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[Link] FBI Arrests Man For Fraudulently Obtaining Leaks of 100s of Pre-Release Books
Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com
The FBI has arrested a man who impersonated publishers and literary agents in order to fraudulently obtain hundreds of pre-release novels and other books in electronic form.
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[Link] Top Google Result for NFT Marketplace OpenSea Was a Phishing Site
Read: 11/11/2021 www.vice.com
Earlier this week, if you Googled “OpenSea” looking for the eponymous NFT marketplace, you might have found what looks like the site right at the top of Google.
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[Link] The Booming Underground Market for Bots That Steal Your 2FA Codes
Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com
The call came from PayPal’s fraud prevention system. Someone had tried to use my PayPal account to spend $58.82, according to the automated voice on the line. PayPal needed to verify my identity to block the transfer.
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[Link] How hackers hijacked thousands of high-profile YouTube accounts
Read: 25/10/2021 arstechnica.com
Since at least 2019, hackers have been hijacking high-profile YouTube channels. Sometimes they broadcast cryptocurrency scams, sometimes they simply auction off access to the account.
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[Link] Sim Swapper Doxes and SWATs His Accomplice
Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com
The SIM swapper, 20-year-old Kyell Bryan ended up doxing and swatting his former partner, according to the hacker’s guilty plea.
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[Link] Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coinbase users
Read: 10/10/2021 www.pcgamer.com
Between March and May of 2021, hackers managed to get into the accounts and move funds off the platform, draining some accounts dry. Thousands of customers had already begun to complain to Coinbase that funds had vanished from their accounts.
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[Link] Police Announce Huge Bust of Mafia’s Cyber Crime Operations
Read: 20/9/2021 www.vice.com
Police in Europe arrested 106 people accused of working for several Italian Mafia groups and laundering more than 10 million euros they made through various cybercrimes.
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[Link] New phishing campaign uses Morse code to bypass security controls
Read: 15/8/2021 www.itpro.co.uk
Hackers used Morse code to evade detection in a year-long phishing campaign, according to Microsoft researchers. Researchers said the campaign, first spotted in July 2020, targeted Office 365 users and attempted to get them to hand over credentials using targeted, invoice-themed XLS.
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