When EufyMake launched their E1 UV printer campaign on Kickstarter, they set an ambitious goal: to raise $500,000 in two months. They reached it in just minutes. Fourteen hours later, they had already surpassed $10 million. By the end of the campaign, EufyMake had made history, raising $46.7 million from over 17,000 backers and becoming the most funded project ever on the platform.
For years, digital identities and privacy have been cornerstone topics in the cybersecurity industry. Why is that? Well, it’s because our digital identity has become an extension of us, a virtual self.
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Romania starts blocking international calls that spoof national phone numbers to thwart fraud attempts.
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Remember well-heeled Manhattan resident Nicholas Truglia?
Back in 2022, we told you how he had been sentenced to prison for his part in orchestrating a SIM swap scam that stole US $22 million in cryptocurrency.
Gone are the days when phishing emails were riddled with typos and suspicious links. Today’s online scams are polished, persuasive, and powered by some of the same technologies that keep the digital world ticking.
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Hiring platform McHire.com, used by fast food giant McDonald’s, has exposed information on more than 64 million job applicants, according to security researchers.
It turns out that not every chatbot is created equal – some are less good than others, to put it mildly. Some applicants have already complained about how bad the Olivia chatbot is at its job.
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Hackers have stolen $100 million from Brazil’s banking system by allegedly exploiting a single IT employee at C&M Software, a company linking financial institutions to the Central Bank’s PIX payment network.
João Nazareno Roque worked as a junior back-end developer at C&M. He was already in his 40s when he decided to make a career change.
A Russian professional basketball player has been arrested for allegedly acting as a negotiator for a ransomware gang.
26-year old Daniil Kasatkin, was reportedly arrested last month at Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris after flying in with his fiancée.
Security researchers have discovered an extensive network of malicious Firefox extensions that used the names of tools and known games to trick users into downloading them.
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