Sure, it’s early yet, but 2019 can award the crown for “Largest Data Breach” to a Lake Forest, California company called Voipo. The voice-over-internet company provides cloud-controlled phone lines for residences and businesses, and its customers’ text…
Beware the adware
Google Play has removed 85 fake apps from their store this week, all of them found to contain similar adware. Many of the apps claimed to be video channels or racing games, but by far the most popular was “Easy Universal TV Remote,” …
An alarming investigative probe conducted by tech site Motherboard led to some shocking revelations. A Motherboard reporter stashed his phone somewhere in New York, then hired a bounty hunter to find it. The bounty hunter only needed the phone number…
Crowdfunding for evil
The hacker or cybergang calling itself The Dark Overlord has started the new year on a dark note, announcing Wednesday that it is crowdfunding the release of sensitive legal documents linked to the 9/11 attack, which it claims to…
Feds take down DDoS bosses
Dirty deeds in the digital age can mean various forms of internet sabotage, but one of the cybercriminal’s favorite ploys is the DDoS attack, the tactic of infecting a mass amount of computers and devices so that together …
There is perhaps no more nightmarish violation than home invasion. Your home is where you feel safe and care for your loved ones. It’s where you’re particularly vulnerable. And as we enter the age of IoT, you open up a new gateway into your home with…
Three questions, one big phishing scam
Cybersecurity researchers released a report this week identifying and explaining a sophisticated scam that has been making the rounds for almost a year. The popular “Three Questions” quiz has been found to be p…
Facebook has taken down a scam targeting a large number of users that was designed to spread spam through user accounts. The scam was identified after multiple cartoon-style images portraying stereotypical relationship scenarios were shared in high q…
As we look back at the year, it’s impossible not to acknowledge the rampant data breaches that caused such chaos for what seemed to be all 52 weeks of the year. The secret and sensitive data of literally hundreds of millions of people has been torn o…
If it looks too good to be true, it probably is. If nothing else, please remember those words as your takeaway from this post. There’s no easier grab for the cybercriminal than a naive user, and that’s just what this fake app – called Patche Netflix …