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Spammers have been compromising North American Apple users’ iCloud accounts, and using them to send spammy text messages to mobile users in China. The messages advertise counterfeit Prada and Coach handbags – nothing exceptional here – but the spam campaign is definitely unusual. “This spam campaign has been on-going for several months, but in many […]

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In the latest attack that shows how hard it is for users to identify phone numbers with premium call charges, a researcher has found that he could have earned millions by abusing the online phone verification systems used by Google, Microsoft, and Instagram. Many websites and mobile apps allow users to associate a phone number […]

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Since two-factor authentication became the norm for web services that care about securing your accounts, it’s started to feel like a security blanket, an extra layer keeping your data safe no matter whether your password is as strong as 8$&]$@I)9[P&4^s or as dumb as dadada. But a two-factor setup—which for most users requires a temporary […]

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