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Apple Phone Phishing Scams Getting Better
A new phone-based phishing scam that spoofs Apple Inc. is likely to fool quite a few people. It starts with an automated...
Dirt-Cheap, Legit, Windows Software: Pick Two
Buying heavily discounted, popular software from second-hand sources online has always been something of an iffy security proposition. But purchasing steeply discounted...
Patch Tuesday, January 2019 Edition
Microsoft on Tuesday released updates to fix roughly four dozen security issues with its Windows operating systems and related software. All things...
Secret Service: Theft Rings Turn to Fuze Cards
Street thieves who specialize in cashing out stolen credit and debit cards increasingly are hedging their chances of getting caught carrying multiple...
Courts Hand Down Hard Jail Time for DDoS
Seldom do people responsible for launching crippling cyberattacks face justice, but increasingly courts around the world are making examples of the few...
“Stole $24 Million But Still Can’t Keep a Friend”
Unsettling new claims have emerged about Nicholas Truglia, a 21-year-old Manhattan resident accused of hijacking cell phone accounts to steal tens of...
773M Password ‘Megabreach’ is Years Old
My inbox and Twitter messages positively lit up today with people forwarding stories from Wired and other publications about a supposedly new...
Bomb Threat, Sextortion Spammers Abused Weakness at GoDaddy.com
Two of the most disruptive and widely-received spam email campaigns over the past few months — including an ongoing sextortion email scam and...
How the U.S. Govt. Shutdown Harms Security
The ongoing partial U.S. federal government shutdown is having a tangible, negative impact on cybercrime investigations, according to interviews with federal law...
Three Charged for Working With Serial Swatter
The U.S. Justice Department has filed criminal charges against three U.S. men accused of swatting, or making hoax reports of bomb threats...
