Scammers take to GitHub to hoodwink other cybercriminals
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Scammers Put Fake QR Codes On Parking Meters To Intercept Parkers" Payments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Scammers in a few big Texas cities have been putting fake QR codes on parking meters to trick people into paying the fraudsters. Parking enforcement officers recently found stickers with fraudule.....»»
Scammers put fake QR codes on parking meters to intercept parkers’ payments
Fraudulent QR codes on parking meters found in Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. Enlarge / Image from the City of Austin's warning to ignore QR code stickers on parking meters. (credit: City of Austin) Scammers in a few big Te.....»»
Thousands of open-source projects taken down by disgruntled developer
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Hackers Target US Defense Firms With Malicious USB Packages
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned US companies in a recently updated flash alert that the financially motivated FIN7 cybercriminals group is targeting the US defense industry with packages containing malicious USB devices. BleepingComp.....»»
There are more malicious domains online than ever before
Cybercriminals are registering new domains and waiting years to use them in attacks......»»
Watch out for ‘child in need’ Whatsapp scams as parents get duped out of £50,000
Another WhatsApp scam is circulating, this time aimed at parents. WhatsApp scammers pretend to be desperate children who need money right away. atOptions = { 'key' : '8a426783aef805554f3d96c19f8beeb7', 'format' : 'iframe', 'height' : 90,.....»»
"Widevine Dump": Leaked Code Downloads HD Video From Disney+, Amazon, and Netflix
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: A GitHub user who goes by the name "Widevinedump" has published several repositories that allow people to download HD video from popular streaming platforms, including Disney+, Amazon, and Netfli.....»»
More Than 1,200 Phishing Toolkits Capable of Intercepting 2FA Detected in the Wild
A team of academics said it found more than 1,200 phishing toolkits deployed in the wild that are capable of intercepting and allowing cybercriminals to bypass two-factor authentication (2FA) security codes. From a report: Also known as MitM (Man-in-.....»»
The Log4J Software Flaw Is "Christmas Come Early" for Cybercriminals
A cybersecurity expert explains how the widely used logging software is already making us more vulnerable -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
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LINE Pay Leaks Around 133,000 Users" Data To GitHub
Smartphone payment provider LINE Pay announced yesterday that around 133,000 users' payment details were mistakenly published on GitHub between September and November of this year. The Register reports: Files detailing participants in a LINE Pay prom.....»»
Black Friday saw a huge jump in malware attacks
Scammers were relentless in facilitating malicious campaigns, despite shoppers spending less in 2021......»»
The Virtual Phone Farms Scammers Use To Set Up Fake Accounts
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: When a scammer wants to set up an account on Amazon, Discord, or a spread of other online services, sometimes a thing that stands in their way is SMS verification. The site will require them to en.....»»
Rust"s Moderation Team Resigns to Protest "Unaccountable" Core Team
On Monday morning the moderation team for the Rust programming language "resigned effective immediately," reports The New Stack: The resignation was tendered via a pull request on GitHub, wherein team member Andrew Gallant wrote that the team resig.....»»
Smishing attacks see a sharp increase ahead of Black Friday
Mobile users are more likely to open text messages which is why cybercriminals are turning to SMS instead of email in their phishing attacks......»»
GitHub Fixes a Private-Package-Names Leak and Serious Authorization Bug
In 2020 Microsoft's GitHub acquired NPM (makers of the default package manager for Node.js). The company's web page boasts that npm "is a critical part of the JavaScript community and helps support one of the largest developer ecosystems in the world.....»»
GitHub"s Annual Developer Survey Finds Remote Developers Aren"t Returning to the Office
GitHub's annual report on its user community "combined telemetry data from over four million repositories with direct survey from over 12,000 developers to identify current trends among software development companies and open-source projects," report.....»»
Thousands of Firefox Users Accidentally Commit Login Cookies On GitHub
Thousands of Firefox cookie databases containing sensitive data are available on request from GitHub repositories, data potentially usable for hijacking authenticated sessions. The Register reports: These cookies.sqlite databases normally reside in t.....»»
Binance Says It"s Trying To Hunt Down the Squid Game Crypto Token Scammers
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Markets Insider: Binance, one of the largest crypto exchanges, said on Thursday it has created a team of investigators to try and track down the Squid Game token scammers. The SQUID token which was inspired by.....»»