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Tag Archives: Spoofing
FTC warns VoIP providers that help robocallers: we can and will sue
It put 19 internet-calling companies on notice that helping illegal robocalls is illegal. It has sued before, and it can do it again.
9th Methbot suspect arrested in massive clickfraud ring
How Sergey Denisoff described his early ad-buying ventures: buying BS popup traffic and reselling it to buyers demanding BS traffic.
Robocalls now flooding US phones with 200m calls per day
According to a new report, nearly 30% of all US calls placed in the first half of 2019 were garbage, as in, nuisance, scam or fraud calls.
Tesla 3 navigation system fooled with GPS spoofing
Cybersecurity researchers have fooled the Tesla Model 3’s automatic navigation system into rapidly braking and taking a wrong turn on the highway.
Presidential text alerts are open to spoofing attacks, warn researchers
Researchers have shown that it’s technically possible for hackers to target the US Presidential text Alerts system to send fake messages.
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…
35 state attorney generals tell FCC to pull the plug on robocalls
The AGs want the FCC to adopt SHAKEN and STIR.
Robocallers slapped with huge fines for using spoofed phone numbers
One poor woman whose phone number was hijacked by robocallers got several calls a day from irate consumers who thought she was trying to market to them.
Hackers selling research phished from universities on WhatsApp
Millions of documents have been stolen from top UK universities and are being sold over WhatsApp for as little as £2.