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Tag Archives: Phishing
Chrome bumps ineffective EV certificates off the omnibar
Ever notice a missing company name next to the URL address bar? Ever change behavior because of it? Likely not, so bye-bye, useless badge.
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.
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…
S2 Ep5: Phishing, eavesdropping voice assistants and quick fire questions – Naked Security Podcast
Episode 5 of the Naked Security Podcast is now live – listen now!
The Silence hacking crew grows louder
The hacking group, which specialises in stealing from banks, has been spreading its coverage and becoming more sophisticated.
Serious Security: Phishing in the cloud – the freemium way
Here’s an interesting phishing trick. It’s a way for crooks to get lots of customised web links without doing any programming.
Coinbase explains background to June zero-day Firefox attack
A recent, highly targeted attack on cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase offers a glimpse into how sophisticated phishing attacks can be.
Fake Dell support rep admits to talking US colleges out of $874,000
His victims: UCSD and a Pennsylvania university. He hid out in Kenya for nearly 8 months before being nabbed.
North Carolina county falls for BEC scam, to the tune of $1,728,083
The county could only claw back some of the $2,504,601 it paid to a scammer posing as a contractor working on building a new high school.