Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000
Phone numbers are a goldmine for SIM swappers. A researcher found how to get this precious piece of information through a clever brute-force attack.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2025 19:05:57 +0000
In an effort to evade detection, cybercriminals are increasingly turning to “residential proxy” services that cover their tracks by making it look like everyday online activity.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2025 19:05:57 +0000
In an effort to evade detection, cybercriminals are increasingly turning to “residential proxy” services that cover their tracks by making it look like everyday online activity.
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Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Tue, 27 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Thanks to drastic policy changes in the US and Big Tech’s embrace of the second Trump administration, many people are moving their digital lives abroad. Here are a few options to get you started.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Dell Cameron, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: A mysterious hacking group’s secret client is exposed, Signal takes a swipe at Microsoft Recall, Russian hackers target security cameras to spy on aid to Ukraine, and more.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
Format Boy makes a living teaching Yahoo Boys, notorious West African scammers, how to use AI and deepfake technology to ensnare their next victims.
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Credit to Author: Micah Lee| Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000
The company behind the Signal clone used by at least one Trump administration official was breached earlier this month. The hacker says they got in thanks to a basic misconfiguration.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 16:53:00 +0000
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000
Before a crackdown by Telegram, Xinbi Guarantee grew into one of the internet’s biggest markets for Chinese-speaking crypto scammers and money laundering. And all registered to a US address.
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