Tag: Identity Theft
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Mugshots.com’s alleged owners arrested for extortion
On 2 September, 2013, a California resident, Jesse T., was arrested and booked into the Sonoma County Jail. As is standard procedure, …
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Certain types of content make for irresistible phishes
A mature anti-phishing program keeps organizations safer, claims Cofense, and offers as proof the decreasing susceptibility of their …
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Multilingual malware hits Android devices for phishing & cryptomining
“Their landing pages and malicious apk files now support 27 languages covering Europe and the Middle …
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Suspected Syrian Electronic Army hackers indicted for conspiracy and identity theft
Two men have been indicted for their alleged involvement in hacking campaigns that targeted critics of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. …
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Meet MEWKit, a tricky phishing attack draining Ethereum wallets
Another day, another phishing attack trying to steal Ethereum cryptocurrency but this time there is a twist since the scam involves a …
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California Teen Arrested for Phishing Teachers to Change Grades
Bet nobody in your high school got in trouble for this: a 16-year-old hacker was arrested in Concord, California for launching a phishing …
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Businesses: Watch out for Phishing, SMShing and Vishing
Companies face an increasing risk of social engineering-based threats to their security and data, Christoper Hadnagy, “Chief Human …
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Phishers increasingly targeting cloud storage and SaaS
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has been tracking notable increases in phishing campaigns that target SAAS/webmail providers, as …
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Smashing Security #078: Hounds hunt hackers, too-human Google AI, and ethnic recognition tech – WTF?
Dogs are trained to sniff out hackers’ hard drives, facial recognition takes an ugly turn, and do you trust Google to book your hair …
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Beware!! Google Map Vulnerability Allows an Attacker to Redirect Victims into Malicious Websites
An open redirection vulnerability in Google Map lets allows hackers redirect victims into malicious websites that leads to downloaded …
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