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A hacker learning your phone number can be the start of all sorts of account hijack mischief. The Timehop breach is probably a good time to protect yourself against SIM jacking. Continue reading Timehop Just Leaked Your Phone Number, Here’s What You Need to Do
A hacker has stolen text messages and call metadata from SpyHuman, a firm selling malware to the everyday consumer. It’s the fifth such consumer spyware company to be targeted recently. Continue reading Hacker Steals Customers’ Text Messages from Android Spyware Company
Motherboard recently filed public records requests for law enforcement messages in mobile forensic email groups. But cops are trying to avoid giving up their communications, according to other leaked emails. Continue reading Leaked Emails Show Cops Trying to Hide Emails About Phone Hacking Tools
LinkNYC’s Wi-Fi and communication booths are taunting New Yorkers during a heatwave thanks to a clever prankster. Continue reading Pranksters Are Making LinkNYC Booths Play Ice Cream Van Music
Even though the Shadow Brokers told customers to use privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash, researchers may have found clues pointing to who tried to buy more of the group’s wares. Continue reading Cryptocurrency Transactions May Uncover Sales of Shadow Broker Hacking Tools
In a novel investigative strategy, rather than just following the money, investigators went undercover as someone converting Bitcoin into cash, exploiting a financial bottleneck faced by dark web criminals. Continue reading Feds Pose as Cryptocurrency Money Launderer to Bust Alleged Dark Web Dealers
In a new book, New York Times reporter David Sanger made the explosive claim that cybersecurity firm Mandiant hacked into the laptops of Chinese military hackers. Now FireEye, which owns Mandiant, has vehemently denied the claims. Continue reading American Cyber Security Firm FireEye Denies Hacking Chinese Military
As the cat and mouse game between iPhone hackers and Apple continues, with Apple introducing more robust security features, some law enforcement officials exploring a legal workaround. Continue reading Cops May Unlock iPhones Without a Warrant to Beat Apple’s New Security Feature
Low-level enforcement were able to monitor phones nationwide with minimal legal oversight. But the predatory bail bonds industry provided a similar, and cheap, service to bounty hunters to track down individuals. Continue reading Bail Bond Company Let Bounty Hunters Track Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T Phones for $7.50
Verizon and other telcos have been selling phone location data to companies catering to marketers and low level law enforcement. Now, Verizon says it is cutting ties with certain firms that abused that data access. Continue reading Verizon Says It Will Stop Selling US Phone Data That Ended Up in Hands of Cops