Watch out for tech support scams lurking in sponsored search results
Our researchers found fake sponsored search results that lead consumers to a typical fake Microsoft alert site set up by tech support scammers.
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Karakurt extortion group: Threat profile
Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 16:00:29 +0000
An obscure group called Karakurt has extorted organizations in the US and elsewhere. Know how to keep it away from your network.
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Read moreFCC Proposes to Fine Wireless Carriers $200M for Selling Customer Location Data
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:12:10 +0000
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today proposed fines of more than $200 million against the nation’s four largest wireless carriers for selling access to their customers’ location information without taking adequate precautions to prevent unauthorized access to that data. While the fines would be among the largest the FCC has ever levied, critics say the penalties don’t go far enough to deter wireless carriers from continuing to sell customer location data.
Read moreA Chief Security Concern for Executive Teams
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:23:10 +0000
Virtually all companies like to say they take their customers’ privacy and security seriously, make it a top priority, blah blah. But you’d be forgiven if you couldn’t tell this by studying the executive leadership page of each company’s Web site. That’s because very few of the world’s biggest companies list any security executives in their highest ranks. Even among top tech firms, less than half list a chief technology officer (CTO). This post explores some reasons why this is the case, and why it can’t change fast enough. KrebsOnSecurity reviewed the Web sites for the global top 100 companies by market value, and found just five percent of top 100 firms listed a chief information security officer (CISO) or chief security officer (CSO). Only a little more than a third even listed a CTO in their executive leadership pages.
Read moreAmazon third party sellers: A new threat
Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 15:00:06 +0000
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| On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported a wave of hijacked Amazon seller accounts that proceeded to fleece buyers for large sums of money. As reported here, attackers would use credentials harvested from other breaches to take over the account, then either simply redirect funds to their own deposit account or create lots of fake… Categories: Tags: amazonfraudleakpasswordscamtwo-factor authenticationWall Street JournalWSJ |
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