In March 2015, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that identity thieves engaged in filing fraudulent tax refund requests with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) were using the IRS’s own Web site to obtain taxpayer data needed to complete the phony requests. Today, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen acknowledged that crooks used this feature to pull sensitive data on […]
Mobile companies are now a reality. Nobody doubts that accessing corporate applications through smartphones and / or tablets is not only convenient but also necessary, for increasing productivity to levels which were thought impossible until a few years ago. In addition, the demand by workers, employees and companies’ suppliers for access to the organizations’ mobile […]
The recent breaches involving the leak of personal data on millions of customers at online hookup site Adult Friend Finder and mobile spyware maker mSpy give extortionists and blackmailers plenty of ammunition with which to ply their trade. And there is some evidence that ne’er-do-wells are actively trading this data and planning to abuse it for […]
We capture them with our phones and many of you may have them stored on your computers, by the hundreds or even thousands. What’s more, we share them on social network sites for our friends to see, just as we love to see their images. Yes, we are talking about images in JPEG format. JPEG […]
For several days now we have been seeing many brands promoting their Instagram accounts with contests and giveaways. But sadly, once again, this is a scam! The Spanish National Police has warned about it through their Twitter account. The alleged prize are gift brochures to spend on these clothes shops. To be able to win […]
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield on Wednesday said it had been hit with a data breach that compromised the personal information on approximately 1.1 million customers. There are indications that the same attack methods may have been used in this intrusion as with breaches at Anthem and Premera, incidents that collectively involved data on more than 90 million Americans. […]
We have recently come across a method of getting personal information that was interesting from the technical point of view. Our customer received an email saying that someone had used his Live ID to distribute unsolicited email, so his account would be blocked. The email suggested that, to prevent the account from being blocked, the […]
BREAKING NEWS! In a previous advisory, dated 5 January on online attacks, it was reported that CryptoLocker was one of the most dangerous of ransomware (see Definition). It encrypts your files and asks a sum of money in exchange for the decryption key. CryptoLocker network was taken down by state authorities and private entities last […]