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French speakers blasted by sextortion scams with no text or links

February 21 2022 By Paul Ducklin in Cybercrime, Privacy, Security, Security threats, Spam

You'd spot this one a mile away... but what about your friends or family?

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S3 Ep69: WordPress woes, Wormhole holes, and a Microsoft change of heart [Podcast + Transcript]

February 10 2022 By Paul Ducklin in Cybercrime, Law & order, Microsoft, Podcast, Security, Security threats

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Alleged carder gang mastermind and three acolytes under arrest in Russia

January 24 2022 By Syndicator in Cybercrime, Law & order, Security

The motto of the gang was "In Fraud We Trust", and they went by a dizzying range of online nicknames.

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S3 Ep66: Cybercrime busts, wormable Windows, and the crisis of featuritis [Podcast + Transcript]

January 20 2022 By Paul Ducklin in Apple, Cryptography, Cybercrime, iOS, Law & order, Linux, Microsoft, Podcast, Security, Vulnerability, Windows

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SFW! The Top N Cyber­security Stories of 2021 (for small positive integer values of N)

December 24 2021 By Paul Ducklin in Cybercrime, cybersecurity, Security, Security threats

Happy Holidays! Our Top N stories, all totally SFW!

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Stolen Bitcoins Returned

December 22 2021 By Bruce Schneier in Bitcoin, Cybercrime, FBI, Security

The US has returned $154 million in bitcoins stolen by a Sony employee. However, on December 1, following an investigation in collaboration with Japanese law enforcement authorities, the FBI seized...

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S3 Ep62: The S in IoT stands for security (and much more) [Podcast+Transcript]

December 9 2021 By Paul Ducklin in Cybercrime, Law & order, Podcast, Security, Vulnerability

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S3 Ep61: Call scammers, cloud insecurity, and facial recognition creepiness [Podcast]

December 2 2021 By Paul Ducklin in Cybercrime, cybersecurity, Law & order, Podcast, Privacy, Security

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S3 Ep61: Call scammers, cloud insecurity, and facial recognition creepiness [Podcast]

December 2 2021 By Paul Ducklin in Cybercrime, cybersecurity, Law & order, Podcast, Privacy, Security

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S3 Ep59: Emotet, an FBI hoax, Samba bugs, and a hijackable suitcase [Podcast]

November 18 2021 By Paul Ducklin in Apple, Cybercrime, Law & order, Malware, Podcast, Security

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