Scammers will always find ways to trick people into doing their bidding, even when their grift seems so unlikely that people would believe it to be impossible. The Steam Gift Card scam is an example of a campaign that should not work, yet it’s a bigger problem than people realize.
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The Federal Trade Commission is refunding users of Ring smart cams over charges the Amazon-owned company allowed employees and contractors to access consumers’ private videos and failed to implement security protections.
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The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged the founders of the Samourai crypto mixer for allegedly laundering over $100 million. Over the course of its decade-long operation, Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill are accused of amassing substantial sums in fees from a range of dubious sources.
The Lincoln Project, a US political action committee (super PAC), fell victim to a business email compromise (BEC) attack that defrauded them of $35,000.
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Czech news agency ČTK announced on Tuesday that a hacker had managed to break into its systems and published fake news reports of a plot to murder the president of a neighbouring country.
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People firmly believe they know what hackers are after, but the reality is that regular people and hackers value very different things, which is likely one reasons cybercrime has such success.
The UK’s Leicester City Council was thrown into chaos last month when a crippling cyber attack forced it to shut down its IT systems and phone lines.
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The US government has imposed visa restrictions on 13 people known to be involved in the development and sale of spyware, the State Department said.
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A GitHub content delivery network (CDN) flaw abused by hackers to host and distribute malware could be exploited similarly on GitLab.
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