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Mobile users actively spammed from compromised iCloud accounts

20

Sep

2016

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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So Hey You Should Stop Using Texts for Two-Factor Authentication

27

Jun

2016

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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More Fake Facebook “Security System Page” Scams…

27

Jan

2016

All of the below pages – which offer up Facebook phishing in the guise of “Security pages” – have all recently been unplugged and taken out of action, but that doesn’t mean we can’t poke them with a stick and give you some advice on what to avoid should you see them elsewhere. At least one […]

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