The Web Teen charged in July's Twitter hack started out scamming Minecraft players Was investigated on similar crimes when he was 16 but was let go By Cal Jeffrey, August 3, 2020, 3:13 PM 10 comments
Gaming Security Beware of fraudulent Cyberpunk 2077 beta invites CD Projekt Red has no plans for a beta By Eric Hamilton, July 31, 2020, 7:27 AM
Security The Web New Netflix phishing scam has a clever way of appearing legitimate Don't be fooled By Rob Thubron, July 29, 2020, 9:11 AM
Mobile T-Mobile joins the war on robocalls with Scam Shield mobile app Automatic call blocking, caller ID, phone number proxy, and more By Cal Jeffrey, July 16, 2020, 4:49 PM
The Web Twitter accounts of Barack Obama, Apple, Joe Biden, & more hijacked for crypto scam The platform says its employees were targeted by social engineering attacks By Rob Thubron, July 16, 2020, 5:18 AM 13 comments
Security Scammers are exploiting Covid-19 crisis by emailing malware-loaded CVs Don't open those suspicious attachments, people By Rob Thubron, June 9, 2020, 9:15 AM
The Web Cryptocurrency fraud reached $1.36 billion in the first five months of 2020 Hackers and scammers have been busy during the pandemic By Adrian Potoroaca, June 4, 2020, 6:47 AM 11 comments
Security Text scams exploiting coronavirus fears see sharp rise in South Korea There have been almost 10,000 virus-based smishing attempts in the country By Rob Thubron, February 17, 2020, 8:51 AM
Security Phishing scam tricks Texas school district out of $2.3 million Beware of links in suspicious emails By Rob Thubron, January 13, 2020, 10:11 AM
Apple FBI arrests 14 in connection to $6 million counterfeit iPhone scam The 76-count DoJ indictment lists 17 defendants, but three are still being sought By Cal Jeffrey, November 14, 2019, 1:50 PM
The Web Two tech-support scammers arrested for allegedly stealing $10 million from over 7,500 people Most of the victims were elderly By Rob Thubron, September 20, 2019, 8:44 AM 14 comments
The Web Security 281 people arrested in operation targeting email scammers Victims were hit with everything from BEC schemes to romance scams By Rob Thubron, September 12, 2019, 9:21 AM 10 comments
Security The Web Internet scam data shows which states had most victims and lost most money Bad news if you live in Alaska By Rob Thubron, August 22, 2019, 8:35 AM
Security Tech Culture CipherTrace says $3.1 billion may have been stolen at cryptocurrency exchanges in 2019 Couple in misappropriated funds and it adds up to a staggering $4.3 billion By Adrian Potoroaca, August 15, 2019, 1:44 PM 7 comments
Industry Tech Culture House passes robocall bill with near unanimous support This is clearly not a partisan issue By Cal Jeffrey, July 24, 2019, 6:36 PM 10 comments
Industry Federal judge rejects motion to dismiss $224M SIM-swapping lawsuit against AT&T Plaintiff has sufficiently shown that carrier may have violated the Federal Communications Act, said judge By Cal Jeffrey, July 23, 2019, 5:36 PM
Industry Fraudulent Libra cryptocurrency ads are already appearing on Facebook The fact that the coin has not been released yet should be a clue, but the pages appear convincing By Cal Jeffrey, July 23, 2019, 1:55 PM
Industry Canadian crypto exchange CEO reportedly skimmed currency into privately owned accounts Another day, another cryptocurrency scam By Cal Jeffrey, June 24, 2019, 6:16 PM 10 comments
Industry Office Depot pays FTC $25 million for allegedly using fake malware scans and charging for repairs The money will be used to refund affected customers By Rob Thubron, March 28, 2019, 7:11 AM 14 comments
Industry OneCoin cryptocurrency executive arrested for 'multibillion-dollar' fraud Suspect's sister and co-founder still at large By Cal Jeffrey, March 11, 2019, 3:43 PM 19 comments
Industry The Web Amazon at war with seller scams, bad employees, and data leaks Numerous employees have been terminated since September for selling insider info to malicious merchants By Cal Jeffrey, December 11, 2018, 3:03 PM 15 comments
Industry The Web Scam alert: Positive cryptocurrency reviews are for sale And few investors realize it By Rob Thubron, November 28, 2018, 5:25 AM
Tech Culture Lenny is a chatbot that trolls telemarketers Why am I only learning of this just now? By Cal Jeffrey, November 26, 2018, 6:36 PM 21 comments
Security FBI arrests 74 email scammers in worldwide operation 42 in the US and 29 in Nigeria By Rob Thubron, June 12, 2018, 9:59 AM 40 comments
Security California teen faces 14 felony counts in phishing attack against school district 'It was like stealing candy from a baby.' By Cal Jeffrey, May 14, 2018, 7:47 PM 15 comments