Uber headquarters in Mission Bay, San Francisco, Nov. 19, 2020. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Blame game follows Uber hack. Experts say don’t fault employee. The Uber hack may be a lesson in poor security design and points to problems with vulnerable multi-factor authentication. Sep 16, 2022
A view of the Interpol Global Complex for Innovation building during the inauguration opening ceremony in Singapore in 2015 (ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images) INTERPOL raids hundreds of scammy call centers in sweep Investigators found scammers involved in human trafficking. Jun 15, 2022 By Tonya Riley
(Getty Images) Online romance scams expand, now with more cryptocurrency The FTC says that of the $547 million in romance scams reported in 2021, $139 million in losses involved cryptocurrency transactions. Feb 10, 2022 By Joe Warminsky
(Getty Images) Researchers nab wannabe ransomware scammer trying to convince victims to help hack their employer The would-be perpetrator appeared to be associated with the DemonWare ransomware outfit. Aug 19, 2021 By Tim Starks
Stickers bearing the Facebook logo at the F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, on April 30, 2019. (REUTERS / Stephen Lam) Iranian spies tried hacking US military personnel by posing as job recruiters on Facebook Facebook said it took down the campaign from the hackers known as Tortoiseshell. Jul 15, 2021 By Tim Starks
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (Flickr) 533 million Facebook users’ personal data leaked online This leak places several important data points all in one place. Apr 5, 2021 By Shannon Vavra
(Getty Images) Fake Twitter personas, bogus blog delivered North Korea-linked malware to researchers The goal was to spy on the work of cybersecurity researchers by exploiting their natural inclination to collaborate. Jan 26, 2021 By Joe Warminsky
(Reuters) New York regulator faults Twitter for lax security measures prior to big account breach The attacker used "vishing," a social engineering scam on the rise. Oct 15, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
(Getty Images) FBI, CISA warn of ‘voice phishing’ campaigns Vishing has been rampant in the last month. Aug 21, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
Experian did not specify the data that had been stolen, but said it did not involve “credit or consumer financial information.” (Getty Images) No hacking needed: Someone duped Experian into handing over data in breach affecting 24 million South Africans For fraudsters looking to swindle big corporations, sometimes it’s just a matter of asking. Aug 21, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas