Premium-rate service scams are sticking businesses – particularly small ones using local carriers – with outrageous phone bills, to the tune of $4.73 billion globally for 2013. Many businesses aren’t even aware that they can be stuck paying the bill (or fighting it in court). 
Tag Archives: Security threats
Facebook prowls the internet looking for your password
Facebook explains that it’s keeping its eye out for credentials – email, password combinations – dropped on sites after data breaches, running them against its own users’ credentials to see if password reuse is going to land its users in trouble. 
Average person has 19 passwords – but 1 in 3 don’t make them strong enough
The vast majority of people are leaving themselves at risk of identity theft, fraud and extortion by not taking simple but necessary steps to protect themselves online, according to a new study.
‘The Snappening’: stolen Snapchat photos site defaced, details of site owner published
Owner of TheSnappening.org photo site, Mudit Grover, took the stolen Snapchat images and the site down. But within hours, attackers identifying themselves as “Team Danny” allegedly took over the domain and published Grover’s personal details. 
Snapchat to address sketchy third-party apps with public API … at some point
Oh, those darn third-party apps, their home-brewed APIs and their photo-leaking ways, Snapchat moaned on Wednesday morning, promising to cook up a public API to fix the situation… sooner or later. 
Attacker takes over Facebook page set up for ‘Bucket List Baby’ Shane, posts porn
A Facebook page set up to chronicle the extremely short life of a baby with the rare, terminal condition of anencephaly was hijacked within days of the infant’s death and set to display lewd images. The parents, who had lost their child mere days before, fell for one of the most vile phishing attacks ever. 
Another game developer flees her home following Gamergate death threats
US-based game developer Brianna Wu (the third woman to be driven from her home in what’s being dubbed the Gamergate controversy) after a troll posted her address online and threatened to rape, kill and mutilate her. 
Kmart becomes the latest retail data breach victim
Kmart has been confirmed as the latest retail chain to be breached after its parent company admitted that some customers’ debit and credit card numbers had been compromised.
Backoff malware gang hits Dairy Queen stores
Customers’ payment card details may have been whipped out of nearly 400 Dairy Queen stores in the US. It’s just the latest in a string of PoS malware infections that have been slamming US retailers. 
Reminder: iCloud’s going to demand app-specific passwords from third-party apps
Yes, your third-party calendar, mail and contacts apps that don’t support Apple’s new two-factor authentication system are going to turn 10 toes up on your iThings. You’ll need app-specific passwords to get at the cloud data. 