Security News

Fake Dell support rep admits to talking US colleges out of $874,000
2019-08-06 12:23

His victims: UCSD and a Pennsylvania university. He hid out in Kenya for nearly 8 months before being nabbed.

PIN the blame on us, says Monzo in mondo security blunder: Bank card codes stored in plain-text in log files
2019-08-06 05:09

Why bother go for databases when insecure log files appears to be where all the data is at Trendy online-only Brit bank Monzo is telling hundreds of thousands of its customers to pick a new PIN –...

Hackers exploit SMS gateways to text millions of US numbers
2019-08-05 14:18

Receive any strange SMS text messages recently? If you live in the US, there’s a small chance you might have received an SMS with the following text in the last few days from someone called...

Phisherman's blues: Dell support fraudster extradited from Kenya, cops to $870,000 email theft from US colleges
2019-08-02 19:42

Up to 20 years behind bars for business email compromise An email phisher found hiding in Kenya is facing up to two decades behind bars in America for scamming thousands of dollars from US universities.…

US utilities targeted with spear-phishing emails impersonating engineering licensing board
2019-08-02 09:58

If you worked in a US company in the utilities sector and received an email notification telling you that you’ve failed your “Fundamentals of Engineering” NCEES exam, would you download the...

Research shows that devices banned by US government lack basic security practices
2019-08-02 05:15

As the August 13 deadline looms for the US ban on Chinese surveillance cameras, the news cycle is re-engaged with the issue. The panic about banned cameras still being in operation shines a...

US chases fraudulent bitcoin exchange BTC-e for $100m
2019-07-30 13:19

Two years ago, the US government fined an international cybercriminal and his fraudulent bitcoin exchange over $100m. Now, it's going after them for the money.

Capital One gets Capital Done: Hacker swipes personal info on 106 million US, Canadian credit card applicants
2019-07-30 00:16

180,000 SSNs nicked, Seattle woman cuffed, charged Developing Capital One says a hacker made off with account details on more than 100 million of its customers in the US and Canada.…

He’s coming home, he’s coming home ... Hutchins’ coming home: British Wannacry killer held in US on malware dev rap set free by judge
2019-07-26 19:23

Joy as infosec researcher spared jail in America Marcus Hutchins is on his way home to the England after a judge spared him a stretch behind bars in America for developing the Kronos banking trojan.…

3 Romanian Men Sentenced for Hacking US Servers
2019-07-24 13:57

Three men who hacked U.S. computers from Romania have been sentenced to prison for a fraud scheme totaling more than $21 million, federal prosecutors in Georgia said Tuesday. read more