Botched Crypto Mugging Lands Three U.K. Men in Jail
September 16 2022Three men in the United Kingdom were arrested this month after police responding to an attempted break-in at a residence stopped their car as they fled the scene. The...
Read moreSounding the Alarm on Emergency Alert System Flaws
August 12 2022The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is urging states and localities to beef up security around proprietary devices that connect to the Emergency Alert System -- a national public...
Read moreIt Might Be Our Data, But It’s Not Our Breach
August 11 2022A cybersecurity firm says it has intercepted a large, unique stolen data set containing the names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, Social Security Numbers and dates of birth on...
Read moreClass Action Targets Experian Over Account Security
August 6 2022A class action lawsuit has been filed against big-three consumer credit bureau Experian over reports that the company did little to prevent identity thieves from hijacking consumer accounts. The...
Read moreScammers Sent Uber to Take Elderly Lady to the Bank
August 4 2022Email scammers sent an Uber to the home of an 80-year-old woman who responded to a well-timed email scam, in a bid to make sure she went to the...
Read moreNo SOCKS, No Shoes, No Malware Proxy Services!
August 2 2022With the recent demise of several popular "proxy" services that let cybercriminals route their malicious traffic through hacked PCs, there is now something of a supply chain crisis gripping...
Read moreMassive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’
July 21 2022U.S. state and federal investigators are being inundated with reports from people who’ve lost hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in connection with a complex investment scam known...
Read moreWhy 8kun Went Offline During the January 6 Hearings
July 15 2022The latest Jan. 6 committee hearing on Tuesday examined the role of conspiracy theory communities like 8kun[.]top and TheDonald[.]win in helping to organize and galvanize supporters who responded to...
Read moreRansomware Group Debuts Searchable Victim Data
June 14 2022Cybercrime groups that specialize in stealing corporate data and demanding a ransom not to publish it have tried countless approaches to shaming their victims into paying. The latest innovation...
Read moreSome of more tech-savvy Democrats in the U.S. Senate are asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate identity-proofing company ID.me for "deceptive statements" the company and its founder...
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