Collaborate Disseminate
Apple recently introduced CSAM detection (https://www.apple.com/child-safety/), by which an iPhone device locally detects illegal photos, before uploading to iCloud, and reports any offender to law enforcement.
While this might be helpful … Continue reading How to protect from CSAM flooding (similar to Swatting)
One day after last summer’s mass-hack of Twitter, KrebsOnSecurity wrote that 22-year-old British citizen Joseph “PlugwalkJoe” O’Connor appeared to have been involved in the incident. When the Justice Department last week announced O’Connor’s arrest and indictment, his alleged role in the Twitter compromise was well covered in the media.
But most of the coverage so far seem to have overlooked the far more sinister criminal charges in the indictment, which involve an underground scene wherein young men turn to extortion, sextortion, SIM swapping, death threats and physical attacks — all in a bid to seize control over highly-prized social media accounts. Continue reading PlugwalkJoe Does the Perp Walk
Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter this week all took steps to crack down on users involved in trafficking hijacked user accounts across their platforms. The coordinated action seized hundreds of accounts the companies say have played a major role in facilitating the trade and often lucrative resale of compromised, highly sought-after usernames. Continue reading Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter Target Resellers of Hacked Accounts
Stolen email credentials are being used to hijack home surveillance devices, such as Ring, to call police with a fake emergency, then watch the chaos unfold. Continue reading FBI Warn Hackers are Using Hijacked Home Security Devices for ‘Swatting’
By Deeba Ahmed
The F.B.I. is warning users to use strong credentials to prevent their smart devices from being used during swatting attacks. Here’s how to.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers using smart home devices to liv… Continue reading Hackers using smart home devices to live streaming swatting attacks
Two young men from the eastern United States have been hit with identity theft and conspiracy charges for allegedly stealing bitcoin and social media accounts by tricking employees at wireless phone companies into giving away credentials needed to remotely access and modify customer account information. Continue reading Two Charged in SIM Swapping, Vishing Scams
Kenneth Schuchman, the creator of the massive Satori botnet of enslaved devices, will be spending 13 months behind bars. Continue reading Satori IoT botnet author sentenced to 13 months in prison
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri’s houses were surrounded by SWAT teams after hoax phone calls claimed hostages were being held there. Continue reading Instagram CEO’s homes were targetted by SWATters
Casey Viner got into a spat over a $1.50 wager in a Call of Duty World War II game that led to the fatal shooting of an innocent man. Continue reading Teenage gamer jailed over lethal swatting
An Ohio teen who recruited a convicted serial swatter to fake a distress call that ended in the police shooting an innocent Kansas man in 2017 has been sentenced to 15 months in prison. Continue reading Man Who Hired Deadly Swatting Gets 15 Months