A fake login page turned out to be a test phishing attack from the Michigan Democratic Party, which hadn’t told the DNC or the ISP about it.
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Feds indict 12 for allegedly buying iPhones on other people’s dimes
They allegedly hacked into phone accounts, convinced retailers they were who they weren’t, and upgraded to shiny new gadgets for small fees.
Alleged “high-ranking” members of the Fin7 cybercrime group arrested
The DOJ says it’s arrested three members of the highly professional Fin7 group.
Amnesty International spearphished with government spyware
Pegasus spyware is supposed to be used solely by governments, to enable them to invisibly track criminals and terrorists
Google hasn’t suffered an employee phishing compromise in over a year
Phishing attackers have failed to compromise a single employee account at Google since the company mandated authentication using U2F hardware tokens in early 2017. That’s the remarkable claim made to security writer Brian Krebs.
Default router password leads to spilled military secrets
The hacker tried selling the US military files for $150 on the dark web, but only undercover analysts paid any attention.
Elderly scam victims are too embarrassed to speak up
Financial talk itself is taboo. Admitting to getting fleeced and losing all your savings? That qualifies as super taboo, a new report says.
Typeform data breach hits thousands of survey accounts
Survey company Typeform has admitted suffering a breach caused by attackers downloading a “partial backup” of its customer data.
Second former Equifax staffer charged with insider trading
In another entry for the ‘what were they thinking’ file, a second former Equifax executive has been charged with insider trading in advance of the company’s massive data breach announcement last September.
FBI arrests 74 in global Business Email Compromise takedown
After years of laughing in the face of victims BEC scammers have taken one on the chin.