A stranger's TV went on spending spree with my Amazon account – and web giant did nothing about it for months
Crook exploited security hole, hijacked punter's bank cards
Security31 Oct 2019 | 155
Fraud
Articles tagged with Fraud
No one would be so scummy as to scam a charity, right? UK orgs find out the hard way
Research blames 'culture of trust' for weak fraud protections
Security21 Oct 2019 | 50
Tech CEO thrown in the clink for seven years for H-1B gang-master role: Crim farmed out foreign staff as cheap labor
Workers brought over from India were supposed to tackle specific projects – not fill a pool for short contracts
On-Prem24 Sep 2019 | 38
Bulgarian phishing gang member who lived with his parents jailed for part in £40m fraud ring
37-year-old was extradited to Blighty to stand trial
Security20 Sep 2019 | 9
Chinese students in UK ripe target for scammers exploiting visa concerns
Add in Brexit outsourcing mess and it's plain to see why young international scholars get duped
Security19 Sep 2019 |
Required: Massive email fraud bust. Tired: Cops who did the paperwork. Expired: 281 suspected con men's freedom
Alleged whaling crooks cuffed in global crime crackdown
Security10 Sep 2019 | 8
Eighty-year-old US 'web scam man' on the run after pocketing $250,000 in Dem 'donations'
Feds claim John Pierre Dupont created fundraising websites supposedly for Beto O'Rourke, others, then nicked the dosh
Bootnotes21 Aug 2019 | 52
There's fraud, and then there's backdoor routers, fenced logins, malware, and bribing AT&T staff seven figures to unlock 2m phones
Pakistani bloke extradited to US, accused of masterminding telco hack caper
Security06 Aug 2019 | 18
Phisherman's blues: Bogus Dell support rep extradited from Kenya, admits he conned US colleges out of $900,000
Scumbag faces up to 20 years in the clink for email fraud
Security02 Aug 2019 | 13
Email scammers extract over $300m a month from American suits' pockets
FinCEN has recovered more than $500m to date
Security17 Jul 2019 | 7
Crypto-chaps on scam rap in a flap over Slack chat tap, want court case zapped: 'Attorney-client priv info' in messages
Duo also ask for two-year delay in celeb-studded ICO trial
Security01 May 2019 | 5
Microsoft admits: Yes, miscreants leafed through some Hotmail, MSN, Outlook inboxes after support rep pwned
Email contents exposed for unlucky punters
SaaS15 Apr 2019 | 15
IT meltdown outfit TSB to refund all customers that fall victim to fraud in 'UK banking first'
After all, it has had a lot of practice in scam payouts
On-Prem15 Apr 2019 | 26
Bucharest's Bayrob boys blasted based on bogus buys, Bitcoin banditry, bound to be behind bars
Romanian duo catch 21 felony convictions for selling details of hacked machines on darknet
Security12 Apr 2019 | 3
Carolina coward fesses up: I was a tech support scambag, and I made millions out of defrauding the elderly
You're free to bash the Bishap
Security21 Mar 2019 | 44
Hackers cop a FILA thousands of UK card deets after slinking onto clothing brand's servers
Updated Pesky JavaScript harvester strikes again
Security14 Mar 2019 | 10
Surprise, surprise, yet another cryptocurrency creator collared, hit with $6 million fraud rap
All that glitters ain't gold, as they say
Security28 Feb 2019 | 16
Q. What connects the global financial crisis, Ursnif malware, and Coldplay's Viva la Vida?
A. Bad things from 2008 we can't seem to shake
Security28 Jan 2019 | 6
Facebooker swatted, Kaspersky snares an NSA thief, NASA server exposed, and more
Roundup Plus, Vita boot ROM caper, TCL caught slinging Android malware, etc
Security12 Jan 2019 | 24
Fake 'U's! Phishing creeps use homebrew fonts as message ciphers to evade filters
fg xjc dua ihut vyfq, xjc uih jci sfat jg mjggfa
Security04 Jan 2019 | 120
Silicon Valley CEO thrown in the cooler for three years, ordered to pay back $1.5m for bullsh*tting investors
Yes, apparently, that can actually happen
On-Prem21 Dec 2018 | 25
Fraudster convicted of online banking thefts using… whatever the hell this thing is
Ingenious device, or fake bomb from 1980s cop movie?
Security13 Dec 2018 | 75
3ve Offline: Countless Windows PCs using 1.7m IP addresses hacked to 'view' up to 12 billion adverts a day
Eight people charged after dodgy ads on PornHub used to infect victims
Security28 Nov 2018 | 34
If Shadow Home Sec Diane Abbott can be reeled in by phishers, truly no one is safe
MP falls for PC support scam
Security08 Nov 2018 | 169
Solid password practice on Capital One's site? Don't bank on it
What's in your wallet? Definitely not a password manager
Security13 Sep 2018 | 56
Sextortion scum armed with leaked credentials are persistent pests
If you're going to batter 8,497 folk with over 60,000 threats, odds are someone will crack
Security10 Sep 2018 | 39
Silicon Valley CEO admits $1.5m wire fraud: Bouxtie boss forged signatures to investors
When I said I have $2m in the bank...
Security07 Sep 2018 | 13
Feel the shame: Email-scammed staffers aren't telling bosses about it
Fraud on rise and IT workers (of all people) most susceptible
Security07 Sep 2018 | 38
Vodafone hounds Czech customers for bills after they were brute-forced with Voda-issued PINs
Crooks cracked phone number accounts with passcode '1234'
Security07 Sep 2018 | 29
Baddies of the internet: It's all about dodgy mobile apps, they're so hot right now
Report lift veil on online fraudsters' current habits
Security15 Aug 2018 | 7
IT biz embezzlement brouhaha leaves bloke with $456k migraine
Backer charged in connection with alleged $4.1m corporate fraud scandal
Security23 Jul 2018 | 9
Bloke accused of netting $5m on inside info about Lattice Semiconductor
Chinese broker faces prison, if he's ever found in Uncle Sam's jurisdiction and convicted
Security18 Jul 2018 | 4
Fraudster admits she was OPM dealer: Leaked US govt staff files used to bag cash, car loans
Woman cops to using stolen records to open bank accounts
Security19 Jun 2018 | 20
Scammers ahoy! International police operation harpoons 74 email whaling suspects
Major win against business email compromise losses
Security11 Jun 2018 | 10
Fella gets 2.5 years in the clink for coughing up cell numbers in $50m junk text message scam
And has to cough up $350,000 in ill-gotten gains
Personal Tech21 May 2018 | 18
Ex-Netflix veep allegedly banked payola for tech deals with web TV giant
Michael Kail's House of Cards tumbles, now Orange is his New Black, potentially
Personal Tech02 May 2018 | 5
ID theft in UK hits record high as crooks shift to more vulnerable targets
Less checked online services bear brunt
Security18 Apr 2018 | 27
Floyd Mayweather-endorsed cryptocoin startup knocked out by fraud allegations
Centra Tech raised more than $30m from investors
Science03 Apr 2018 | 16
Ex-Samsung man to serve 6+ years in prison for embezzlement
Lee forced to serve full term after eight-year hiatus
On-Prem15 Mar 2018 | 4
Bad blood: Theranos CEO charged with massive fraud
'Next Steve Jobs' humiliated and ruined but avoids jail
Science14 Mar 2018 | 70
Stock trader gets two years in prison for pumping up with Fitbit
Using wearable to get wrong kind of gains get Big House visit
On-Prem12 Mar 2018 | 19
Crims pull another SWIFT-ie, Indian bank stung for nearly US$2m
City Union Bank now reckons it has ‘adequate enhanced security’
Security19 Feb 2018 | 7
T-Mobile US let hackers nick my phone number, drain my crypto-wallets, cries man who lost $20k
PIN 'ignored' – no wonder T-Mob has put out an alert
Security06 Feb 2018 | 21
Customers reporting credit card fraud after using OnePlus webstore
Chinese mobe-flinger probing the issue
Security15 Jan 2018 | 22
UK.gov failing to prevent £10bn of annual online fraud, say MPs
Spending watchdog says buck stops with Home Office
Legal06 Dec 2017 | 25
SEC's cyber-cops cyber-file cyber-first cyber-fraud cyber-charges
Securities watchdog puts the freeze on dodgy ICO
Security05 Dec 2017 | 7
Stop us if you've heard this one: Russian hacker thrown in US slammer for $59m bank fraud
More punishment on the menu for Roman Seleznev
Security01 Dec 2017 | 16
This is no yolk. Newegg scrambles against rotten shell company claims
Updated Tech slinger hopes this $3bn fraud lawsuit will be over easy
Channel23 Oct 2017 | 20
Watchdog slams HMRC, Amazon over 'dismal' response to UK biz hurt by online VAT fraud
Estimate of full impact 'out of date and flawed' says committee
Legal18 Oct 2017 | 37
To Russia, with love: Greek court now says Bitcoin fraud suspect could be tried at home
US and Moscow both want to extradite Alexander Vinnik, 38, but minister of justice will decide
Legal11 Oct 2017 | 13
SanDisk man tipped off his family to Fusion-io fusion, bagged $220k in share snatch – says SEC
US financial watchdog drags four into court
Storage01 Oct 2017 | 26
IT fraudster facing four years' bird time for $10k blackmail
Blackmailed former employer, redirected company website for porn portal
Security20 Sep 2017 | 12
US watchdog alert: Don't fall victim to crapto crypto-coin cons, people
Advisory warns of dodgy digital money scams
Science29 Aug 2017 | 48
IT worker used access privs to steal £1m from Scottish city council
And it took the authority seven years to notice
Bootnotes24 Aug 2017 | 58
Identity fraud in the UK at 'epidemic' levels as cases rise 5% – report
Crooks now operate 'almost exclusively' online
Security23 Aug 2017 | 28
Smyte might brighten fraud plight: How machine-learning can be used to thwart crooks
Analysis Security works better when you write your own rules
AI + ML17 Aug 2017 | 1
UK households hit by 1.8m computer misuse offences in a year
Stats show few report such crimes to cops
Legal20 Jul 2017 | 17
See you in 2023 – Bitcoin exchange Coin.mx bigwig gets 66 months in the slammer
Murgio gets off easy in money laundering case
Security27 Jun 2017 | 5
Jailed fraudster admits running same cold-caller con from behind bars
Fooling marks into divulging bank details made £2m a week
Security12 Jun 2017 | 32
Oh no, Silicon Valley! Failed startup CEO on fraud rap after allegedly bullsh*ting staff and refusing to pay them
Isn't that, like, 90% of tech upstarts' biz models?
On-Prem08 Jun 2017 | 17
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