services using a browser more secure.
Hostinger upgrades password security after 14m accounts breached
Millions of customers of web hosting company Hostinger have received emails bearing the bad news of a data breach.
Court squeezes $1 million back from convicted phisher
Prolific phishing scammer Grant West has been sentenced to 10 years, 8 months, and reimbursement for victims.
Weekly review – the hot 21 stories of the week
From Chrome users ignoring password warnings to the jailbreaking iOS update, and everything in between. It's weekly roundup time.
Instagram phishing uses 2FA as a lure
If the phishing page looks OK, and it has an HTTPS padlock, how are you supposed to spot phishes these days? Read our tips…
‘Privacy policy change’ hoax infects Instagram; it confirms it’s crud
Multiple celebs fell for this one. Don’t believe them – it’s as much as a hoax as it’s always been.