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Google vulnerability allowed sending spoofed emails with Gmail ID

Google fixed the vulnerability only after the security researcher ended up disclosing its technical details online. Imagine receiving an email from...

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Cyber Crime

Defrauding the US Military: $379 million lost in 5 years to scams

The most successful scams targeting both in-service and retired US military veterans is sweepstake, prizes, and lottery related. When we talk...

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Cyber Crime

YouTube deletes 2 million channels and 51 million videos over scams

Previously YouTube was accused of not taking any action against growing malware and cryptocurrency-related scams on the site. YouTube is home...

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Cyber Crime

Twitter hack’s mastermind trial zoom bombed with pornography

The hearing was shut down within 25 minutes after being Zoom bombed. The court hearing of Graham Ivan Clark, the alleged...

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Cyber Crime

Fake Zoom meeting invitation phishing scam harvests Microsoft credentials

Initially targeting Zoom users; the phishing scam aims for Outlook and Office365 credentials. As the digital world deals with the added responsibility...

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Cyber Crime

3 including a juvenile charged over July 15th Twitter hack

The Twitter hack allowed hackers to rake in over £80,000/$100,000. The United States government has charged three individuals over their alleged roles in...

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Cyber Crime

Hackers used phone phishing on Twitter employee to access internal tools

A Twitter employee was tricked into phone phishing allowing hackers to access the company’s internal support tool and hack into verified accounts....

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Cyber Crime

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak sues YouTube over Bitcoin scams on his name

Steve Wozniak has accused YouTube and Google of facilitating Bitcoin giveaway scams by not taking any action against them. Apple co-founder Steve...

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Incidents

Airbnb is scamming its users by asking them to donate money the platform due to COVID-19

The pandemic continues to cause multiple online security issues. Logical security specialists say that one of the companies most affected by social...

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Cyber Crime

Man convicted for identity theft & fraud against US Military, veterans

Californian man has been sentenced to 46 months (3.8 years) for his role in a successful scam involving over a million-dollar scam....

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Cyber Crime

Everything You Must Know About Common Venmo Scams

Venmo scams take several forms and shapes, and potential scammers are easier to pinpoint than others. The Better Business Bureau has recently...

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Cyber Crime

Russian hacker Aleksei Burkov jailed for 9 years in US

Aleksei Burkov was extradited from Israel to the US in 2019. Hackread.com previously reported about a Russian computer hacker and cyber criminal...

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News

“I think you appear in this video” phishing scam hijacks Facebook accounts

“I think you appear in this video” phishing scam is spreading like wildfire on Facebook. Facebook has over 2.6 billion monthly active...

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Data Security

Attackers steal payment information through Google Analytics

Just yesterday it was reported that hackers have been manipulating Google search results to spread 2 of the nastiest Mac malware. Now,...

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Data Security

How does the “sugar daddy” Instagram scam works?

While there may always have been relationships between mature men and young women, it was the popularization of the term “sugar daddy”...

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Incidents

Extortion scammers threaten website owners with use blackhat SEO to destroy their Google ranking

A new variant of online scam has been detected. Cloud security course experts mention that some cybercriminal groups have been targeting website...

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Cyber Crime

YouTube scammers impersonated Elon Musk, SpaceX; stole $150k in BTC

Scammers successfully tricked viewers in to sending a small amount of Bitcoin and get double in return. Crypto scams are a reality...

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Cyber Crime

Fake supreme court subpoena phishing scam steals Office 365 credentials

The new phishing scam redirects users multiple times and also uses CAPTCHA before stealing credentials. Since the advent of phishing in itself,...

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Data Security

Fake Zoom installers infect PCs with RevCode WebMonitor RAT

The coronavirus-led lockdown has forced people to work from homes. Remote working involves using a variety of video-conferencing and communication mediums like Zoom...