Security News

Already facing an uphill misinformation fight, Facebook loses to scammers, too
2018-10-16 00:42

Facebook's focus on misinformation is leaving an opening for another type of scam.

Tech support scammers leverage “evil cursor” technique to “lock” Chrome
2018-09-14 11:10

Tech scammers are constantly coming up with new techniques to make users panic and seek their bogus services. The latest one, documented by Malwarebytes researchers, has been dubbed “evil cursor”....

Princely five years in the big house for Nigerian business email scammer
2018-09-13 21:12

Bloke copped to $25m spear-phishing scheme A Nigerian man will be spending the next five years in a US prison after pleading guilty to operating a phishing scheme targeting businesses around the world.…

Beware: WhatsApp scammers target children with ‘Olivia’ porn message
2018-09-12 12:10

"I can send a picture where all of us are together," says "Olivia," before sending a porn URL. Tell kids not to click!

Uncle Sam wants tech toolkit to snoop social media stock scammers
2018-09-05 00:20

Pumpers and dumpers, flash crashers and other miscreants under the SEC's spotlight The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has put out a call for proposals on a new system that would be...

Google Ads cracks down on tech support scammers
2018-09-04 09:43

The search giant said that in future any company wanting to advertise these services would have to pass manual verification checks first.

Alleged SIM-swap scammer nabbed for stealing $5m in Bitcoin
2018-08-01 13:34

"Hi Daddy Love you," texted the daughter of one of the hacker's alleged victims. The reply: "TELL YOUR DAD TO GIVE US BITCOIN"

Scammers pwn verified Fox Twitter account to scam cryptocurrency
2018-07-25 11:06

Scammers have been exploiting Twitter for months now to steal digital currencies from naïve users, but this month one attacker pulled off a rare coup by compromising a verified Twitter account.

Woman scams scammer, incriminates self in the process
2018-07-10 12:21

"This is SO NOT my ripped-off laptop," the scammer must have thought when the scammer-scammer sent a package of magazines instead.

Elderly victims conned out of millions by tech support scammer
2018-06-21 13:17

The FTC has been battling tech support scams for years, especially ones targeting older citizens who are seen by fraudsters everywhere as susceptible to these cons.