Because blasters operate outside of traditional mobile networks, the messages they send are not subject to the security measures that have been put in place by mobile providers. “None of our security controls apply to the messages that phones receive… Read More "Cybercriminals Have a Weird New Way to Target You With Scam Texts"
A self-proclaimed leader of an online group linked to the violent extremist network The Com tells WIRED he is responsible for the flurry of hoax active-shooter alerts at universities across the US in recent days as students return to school.… Read More "This Is the Group That’s Been Swatting US Universities"
The manhunt for the shooter who killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk ended Friday with a suspect taken into custody, authorities said. Utah’s Department of Public Safety and the FBI confirmed the arrest during a morning briefing, capping a two-day search… Read More "Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect Identified as 22-Year-Old Utah Man"
“There are limitations to what we can see with this data, but what we have so far is accurate,” says Heintz. “If anything, I think it’s undercounting the scale of the problem.” The data the researchers obtained is only a… Read More "493 Cases of Sextortion Against Children Linked to Notorious Scam Compounds"
Sextortion-based hacking, which hijacks a victim’s webcam or blackmails them with nudes they’re tricked or coerced into sharing, has long represented one of the most disturbing forms of cybercrime. Now one specimen of widely available spyware has turned that relatively… Read More "Automated Sextortion Spyware Takes Webcam Pics of Victims Watching Porn"
