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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.
Facebook’s robot coders step into the future of programming
Like a good junior programmer, Facebook’s AI is cutting its teeth with a bit of bug fixing.
Blockchain hustler beats the house with smart contract hack
A hacker used their own code to tamper with a smart contract run by a betting company, and walked off with $24,000.
Major US mobile carriers want to be your password
Project Verify from Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile aims to replace your password.
Review that! Fake TripAdvisor review peddler sent to jail
Jail time for fake reviews is “a landmark ruling for the Internet,” TripAdvisor said.
You didn’t buy ‘your’ iTunes movies; Apple can delete them anytime
It’s in the terms of service, as one man found out after Apple removed three movies from his iTunes library.
Browser security hole on Macs and iPhones – just how bad is it?
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.
Veeam leaves MongoDB database wide open, exposes 445m records
The data-management firm’s customer database held names, email addresses, some IP addresses and more: a wealth of ammo for phishers.
Street gang members indicted for stealing POS terminals
…and using the credit card terminals to allegedly issue themselves fraudulent returns and to steal taxpayer IDs and bank info.