Desperate Taylor Swift fans defrauded by ticket scams
Ticket scams are very common and apparently hard to stop. When there are not nearly enough tickets for some concerts to accommodate all the fans…
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Tracing what went wrong in 2012 for today’s teens, with Dr. Jean Twenge: Lock and Code S04E10
This week on the Lock and Code podcast… You’ve likely felt it: The dull pull downwards of a smartphone scroll. The “five more minutes” just…
You get a passkey, you get a passkey, everyone should get a passkey
Microsoft is rolling out passkey support for all consumer accounts. Passkeys are a very secure replacement for passwords that can’t be cracked, guessed or phished,…
Dropbox Sign customer data accessed in breach
Dropbox is reporting a recent “security incident” in which an attacker gained unauthorized access to the Dropbox Sign (formerly HelloSign) production environment. During this access,…
Watch out for tech support scams lurking in sponsored search results
This blog post was written based on research carried out by Jérôme Segura. A campaign using sponsored search results is targeting home users and taking…
Psychotherapy practice hacker gets jail time after extorting patients, publishing personal therapy notes online
On October 30, 2020, I started a article with the words: “Hell is too nice a place for these people.” The subject of this outrage…
Wireless carriers fined $200 million after illegally sharing customer location data
After four years of investigation, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has concluded that four of the major wireless carriers in the US violated the law…
Malwarebytes Premium Security earns “Product of the Year” from AVLab
After blocking 100% of “in-the-wild” malware samples that were deployed in multiple, consecutive third-party tests conducted by the AVLab Cybersecurity Foundation, Malwarebytes Premium Security has…
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…
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…