Security News

Hardware wallet security is no match for scammers’ ingenuity
2018-01-09 12:58

It is often noted that hardware cryptocurrency wallets are one of the better options for keeping one’s private keys safe: they are not affected by malware, the private keys are usually stored and...

BEC scammers stealing millions from home buyers
2017-11-07 20:47

Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams have been on the rise for the last few years, and no industry is safe from these scammers. It has been revealed last week that art galleries and collectors...

BEC scammers are robbing art galleries and collectors
2017-11-03 13:30

BEC scammers are targeting art galleries, collectors and artists, swindling them out of money and, on occasion, ruining their businesses. According to The Art Newspaper, nine art galleries in the...

Scammers Hosted Files on Equifax's Australian Website
2017-10-03 10:33

Security Error Could Have Been Exploited to Phish Data, Distribute MalwareCredit-reporting agency Equifax's Australian website played host to scammers promoting pirated videos, live streams and...

Scammers Offer to Sell Data Stolen in Equifax Hack
2017-09-15 13:14

While the large amount of information stolen in the recent Equifax hack might be up for sale somewhere on the dark web, scammers have also set up websites offering the data from the U.S. credit...

Tech Support Scammers Cast a Wider Net (Threatpost)
2017-08-07 17:32

Microsoft is warning of a wave of phishing campaigns pushing tech support scams via malicious links to phony Amazon, Alibaba and LinkedIn web pages.

Seagate to pay millions for forking over employee info to scammers (Help Net Security)
2017-07-31 18:03

A moment of inattention by one of its employees, and Seagate stands to lose tens of millions of dollars. No, the company was not the victim of a BEC scam – instead, it has been dragged to court by...

Email scammers swindle US Supreme Court judge out of $1 milion (Help Net Security)
2017-06-21 20:13

If often happens to less prominent individuals, but this time it happened to a US Supreme Court judge: scammers have managed trick her into wiring the money meant for buying an apartment to a bank...

Scammers Are Using Fake Apple In-App Subscriptions to Make Lot of Money (The Hackers News)
2017-06-13 08:27

In this year's annual event, Apple announced that the company had paid out $70 Billion to developers in the App Store's lifetime and that $21 Billion of the amount was paid in the last year alone....

3 Nigerian Scammers Get 235-Years of Total Jail Sentence in U.S. (The Hackers News)
2017-05-26 02:02

You may have heard of hilarious Nigerian scams. My all time favourite is this one: A Nigerian astronaut has been trapped in space for the past 25 years and needs $3 million to get back to Earth,...