Tech support scam ring leader gets 7 years in prison, $6M fine
The leader of a tech support fraud scheme was sentenced to seven years in prison after tricking at least 6,500 victims and generating more than $6 million. According to…
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Twilio kills off Authy for desktop, forcibly logs out all users
Twilio has finally killed off its Authy for Desktop application, forcibly logging users out of the desktop application. In January, Twilio announced that the Authy desktop apps…
StackExchange abused to spread malicious PyPi packages as answers
Threat actors uploaded malicious Python packages to the PyPI repository and promoted them through the StackExchange online question and answer platform. The packages are named ‘spl-types,’ ‘raydium,’…
Hackers abuse free TryCloudflare to deliver remote access malware
Researchers are warning of threat actors increasingly abusing the Cloudflare Tunnel service in malware campaigns that usually deliver remote access trojans (RATs). This cybercriminal activity was…
UK takes down major ‘Russian Coms’ caller ID spoofing platform
The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has shut down Russian Coms, a major caller ID spoofing platform used by hundreds of criminals to make…
Sitting Ducks DNS attacks let hackers hijack over 35,000 domains
Threat actors have hijacked more than 35,000 registered domains in so-called Sitting Ducks attacks that allow claiming a domain without having access to the owner’s…
Cencora confirms patient health info stolen in February attack
Pharmaceutical giant Cencora has confirmed that patients’ protected health information and personally identifiable information (PII) was exposed in a February cyberattack. Cencora, previously known as AmerisourceBergen, specializes…
FBI warns of scammers posing as crypto exchange employees
Image: MidjourneyThe Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns of scammers posing as employees of cryptocurrency exchanges to steal funds from unsuspecting victims. While the FBI…
Fraud ring pushes 600+ fake web shops via Facebook ads
Image: Midjourney A malicious fraud campaign dubbed “ERIAKOS” promotes more than 600 fake web shops through Facebook advertisements to steal visitors’ personal and financial information.…
New Android malware wipes your device after draining bank accounts
A new Android malware that researchers call ‘BingoMod’ can wipe devices after successfully stealing money from the victims’ bank accounts using the on-device fraud technique. Promoted…
Credit card users get mysterious shopify-charge.com charges
People worldwide report seeing mysterious $1 or $0 charges from Shopify-charge.com appearing on their credit card bills, even when they did not attempt to purchase anything. The…
DigiCert to delay cert revocations for critical infrastructure
DigiCert urges critical infrastructure operators to request a delay if they cannot reissue their certificates, as required by an ongoing certificate mass-revocation process announced on…