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Yesterday, federal authorities in the United States charged 14 people for conning Apple of $6 million. Believed to be members of an international criminal organization, the group was led by three brothers who imported over 10,000 counterfeit iPhones and iPads from China and then went on to exchange them for real devices in Apple stores based […]
Extradition has always been a sour topic, particularly amongst countries that are not the best of friends. Such a recent split was seen when a 29 years old Russian hacker named Aleksei Burkov was extradited to the USA by Israel for allegedly engaging in acts that led to over $20 million in credit card fraud. […]
The company has filed a damage report with investigative authorities in the US and Hong Kong. The leading financial media organization in Japan and owner of the Financial Times Nikkei has admitted that it suffered an embarrassing Business Email Compromise (BEC) or commonly known as BEC attack. What is Business Email Compromise (BEC)? BEC is […]
Ai.type, an Android app that has earned over 40 million downloads as a “Free emoji keyboard” has been recently caught red-handed engaged in fraud. By unauthorizedly purchasing premium digital content on smartphones, the app made millions of transactions resulting in it commanding huge sums over the course of its scam. Caught by Secure-D, a fraud […]
If you are using these two Ad Blockers we suggest removing them from your browser right now or be home to extensive ongoing ad fraud. There are more than 600 million users currently surfing the Internet with their Ad Blockers on. It’s a fact that Ad Blockers greatly hurt daily earnings of websites but at […]
A new Amazon phishing scam email is circulating, that tricks users into handing over their personal as well as financial information including credit card information to online crooks. Usually, Hackread covers phishing scams identified and alerted by cyber security companies but in the latest one, the targeted scam was aimed at my supposed Amazon account. […]
The IT security researchers at ESET have discovered a nasty new malware that not only steals users’ private and financial data but also keeps an eye on their browsing activities including recording their screen whenever they watch pornographic videos. Dubbed Varenyky by researchers; the malware spreads itself through spam emails. Its prime target is Windows-based […]
For the last couple of years, there has been a surge in phishing attacks against businesses and unsuspecting users. What’s worse is that phishing, which was previously merely a fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information, is now spreading malicious content including ransomware. While tech and cybersecurity companies are focusing on providing top-notch security to their […]
Parents should know if their under 18 child has these apps on their smartphone – No underage child should use these apps. Apart from being a great invention, smartphones are also taken as a most apt tool for killing time. Kids between the age of 11-19 spend 90 percent of their times on their cell […]
These apps were designed to pass as BtcTurk, a Turkish cryptocurrency exchange. Researcher Lukas Stefanko at the Slovakian security firm ESET has discovered Android malware in new apps that can bypass the SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) without using SMS permissions. The malicious apps are available on the very reliable platform Google Play Store. Don’t buy […]
Alex Jones is now offering $1 million to catch attacker who behind the malware attack. Alex Jones, the founder of InfoWars, and his lawyer Norm Pattis claimed on Friday that someone sent malware on InfoWars servers and which ended up planting child pornography content on the servers. To catch and convict the real culprit, Jones […]
These hackers are part of the group called “The Community.” According to an announcement made by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), six men have been charged for SIM swapping fraud that resulted in the theft of nearly $2.5 million ($2,416,352) worth of cryptocurrency. The six men are reportedly part of a hacking group called […]
Amazon says it was a “serious” attack targeting 100s of sellers. The American e-commerce and technology giant Amazon.com, Inc. has announced that it was hit by a fraud attack in which unknown hackers targeted over 100 sellers stealing their earnings they made through sales or loans. The attack, according to Bloomberg, took place between May […]
Both in business and personally, fraud is, unfortunately, an everyday hazard and a byproduct of advances in tech mean fraud is more prevalent than ever before. There are steps you can take to keep safe from fraudsters and these are becoming an essential part of life for businesses and individuals. 1: Paperwork, money, and checks […]
Google Chrome’s mobile browser has been targeted with a relatively simple phishing technique by developer Jim Fisher. According to Fisher, the exploit involves tricking victims into handing over their private information by manipulating the trusted websites of the user. By using a combination of coding and screenshots, the victims can be easily deceived, explained Fisher […]
Wall Street market vendors on the dark web are urging others not to deposit their coins. As you may know, a majority of the dark web users are migrating to the Wall Street marketplace after the closure of the Dream market. Initially, this migration was successful but now a significant number of vendors are claiming […]
Financial Crimes to Reach an Unprecedented High by 2023 if Dark Web marketplaces like Genesis are allowed to Operate- Researchers Claim. According to the latest research from Juniper Research, cybercriminals have developed a wide range of advanced tools to help users evade machine learning-based anti-fraud systems. On the other hand, Kaspersky Lab researchers have identified […]
The Internet is an addictive world due to its unlimited and lucrative opportunities for people from almost every facet of life. Some use the Internet to make money, some use it to keep in touch with their loved ones, and some to find love – and then there are those who use it for nefarious […]
Game of Thrones the most Exploited Series by Hackers and Scammers in 2018- Research reveals. Cybercriminals never miss out on an opportunity to exploit any potentially fruitful event and now that the final season of Game of Thrones is about to be released, they are trying to use it for achieving their malicious objectives. Although […]
In an incident, which is both hilarious and surprising, a man has accepted that he stole millions from two of the major tech companies — Google and Facebook — by faking bills of purchases the company never made. 50-year-old Evaldas Rimasauskas, from Lithuania, came up with a deemed perfect plan to extract and ask for money […]
Most of the applications infected by SimBad malware are simulator games. The IT security researchers at Check Point have discovered a sophisticated malware campaign that has been targeting Android users through Google Play Store on a global level and so far more than 150 million users have fallen prey to it. Dubbed SimBad by researchers; the malware disguises […]