How one data scientist is pioneering techniques to detect security threats

Data science is an increasingly popular field of study that’s relevant to every industry. When Maria Puertas Calvo was a student, she never imagined that one day she would pioneer data science techniques to detect security threats. She started her Microsoft career on the Safety Platform team,...

The human impact of a Royal Mail phishing scam

Last week, we looked at a Royal Mail themed scam which has very quickly become the weapon of choice for phishers. It’s pretty much everywhere at this point. Even one of my relatives with a semi-mystical ability to never experience a scam ever, received a fake SMS at the weekend. The problem with...

Report reveals the staggering scale of Business Email Compromise losses

Internet crime is ever present, and with the ongoing pandemic, levels of scams and fraud were exceptionally high in 2020. Opportunistic fraudsters didnt give a second thought to riding the COVID-19 wave and preying upon those who are truly in need of help, or those who truly want to help. The...

US charges Swiss hacker behind massive Verkada security camera hack

By Habiba Rashid The hacker Till Kottmann aka “deletescape” has been indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft by the US DOJ. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US charges Swiss hacker behind massive Verkada security camera hack...

18-Year-Old Hacker Gets 3 Years in Prison for Massive Twitter 'Bitcoin Scam' Hack

A Florida teen accused of masterminding the hacks of several high-profile Twitter accounts last summer as part of a widespread cryptocurrency scam pled guilty to fraud charges in exchange for a three-year prison sentence. Graham Ivan Clark, 18, will also serve an additional three years on...

Five Ways Bad Bots Are Threatening Financial Services

For years now, the biggest security concerns for businesses in the financial services sector have mainly been related to data security, privacy, compliance and everything in between. Nevertheless, application security is equally as important and complex, as it consists of multiple potential attac...

John McAfee Charged with Fraud in Cryptocurrency Scam

By Habiba Rashid John McAfee has been charged with fraud and money-laundering related to 2 cryptocurrency schemes, the US Justice Department said on Friday. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: John McAfee Charged with Fraud in Cryptocurrency Scam...

How $100M in Jobless Claims Went to Inmates

The U.S. Labor Departments inspector general said this week that roughly $100 million in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims were paid in 2020 to criminals who are already in jail. Thats a tiny share of the estimated tens of billions of dollars in jobless benefits states have given to identi...

Cybercriminal Enterprise 'Ringleaders' Stole $55M Via COVID-19 Fraud, Romance Scams

Click to Register U.S. law enforcement arrested six “ringleaders” of a Ghana-based cybercriminal enterprise, who had allegedly launched a slew of money-stealing scams dating back to 2013 that included romance scams, business email compromise attacks and fraud. Seized in the arrests were a slew of...

Malvertisers Exploited WebKit 0-Day to Redirect Browser Users to Scam Sites

A malvertising group known as "ScamClub" exploited a zero-day vulnerability in WebKit-based browsers to inject malicious payloads that redirected users to fraudulent websites gift card scams. The attacks, first spotted by ad security firm Confiant in late June 2020, leveraged a bug CVE-2021–1801...

Cybercrooks Rake in $304M in Romance Scams

Romance scams remain the most successful fraud strategy for cybercrooks, and represents a growing sector, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Last year, romance schemes accounted for a record $304 million raked into illicit coffers, according to new data – up about 50 percent from 2019...

Yandex Employee Caught Selling Access to Users' Email Inboxes

Russian Dutch-domiciled search engine, ride-hailing and email service provider Yandex on Friday disclosed a data breach that compromised 4,887 email accounts of its users. The company blamed the incident on an unnamed employee who had been providing unauthorized access to the users' mailboxes for...

CVE-2021-22979

On BIG-IP version 16.0.x before 16.0.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.2.8, 13.1.x before 13.1.3.5, and all 12.1.x versions, a reflected Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability exists in an undisclosed page of the BIG-IP Configuration utility when Fraud Protection Service is provisioned...

Credential Stuffing and Account Takeovers -- The Business View

Account takeovers ATOs, in which criminals impersonate legitimate account owners in order to take control of an account, cause tremendous pain for businesses in all industries. This pain may be monetary, such as losses from stolen accounts, but may also include a number of related problems, like...

Credential Stuffing and Account Takeover -- The Business View

Account takeovers ATOs, in which criminals impersonate legitimate account owners in order to take control of an account, cause tremendous pain for businesses in all industries. This pain may be monetary, such as losses from stolen accounts, but may also include a number of related problems, like...

F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP FPS XSS vulnerability (K63497634)

The version of F5 Networks BIG-IP installed on the remote host is prior to 12.1.5.3 / 13.1.3.5 / 14.1.2.8 / 15.1.1 / 16.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the K63497634 advisory. - On BIG-IP version 16.0.x before 16.0.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.2....

Billions of Passwords Offered for $2 on Dark Web

A “compilation of many breaches” – COMB for short – has been leaked on the cyber-underground, according to researchers. The so-called COMB contains a staggering 3.27 billion unique combinations of cleartext email addresses and passwords. The trove is an aggregate database that brings together old...

WARNING — Hugely Popular 'The Great Suspender' Chrome Extension Contains Malware

Google on Thursday removed The Great Suspender, a popular Chrome extension used by millions of users, from its Chrome Web Store for containing malware. It also took the unusual step of deactivating it from users' computers. "This extension contains malware," read a terse notification from Google,...

WARNING — Hugely Popular 'The Great Suspender' Chrome Extension Contains Malware

Google on Thursday removed The Great Suspender , a popular Chrome extension used by millions of users, from its Chrome Web Store for containing malware. It also took the unusual step of deactivating it from users' computers. "This extension contains malware," read a terse notification from Google...

Crypto Crook Hired Steven Seagal to Promote Scam, Now Faces Charges

Hundreds of investors in a fake cryptocurrency scam were bilked out of $11 million by John DeMarr, who advised them to invest in fake cryptocurrency “Bitcoiin,” took their money and spent it on a Porsche, jewelry and upgrades to his home, a criminal complaint from the Department of Justice allege...