The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has levied a fine of £200,000 against a sole trader who sent almost one million spam text messages to people across the country – many of whom were already struggling with debt. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Category: spam
CryptoCurrency, discord, Global Security News, Ledger, phishing, Podcast, Scam, Sextortion, Smashing Security, spam, Wallet
Smashing Security podcast #417: Hello, Pervert! – Sextortion scams and Discord disasters
Don’t get duped, doxxed, or drained! In this episode of “Smashing Security” we dive into the creepy world of sextortion scams, and investigate how crypto wallet firm Ledger’s Discord server was hijacked in an attempt to phish for cryptocurrency recovery phrases. All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing…
Global Security News, publication scams, Scams, Security Bloggers Network, spam
The Vanity Press in Academia
I’ve never been a regular resident of the ivory halls of academia, but Mich Kabay recently made me aware of an article about legitimate scientific journals driven to distraction by being flooded with commentary apparently reflecting a surge in the use of artificial intelligence rather than legitimate research and analysis. The Science article claims that…
Android, Apple, Cybersecurity, encryption, Global Security News, Google, identity theft, Microsoft, Mobile Security, password manager, phishing, privacy, Ransomware, Security, spam, TR Academy, trend micro
Protect 3 Devices With This Maximum Security Software
Trend Micro guards desktop and mobile devices from ransomware, phishing schemes, spam, and more for one year.
A Little Sunshine, Global Security News, Latest Warnings, malware, Messaging, North America, phishing, spam, The Coming Storm
Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz
Phishing attacks increased nearly 40 percent in the year ending August 2024, with much of that growth concentrated at a small number of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) — such as .shop, .top, .xyz — that attract scammers with rock-bottom prices and no meaningful registration requirements, new research finds. Meanwhile, the nonprofit entity that oversees…