23andMe to pay $30 million in settlement over 2023 data breach
Genetic testing company 23andMe will pay $30 million to settle a class action lawsuit over a 2023 data breach which ended in some customers having…
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Ford seeks patent for conversation-based advertising
Car manufacturer Ford Motor Company has filed a patent application for an in-vehicle advertisement presentation system based on information derived from several trip and driver…
PartnerLeak scam site promises victims full access to “cheating” partner’s stolen data
Earlier this week, we reported on a new type of scam that tells you your partner is cheating on you. However, we hit a dead…
Scammers advertise fake AppleCare+ service via GitHub repos
We’ve uncovered a malicious campaign going after Mac users looking for support or extended warranty from Apple via the AppleCare+ support plans. The perpetrators are…
Facebook scrapes photos of kids from Australian user profiles to train its AI
Facebook has admitted that it scrapes the public photos, posts and other data from the accounts of Australian adult users to train its AI models.…
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…
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…