Collaborate Disseminate
Fraudsters steal millions from those hoping to jump on the Bitcoin bandwagon, Twitter verifies a fake US politician, and it’s another face palm for facial recognition.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning… Continue reading Smashing Security #168: The Bitcoin fraud factory
An indepth investigation by online vigilantes has exposed the activities of an Indian tech support scam centre.
Extraordinarily, fraudsters had the tables turned on them as YouTuber Jim Browning was able to hack into the call centre and access recordin… Continue reading Police raid tech support scam centre who had their CCTV hacked by vigilantes
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Cathay Pacific for “a number of basic security inadequacies” which resulted in hackers stealing the data of 9.4 million people worldwide – including 111,578 from t… Continue reading Cathay Pacific slammed for security failures following hack which exposed 9.4 million people worldwide
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Cathay Pacific for “a number of basic security inadequacies” which resulted in hackers stealing the data of 9.4 million people worldwide – including 111,578 from t… Continue reading Cathay Pacific slammed for security failures following hack which exposed 9.4 million people worldwide
Over 600,000 Tesco Clubcard owners are being sent new cards after the supermarket giant determined hackers had attempted to access accounts.
In an email sent to affected Clubcard users, Tesco said it had spotted fraudulent activity related to some cust… Continue reading Tesco blocks 620,000 Clubcard accounts after security scare
Who doesn’t love the idea of receiving an email with a subject line like “I love you”?
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Continue reading Beware secret lovers spreading Nemty ransomware
Digital attackers are sending around love-themed malicious emails in an attempt to infect recipients with the Nemty ransomware. If you’ve been kicking around in the world of IT security for more years than you’d like to admit, then you̵… Continue reading Beware secret lovers spreading Nemty ransomware
Barbara Corcoran, one of the business moguls who head up the judging team on US TV’s “Shark Tank” investment show, has lost nearly $400,000 to an email scammer.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading “Shark Tank” TV star loses almost $400,000 in Business Email Compromise scam
Barbara Corcoran, one of the business moguls who head up the judging team on US TV’s “Shark Tank” investment show, has lost nearly $400,000 to an email scammer. According to media reports, a scammer – posing as CorcoranR… Continue reading “Shark Tank” TV star loses almost $400,000 in Business Email Compromise scam
Vulnerability-reporting platform HackerOne has come clean about a critical security flaw on its own website that could have been used to expose the email addresses of users.
Continue reading HackerOne rewards bughunter who found critical security hole in… HackerOne