Security News

Ransomware scammers exploited Safari bug to extort porn-viewing iOS users (ArsTechnica)
2017-03-28 01:18

Scammers hired hundreds of 'staff' to defraud TalkTalk customers (The Register)
2017-03-07 12:40

Forget Nigerian Princes, Scammers Offer Fake Razer eSports Sponsorships To Twitch Streamers (Forbes)
2017-02-23 23:24

We talked to Windows tech support scammers. Here's why you shouldn't (ZDNet)
2017-02-22 13:53

Turning Tables on Nigerian Business Email Scammers (Threatpost)
2017-02-15 16:45

Researchers from Dell SecureWorks infiltrated a Nigerian business email spoofing and business email compromise operation, shutting down a number of money mule accounts in the process.

Programmer releases bot army to crush Windows Support scammers (ZDNet)
2017-02-09 06:21

Google let scammers post a perfectly spoofed Amazon ad in its search results (ZDNet)
2017-02-09 02:21

Scammers are blending W-2 phishing with wire fraud (Help Net Security)
2017-02-03 18:55

During last year’s run-up to the US Tax Day, scammers mercilessly targeted companies’ payroll and human resources professionals, tricking them into handing over employees’ W-2 forms. A W-2 form...

Take your sweet timehow I scammed a tech support scammer for nearly two hours (ArsTechnica)
2017-01-27 20:20

Western Union admits it facilitated scammers, forfeits $586 million (Help Net Security)
2017-01-20 18:48

Western Union has agreed to forfeit $586 million and enter into agreements with the Federal Trade Commission, the Justice Department, and several U.S. Attorneys’ Offices. Western Union admits to...