Categories: News Tags: scam Tags: fake Tags: fraud Tags: phish Tags: romance Tags: 419 Tags: astronaut Tags: space Tags: station Tags: shuttle Tags: rocket Tags: fake Tags: email We take a look at a scam which has come around every couple of years and which has finally claimed a sizable bounty from a victim. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: Bank Tags: awareness Tags: campaign Tags: never say that Tags: security Tags: phish Tags: phishing We take a look at an awareness campaign based around the kind of thing you should never hear your bank saying. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: smart light system Tags: light bulb Tags: IoT Tags: Internet of Things Tags: compromise Tags: CVE In 2022, even our light bulbs have CVEs |
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Read moreCategories: Podcast This week on Lock and Code, we speak with a Bay Area teen about the difficulties of growing up with the Internet, and with 1Password co-founder Sara Teare about how to raise kids online today. |
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Read moreCategories: News The blueprint aims to make AI less harmful to Americans by holding its creators accountable. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: romance scammer Tags: android vulnerabilities Tags: SQL servers Tags: Data Access Agreement Tags: bogus job offers Tags: Kim Kardashian Tags: TikTok Tags: smishing Tags: ransomware review Tags: BitBucket The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: Meta Tags: WhatsApp Tags: apps Tags: mobile Tags: android Tags: device Tags: account Tags: credentials Tags: spam Meta is suing developers for multiple credential-stealing apps found on Google Play and elsewhere. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: Final Fantasy XIV Tags: Square Enix Tags: phishing Tags: credential stuffing Tags: theft Tags: steal Tags: compromise Tags: hijack Attackers are preying on accounts with passwords used on other sites and services. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: Scam Tags: spam Tags: phish Tags: BEC Tags: business email compromise Tags: romance Tags: fake Tags: fraud Tags: wire Tags: money mule We take a look at a scammer, involved in both BEC fraud and romance scams, who has been jailed for a whopping 25 years. |
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Read moreCategories: Business We’ve updated our bug bounty program with increased rewards and a new way to submit vulnerabilities |
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