A week in security (October 3 – 9)

Categories: 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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Credential stuffers take aim at Final Fantasy XIV players

Categories: 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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Romance scammer given 25 years of alone time

Categories: 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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Android vulnerabilities could allow arbitrary code execution

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Categories: News

Tags: Google

Tags: Android

Tags: Qualcomm

Tags: WLAN

Tags: CVE-2022-25720

Tags: CVE-2022-25718

Tags: CVE-2022-25748

Tags: CVE-2022-20419

Tags: ActivityManager

Google has issued patches for 42 vulnerabilities, including four marked critical

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Data Access Agreement offers a new path for UK – US data requests

Categories: News

Tags: Data access agreement

Tags: DAA

Tags: UK

Tags: US

Tags: crime

Tags: criminal

Tags: telecommunications

Tags: request

Tags: share

Tags: data

We take a look at a possibly controversial new way for two governments to make direct data requests in cases of law enforcement.

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Cyberstalking, pig masks, and cockroaches: Former eBay execs are sentenced

Categories: News

Tags: ebay

Tags: harassment

Tags: doxing

Tags: online threats

Tags: stalking

Tags: cyberstalking

Two former eBay executives have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a cyberstalking campaign aimed at the company’s critics.

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