The Register reports: Six people suspected of bank helpdesk fraud are in custody after Dutch cops stormed an Amsterdam residence and caught them in conversation with a potential victim. Police say the individuals were aged between 15 and 30 and operated out of a makeshift call center they had established in an Amsterdam home. Authorities […]
Malwarebytes reports: A convincing fake website is impersonating OpenAI’s ChatGPT download page and infecting visitors with malware designed to steal passwords, browser data, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive information. The site, openew[.]app, closely mimics OpenAI’s real ChatGPT download experience and offers what appear to be official desktop apps for both Windows and macOS. Instead, Windows users […]
By now, many, if not all, people are likely to be leery of text messages or voicemails claiming to be a friend or relative in great financial distress and needing you to send them money. But criminals, adapting creatively, have added a new element: they can superimpose a picture of you next to a hospital […]
The New York Post reports: New York sports fans might want to switch up their passwords. A new study from Duelbits revealed that millions of sports fans across America are at risk of being hacked due to passwords that are related to their favorite teams — and New York sports fans are some of the most […]
Seen on The Creative Learning Guild: Some of the biggest consumer payout operations in the US are discreetly managed by a relatively small group of legal and technology experts in a building on A.B. Data Drive in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which is somewhat surprisingly named after the company itself. The majority of people will never go there. The majority of […]
Before you download an app, do you actually check to see who developed it and what the privacy terms are? If not, get into the habit of checking before downloading or installing. And think about reviewing your existing apps for privacy and data security terms. Bleeping Computer reports: The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) […]
TechCrunch reports: Last week, cybersecurity researchers uncovered a hacking campaign targeting iPhone users that used an advanced hacking tool called DarkSword. Now someone has leaked a newer version of DarkSword and published it on the code-sharing site GitHub. Researchers are warning that this will allow any hacker to easily use the tools to target iPhone users running […]
FBI Alert Number: I-030926-PSA | 09 March 2026 The FBI is warning the public about an emerging phishing scheme by criminals impersonating city and county officials to solicit fraudulent payments for city and county planning and zoning permits. The criminals leverage publicly available permit information to identify potential victims and increase the legitimacy of the scam. […]
The Hill reports that an old-fashioned scam is still a current threat: Cyber experts are warning that the message no one wants to receive – “Your data has been breached” – could actually be the first phase of a popular scam. It often works like this: an email or text pops up warning that personal […]
The New York Times provides a reminder for consumers as to what to do if you if you receive a breach notification letter. Spoiler alert: do not just ignore it or trash it. Data incidents have become so common that you may succumb to “breach fatigue” and be tempted to throw away notification letters. That’s […]
