Europol Warns COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Vulnerable to Fraud, Theft

With the promise of a widely available COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon, Europol, the European Union’s law-enforcement agency, has issued a warning about the rise of vaccine-related Dark Web activity. The agency joins a chorus of security professionals that have concerns about widespread attacks o...

IRS to Make ID Protection PIN Open to All

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service IRS said this week that beginning in 2021 it will allow all taxpayers to apply for an identity protection personal identification number IP PIN, a single-use code designed to block identity thieves from falsely claiming a tax refund in your name. Currently, IP PI...

Indian National Gets 20-Year Jail in United States for Running Scam Call Centers

An Indian national on Monday was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the Southern District of Texas for operating and funding India-based call centers that defrauded US victims out of millions of dollars between 2013 and 2016. Hitesh Madhubhai Patel aka Hitesh Hinglaj, who hails from the city of...

Indian National Gets 20-Year Jail in United States for Running Scam Call Centers

An Indian national on Monday was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the Southern District of Texas for operating and funding India-based call centers that defrauded US victims out of millions of dollars between 2013 and 2016. Hitesh Madhubhai Patel aka Hitesh Hinglaj, who hails from the city of...

Undermining Democracy

Last Thursday, Rudy Giuliani, a Trump campaign lawyer, alleged a widespread voting conspiracy involving Venezuela, Cuba, and China. Another lawyer, Sidney Powell, argued that Mr. Trump won in a landslide, the entire election in swing states should be overturned and the legislatures should make su...

New malware fraudulently subscribes victims to premium phone services

By Sudais Asif If you believe you may have been affected by WAPDropper malware, you should uninstall any suspicious applications and inspect your billing records. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New malware fraudulently subscribes victims to premium phone services...

More on the Security of the 2020 US Election

Last week I signed on to two joint letters about the security of the 2020 election. The first was as one of 59 election security experts, basically saying that while the election seems to have been both secure and accurate voter suppression notwithstanding, we still need to work to secure our...

WooCommerce Anti-Fraud <= 3.2 - Unauthenticated Order Status Manipulation

The WooCommerce Anti-Fraud WordPress plugin was affected by an issue where an unauthenticated user could change the order status of any order, as there were no checks when changing the order status. The orderid was also predictable. On an individual level, if you have already received your order,...

WooCommerce Anti-Fraud <= 3.2 - Unauthenticated Order Status Manipulation

The WooCommerce Anti-Fraud WordPress plugin was affected by an issue where an unauthenticated user could change the order status of any order, as there were no checks when changing the order status. The orderid was also predictable. On an individual level, if you have already received your order,...

WordPress WooCommerce Anti-Fraud premium plugin <= 3.2 - Unauthenticated order status manipulation

Unauthenticated order status manipulation issue found by Brian Henry in WordPress WooCommerce Anti-Fraud premium plugin versions = 3.2. Solution Update the WordPress WooCommerce Anti-Fraud premium plugin to the latest available version at least 3.3...

Secret Service Investigates 700 Cases of Covid Relief Fraud

Ransomware as a service, exposed SMS photos, and more of the week's top security news...

Google Services Weaponized to Bypass Security in Phishing, BEC Campaigns

A spike in recent phishing and business email compromise BEC attacks can be traced back to criminals learning how to exploit Google Services, according to research from Armorblox. Social distancing has driven entire businesses into the arms of the Google ecosystem looking for a reliable, simple w...

Trump Fires Security Chief Christopher Krebs

President Trump on Tuesday fired his top election security official Christopher Krebs no relation. The dismissal came via Twitter two weeks to the day after Trump lost an election he baselessly claims was stolen by widespread voting fraud. Chris Krebs. Image: CISA. Krebs, 43, is a former Microsof...

Firing of CISA Chief Christopher Krebs Widely Condemned

Government officials and cybersecurity experts alike condemned President Trump’s firing of Christopher Krebs by tweet Tuesday, as the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA became the latest victim of the president’s housecleaning efforts after his failed bid at a...

Ticketmaster Scores Hefty Fine Over 2018 Data Breach

Ticketmaster’s UK division has been slapped with a $1.65 million fine by the Information Commissioner’s Office ICO in the UK, over its 2018 data breach that impacted 9.4 million customers. The fine £1.25million has been levied after the ICO found that the company “failed to put appropriate securi...

New Zealand Election Fraud

It seems that this election season has not gone without fraud. In New Zealand, a vote for "Bird of the Year" has been marred by fraudulent votes: More than 1,500 fraudulent votes were cast in the early hours of Monday in the countrys annual bird election, briefly pushing the Little-Spotted Kiwi t...

The GOP Keeps Proving There's No Election Fraud

Through numerous legal and other challenges, the Trump campaign and its allies have consistently undermined their argument...

Scalper-Bots Shake Down Desperate PS5, Xbox Series X Shoppers

It’s a big week for gamers across the globe, with imminent, dueling releases of Xbox Series X and PlayStation PS5. However, an army of retail bots threaten to drive prices up as much as three times the retail price, putting the coveted holiday gifts well out of reach of everyday fans. Retailers...

Trump Site Alleging AZ Election Fraud Exposes Voter Data

A security flaw on a website set up to gather evidence of in-person voter fraud in Arizona would have opened the door for SQL injection and other attacks. The bug, found on a site set up by Trump campaign called dontpressthegreenbutton.com, was discovered by cybersecurity pro Todd Rossin, almost ...

Ghimob: a Tétrade threat actor moves to infect mobile devices

Guildma, a threat actor that is part of the Tétrade family of banking trojans, has been working on bringing in new techniques, creating new malware and targeting new victims. Recently, their new creation, the Ghimob banking trojan, has been a move toward infecting mobile devices, targeting...