FBI warns online daters to avoid “free” online verification schemes that prove costly
The FBI has warned of fraudsters targeting users of dating websites and apps with “free” online verification service schemes that turn out to be very…
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Kaiser health insurance leaked patient data to advertisers
Health insurance giant Kaiser has announced it will notify millions of patients about a data breach after sharing patients’ data with advertisers. Kaiser said that…
Ring agrees to pay $5.6 million after cameras were used to spy on customers
Amazon’s Ring has settled with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over charges that the company allowed employees and contractors to access customers’ private videos, and…
TikTok comes one step closer to a US ban
The US Senate has approved a bill that would effectively ban TikTok from the US unless Chinese owner ByteDance gives up its share of the immensely popular…
Google ad for Facebook redirects to scam
Today, we are looking at a malicious ad campaign targeting Facebook users via Google search. It is well-known that tech support scammers attract new victims…
“Substantial proportion” of Americans may have had health and personal data stolen in Change Healthcare breach
UnitedHealth Group has given an update on the February cyberattack on Change Healthcare, one of its subsidiaries. In the update, the company revealed the scale…
Picking fights and gaining rights, with Justin Brookman: Lock and Code S05E09
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… Our Lock and Code host, David Ruiz, has a bit of an apology to make: “Sorry for…
Billions of scraped Discord messages up for sale
Four billions public Discord messages are for sale on an internet scraping service called Spy.pet. At first sight there doesn’t seem to be much that…
Law enforcement reels in phishing-as-a-service whopper
A major international law enforcement effort involving agencies from 19 countries has disrupted the notorious LabHost phishing-as-a-service platform. Europol reports that the organization’s infrastructure has…
Mental health company Cerebral failed to protect sensitive personal data, must pay $7 million
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached a settlement with online mental health services company Cerebral after the company was charged with failing to secure…
Cannabis investment scam JuicyFields ends in 9 arrests
Europol and its associates have arrested 9 people in conjunction with a cannabis investment scam known as “JuicyFields”. The suspects used social media to lure…
Should you share your location with your partner?
Every relationship has its disagreements. Who takes out the trash and washes the dishes? Who plans the meals and writes out the grocery list? And…