Collaborate Disseminate
By Habiba Rashid
Joseph James O’Connor was part of a hacking group that hacked over 130 Twitter accounts in July 2020.
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Problems with Apple’s Tracker Detect system, which warns you of likely stalking attempts using hidden AirTags. Continue reading Apple AirTag anti-stalking protection bypassed by researchers
A federal judge sentenced a New York man to three years in federal prison for hacking the accounts of dozens of female college students to access private nude photos, the Justice Department said Thursday. Nicholas Farber, of Rochester, pleaded guilty in February to working with a co-conspirator between 2017 to 2019 to access the school emails of dozens of female SUNY Plattsburgh students. He then leveraged access to those accounts in order to access students’ Facebook, Snapchat and cloud accounts from which he stole private nude photographs and movies. Farber then traded the images online with an unnamed number of individuals. He was charged with computer fraud and aggravated identity theft for the hacking. Farber, a SUNY Plattsburgh graduate, is also ordered to pay $35,430 in restitution to the school for the costs of investigating and resetting the compromised accounts and then notifying victims. Farber’s accomplice, Michael Fish, pleaded guilty […]
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A new book exposes yet another Facebook failure for the social media firm to say sorry about. But nothing’s going to change.
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One-third of adults who have been in a romantic relationship admit to cyberstalking their current or former partners, a special addendum to the 2021 Norton Cyber Safety Insights Report has revealed. The research was conducted online by The Harris Poll … Continue reading Cyberstalking tendencies in modern day relationships
A New York City man admitted to accessing more than 300 Snapchat accounts to steal victims’ nude pictures as part of a cyberstalking case that ensnared at least 14 people. David Mondore, 29, pleaded guilty Wednesday to hacking-related charges for orchestrating a scheme in which he would solicit explicit photos from college students by impersonating their friends. The fraud, in which Mondore would dupe Snapchat users into providing their passwords, represents only the latest example of ways that scammers exploit otherwise innocuous social media relationships to harass, abuse and torment unwitting users. “This case should serve as a cautionary reminder that many individuals lurking on social media use those platforms to engage in decidedly anti-social behavior,” U.S. Attorney James Kennedy said in a statement. Unlike advanced cyber-espionage activity or digital extortion, cyberstalking is typically aimed at individual victims who have few obvious solutions. While instances of the problem are difficult […]
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Mobile stalkerware, which is software silently installed by stalkers onto victims’ mobile devices without their knowledge, is on the rise, an ESET research finds. In 2019, ESET telemetry recorded almost five times more Android stalkerware detections th… Continue reading Mobile stalkerware is on the rise
Cyber harassment via social networks, media, and other online channels is an everyday reality for too many people, and the problem is getting worse. It might seem inevitable, as people are spending more and more time online, but Matthieu Boutard, Manag… Continue reading Can we put a stop to cyber harassment?
eBay’s tumble into an ignoble existence has been fast and furious. This past week we saw six former eBay executives charged with cyberstalking, all of whom had been fired following the company’s August 2019 investigation into allegations they ha… Continue reading eBay Employees Charged With Cyberstalking Critics