January 23, 2023

Serious Security: How dEliBeRaTe tYpOs might imProVe DNS security

It's a really cool and super-simple trick. The question is, "Will it help?"

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February 13, 2020

FBI: Cybercrime tore a $3.5b hole in victims’ pockets last year

The FBI's Internet Crime Report shows that business email comprise is the biggest money-maker for cybercriminals.

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February 03, 2020

FTC warns VoIP providers that help robocallers: we can and will sue

It put 19 internet-calling companies on notice that helping illegal robocalls is illegal. It has sued before, and it can do it again.

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January 24, 2020

9th Methbot suspect arrested in massive clickfraud ring

How Sergey Denisoff described his early ad-buying ventures: buying BS popup traffic and reselling it to buyers demanding BS traffic.

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September 17, 2019

Robocalls now flooding US phones with 200m calls per day

According to a new report, nearly 30% of all US calls placed in the first half of 2019 were garbage, as in, nuisance, scam or fraud calls.

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June 27, 2019

Tesla 3 navigation system fooled with GPS spoofing

Cybersecurity researchers have fooled the Tesla Model 3's automatic navigation system into rapidly braking and taking a wrong turn on the highway.

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June 25, 2019

Presidential text alerts are open to spoofing attacks, warn researchers

Researchers have shown that it’s technically possible for hackers to target the US Presidential text Alerts system to send fake messages.

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May 09, 2019

Sextortion mail from yourself? It doesn’t mean you’ve been hacked…

Here's a 30-second video you can show your friends and family if they freak out after receiving a scam email apparently from themselves...

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October 12, 2018

35 state attorneys general tell FCC to pull the plug on robocalls

The AGs want the FCC to adopt SHAKEN and STIR.

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