Collaborate Disseminate
Obtaining vulnerabilities for fully up-to-date mobile phones is getting harder. So companies that sell exploits to governments are increasingly looking for attacks that target internet routers instead, with one company paying up to $100,000. Continue reading As Phones Get Harder to Hack, Zero Day Vendors Hunt for Router Exploits
In several cases, a stalker impersonated a US Marshal and reported a fake kidnapping in order to get telecom companies to give them real-time cell phone location data. Continue reading Stalkers and Debt Collectors Impersonate Cops to Trick Big Telecom Into Giving Them Cell Phone Location Data
Someone has published the decryption key for the third layer of allegedly 9/11-linked documents from The Dark Overlord hacking group. Continue reading A Decryption Key for Law Firm Emails in Hacked 9/11 Files Has Been Released
The booming industry of spyware to spy on romantic partners doesn’t exist in a vacuum: Companies need financial and tech giants to process their payments and advertise their wares. Continue reading PayPal Processes Payments for ‘Stalkerware’ Software Sold to Abusive Partners
Scammers don’t only hack Instagram accounts. Sometimes they just provide Instagram with some paperwork. Continue reading Scammers Are Filing Fake Trademarks to Steal High-Value Instagram Accounts
A Motherboard investigation has found that around 250 bounty hunters and related businesses had access to AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint customer location data. Continue reading Big Telecom Sold Highly Sensitive Customer GPS Data Typically Used for 911 Calls
Documents show that bail bond companies used a secret phone tracking service to make tens of thousands of location requests. Continue reading Hundreds of Bounty Hunters Had Access to AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint Customer Location Data for Years
In a novel melding of physical and cybercrime, hackers, thieves, and even independent repair companies are finding ways to “unlock iCloud” from iPhones. Continue reading How Hackers and Scammers Break into iCloud-Locked iPhones
Motherboard has identified a specific UK bank that has fallen victim to so-called SS7 attacks, and sources say the issue is wider than previously reported. Continue reading Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to Empty Bank Accounts
Internal Facebook documents obtained by Motherboard show specific steps and strategies taken by the company to fight content moderation issues that may spike during an election season. Continue reading How Facebook Trains Content Moderators to Put Out ‘PR Fires’ During Elections