Action 5 News reports a real-life example of a consumer who was scammed into revealing his cryptocurrency wallet seed phrase — with all-too-sad and predictable results: A Charlotte man lost more than $1 million in cryptocurrency after falling victim to a phone scam that began with a caller claiming to be from a legitimate crypto […]
Ars Technica reports: Websites that authenticate users through links and codes sent in text messages are imperiling the privacy of millions of people, leaving them vulnerable to scams, identity theft, and other crimes, recently published research has found. The links are sent to people seeking a range of services, including those offering insurance quotes, job […]
The International News reports: Google is discontinuing the use of the Dark Web Report service, which notified users when their own information was available online or on the dark web. This will come to an end as the service stops searching for new results from January 15, and the data will all be deleted by […]
Your personal security may be at greater risk than you knew, thanks to Grok AI. Bitdefender reports: Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, has been found to exhibit more alarming behaviour – this time revealing the home addresses of ordinary people upon request. And, as if that wasn’t enough of a privacy […]
GreyNoise writes: We built something new at GreyNoise Labs, and it started with a question we kept hearing: “How do I know if my home network has been compromised?” It’s not a theoretical concern. Over the past year, residential proxy networks have exploded and have been turning home internet connections into exit points for other people’s […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued another warning last week:
Bleeping Computer reports: Google was once again forced to announce that it had not suffered a data breach after numerous news outlets published sensational stories about a fake breach that purportedly exposed 183 million accounts. This claim began over the weekend and into today, with news stories claiming that millions of Gmail accounts were breached, with some […]
WIRED reports: Cybercriminals have a new way of sending millions of scam text messages to people. Typically when fraudsters send waves of phishing messages to phones—such as toll or delivery scams—they may use a huge list of phone numbers and automate the sending of messages. But as phone companies and telecom services have rolled out more tools to detect scams in texts, criminals […]
Updated September 1, 2025: Google issued a warning to all Gmail users, but then responded to headlines suggesting that there was any urgent problem or major security concern. Read Geekspin’s coverage, below, and then Google’s statement from September 1. Cyber threat looms for Gmail users following Salesforce data breach Google has issued a stark warning […]
Forbes reports on a scam that is costing consumers a lot of money. In this case, just recognizing that a phone call is the start of the scam can save you greatly: This dangerous scam is coming for you or someone you know. That’s the crux of the FBI’s latest warning, as U.S. citizens lose […]
