Pegasus iPhone Hacks Used as Lure in Extortion Scheme A new extortion scam is underway that attempts to capitalize on the recent Pegasus iOS spyware attacks to scare people into paying a blackmail demand. Last month, Amnesty International and non-profit project Forbidden Stories revealed that the Pegasus spyware was installed on fully updated iPhones through a zero-day zero-click iMessage vulnerability.
US Brokers Warned of Ongoing Phishing Attacks Impersonating FINRA The US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) warns US brokerage firms and brokers of an ongoing phishing campaign impersonating FINRA officials and asking them to hand over sensitive information under the threat of penalties. FINRA is a non-profit organization supervised by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and authorized
Tens of Thousands Scammed Using Fake Android Cryptomining Apps Scammers tricked at least 93,000 people into buying fake Android cryptocurrency mining applications, as revealed by researchers from California-based cybersecurity firm Lookout. The 172 paid Android applications, tracked as two separate families dubbed BitScam (83,800 installs) and CloudScam (9,600 installs), were advertised by the cybercriminals to victims
Facebook Sues Hackers Who Hijacked Advertising Agencies’ Accounts Facebook has filed lawsuits against two groups of suspects who took over advertising agency employees’ accounts and abused its ad platform to run unauthorized or deceptive ads. The social network says that four Vietnamese nationals (Thêm Hữu Nguyễn, Lê Khang, Nguyễn Quốc Bảo, and Pham Hữu Dung)
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