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Tag Archives: Phishing
Gang charged with $19 million iPhone scam
It was a well-oiled business, with Top Dogs fencing devices, forgers cooking up fake IDs with stolen PII, and runners ripping off phones.
Google-protected mobile browsers were open to phishing for over a year
Researchers revealed a massive hole in Google Safe Browsing’s mobile browser protection that existed for over a year.
Most hackers for hire are scammers, research shows
Google & UC San Diego researchers found that only 5 of 27 hacker-for-hire services actually launched attacks against their targets.
Two people indicted for massive Anthem health data breach
They’re part of a gang that spearphished millions of records out of the health insurer and other businesses, the DOJ says.
Sextortion mail from yourself? It doesn’t mean you’ve been hacked…
Here’s a 30-second video you can show your friends and family if they freak out after receiving a scam email apparently from themselves…
Android users: watch out for this fake address bar trick
When is an address bar not an address bar? When it’s a fake.
Flood of exploits targetting ancient WinRAR flaw continues
An ancient WinRAR vulnerability made public in February is now well on its way to becoming one of the most widely and rapidly-exploited security flaws of recent times.
Microsoft slaps down 99 APT35/Charming Kitten domains
Court order in hand, Microsoft seized control of the hacker group’s (which it calls Phosphorous) phishing sites.
Scammer pleads guilty to fleecing Facebook and Google of $121m
Large, worldly tech companies would never fall for a wire transfer invoice scam, would they?