Scammers take to GitHub to hoodwink other cybercriminals
Scammers take to GitHub to hoodwink other cybercriminals.....»»
Taking the right approach to data extortion
Cybercriminals often specialize. An extortion effort usually begins with a person or a team selecting targets in one of two ways: either they get a request from an extortionist or they just find their own victim to sell access to. Attackers pick vict.....»»
How to avoid being scammed by fake Apple support staff
As another victim loses $1,500 to scammers posing as Apple support, here's how to spot a fake — and prevent it from happening to you.Denver resident Cookie Pridemore lost $1,500 to scammersIf you're a Mac user, it used to be almost amusing when you.....»»
Scammers are using a whole load of tricks to launch cryptomining scams
Victims are being tricked into believing they're earning millions in crypto......»»
New Roblox trojan will land you with a nasty PC infection
Cybercriminals have begun distributing a trojan inside Synapse X which is used to inject cheats into Roblox......»»
GitProtect.io releases Jira backup to bring data protection in the event of any failure or human error
GitProtect.io, a data backup, and recovery software vendor for DevOps ecosystems (GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab) now officially supports Jira Cloud, a widely-used Atlassian issue tracking and project management tool for software development teams. It.....»»
An offensive mindset is crucial for effective cyber defense
As ransomware attacks continue to increase and cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated, the federal government has implemented a more proactive approach when it comes to cybersecurity. As evidenced by its stated strategy to adopt a zero trust.....»»
Welcome “Frappo” – Resecurity identified a new Phishing-as-a-Service
The Resecurity HUNTER unit identified a new underground service called “Frappo”, which is available on the Dark Web. “Frappo” acts as a Phishing-as-a-Service and enables cybercriminals to host and generate high-quality phishing pages which im.....»»
Heroku Admits That Customer Credentials Were Stolen In Cyberattack
Heroku has now revealed that the stolen GitHub integration OAuth tokens from last month further led to the compromise of an internal customer database. BleepingComputer reports: The Salesforce-owned cloud platform acknowledged the same compromised to.....»»
Another top NFT company has been hit by a phishing attack
Cybercriminals infiltrated OpenSea’s Discord channel to send phishing links and steal users’ NFTs......»»
Another top NFT company has been hit by a phishing attack
Cybercriminals infiltrated OpenSea’s Discord channel to send phishing links and steal users’ NFTs......»»
Ukraine war: Investigation finds hundreds of fake charity websites
A BBC investigation finds online scammers using real charity logos and Ukrainian volunteers' profiles......»»
Twitter"s Decentralized, Open-Source Offshoot Releases Its First Code
Bluesky, Twitter's open-source offshoot, has released early code for a decentralized social network protocol. The Verge reports: The system is dubbed the Authenticated Data Experiment (or ADX) and is available on GitHub for developers to test, althou.....»»
GitHub Will Require All Code Contributors To Use 2FA
GitHub, the code hosting platform used by tens of millions of software developers around the world, announced today that all users who upload code to the site will need to enable one or more forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) by the end of 2023.....»»
Crypto boss says fraudsters have "special place in hell"
An executive at one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges hits out at scammers who target the vulnerable......»»
Ukraine war scams: Cybercriminals stole my identity
Scammers are using emotionally charged tricks in a bid to steal online donations......»»
Cybercriminals deliver IRS tax scams and phishing campaigns by mimicking government vendors
Cybercriminals are leveraging advanced tactics in their phishing-kits granting them a high delivery success rate of spoofed e-mails which contain malicious attachments right before the end of the 2021 IRS income tax return deadline in the U.S. April.....»»
The latest GitHub update solves major headaches for developers
Developers will get improvements to pull requests and more as part of GitHub Desktop 3.0......»»
The most powerful hacking tools are no longer in the hands of governments
Cybercriminals now have the money to spend on zero-days......»»
How fast do cybercriminals capitalize on new security weaknesses?
Threat intelligence analysts at Skybox Research Lab uncovered a 42% increase in new ransomware programs targeting known vulnerabilities in 2021. The report revealed how quickly cybercriminals capitalize on new security weaknesses – shrinking the wi.....»»
LinkedIn is now the most imitated brand by cybercriminals
The professional social network LinkedIn was leveraged by cybercriminals in over half of all phishing attacks during Q1......»»