Payment provider data breach exposes credit card information of 1.7 million customers
Payment provider Slim CD has disclosed a security incident that may have exposed the full credit card information of anyone paying at a merchant that…
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Your partner “is cheating on you” scam asks you to pay to see proof
As if they weren’t annoying enough already, scammers have recently introduced new pressure tactics to their sextortion and scam emails. Last week we reported how…
What the arrest of Telegram’s CEO means, with Eva Galperin (Lock and Code S05E19)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… On August 24, at an airport just outside of Paris, a man named Pavel Durov was detained…
Planned Parenthood partly offline after ransomware attack
In late August, Intermountain Planned Parenthood of Montana suffered a cyberattack which is still under investigation. The attack has been claimed by a ransomware group.…
Lowe’s employees phished via Google ads
In mid-August, we identified a malvertising campaign targeting Lowes employees via Google ads. Like many large corporations, Lowe’s has their own employe portal called MyLowesLife,…
“Hello pervert” sextortion scam includes new threat of Pegasus—and a picture of your home
After using passwords obtained from one of the countless breaches as a lure to trick victims into paying, the “Hello pervert” sextortion scammers have recently introduced…
How to avoid election related scams
With the US election campaigns at full throttle, scammers have taken a renewed interest in the ways this can be used to defraud people often…
London’s city transport hit by cybersecurity incident
Transport for London (TfL), the city’s transport authority, is fighting through an ongoing cyberattack. TfL runs three separate units that arrange transports on London’s surface,…
City of Columbus tries to silence security researcher
The City of Columbus, Ohio is suing a security researcher for sharing stolen data. All the complaint will accomplish, we imagine, is spotlight the ignorance…
Iranian cybercriminals are targeting WhatsApp users in spear phishing campaign
An Iranian state-sponsored group often referred to as Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is making headlines again this season as Meta disclosed that the…
Fake Canva home page leads to browser lock
In a previous blog post, we showed how fraudsters were leveraging features from the very company (Microsoft) they were impersonating. We continue this series with…
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov charged with allowing criminal activity
France has indicted the CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram on charges of complicity in the distribution of child sex abuse images, aiding organized…