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by Harriet Stone Since its launch in 2010, Instagram has seen more than 1 billion accounts opened, and users on the service share close to 100 million photos every day. Instagram’s popularity may be down to the fact that it is a social media network like no other, offering a . . . Read more
by Paul Ducklin How to stop security-conscious apps from allowing unencrypted data to escape, and how scammers put social network users under pressure in order to steal their passwords. With Doug Aamoth and Paul Ducklin. Intro and outro music by Edith Mudge. LISTEN NOW Click-and-drag on the soundwaves below to . . . Read more
by Paul Ducklin The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), America’s official consumer protection watchdog, recently warned that romance scammers are making more money than ever before. Victims in the US were tricked out of more than $300 million in 2020, up from $200 million in 2019. The FTC says that . . . Read more
by Lisa Ventura This guest post is by Lisa Ventura, founder and CEO of the UK Cyber Security Association, a not-for-profit that raises awareness of the importance of cybersecurity for small and medium-sized businesses. Online fraud is a huge challenge for businesses and consumers alike as cybercriminals continue to develop . . . Read more
Jason Kent, hacker-in-residence at Cequence, walks through online-retail card fraud and what to do about it. When organizations use APIs – the next frontier in cybercrime – to engage with third parties, it’s crucial they understand the associated security exposure they’re introducing. To do so, they must think like a . . . Read more
Those buying German Shepherd puppies for Bitcoin online are in for a ruff ride. Puppy photos are undeniably irresistible but beware; researchers have uncovered a scheme selling fake German Shepherd puppies for Bitcoin, leaving buyers crushed and without a tiny fuzzy friend to cuddle on Christmas morning. The scam was . . . Read more
Don’t get scammed by fake online requests to help a friend online. Check your facts first – here’s why.
With the promise of a widely available COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon, Europol, the European Union’s law-enforcement agency, has issued a warning about the rise of vaccine-related Dark Web activity. The agency joins a chorus of security professionals that have concerns about widespread attacks on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. The . . . Read more
Cybercriminals left an ElasticSearch database exposed, revealing a global attack that compromised Facebook accounts and used them to scam others. Researchers have uncovered a wide-ranging global scam targeting Facebook users, after finding an unsecured database used by fraudsters to store the usernames and passwords of at least 100,000 victims. Researchers . . . Read more
Cybercriminals are sending malicious links to hundreds of thousands of users via Google Drive notifications.