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Local Denver woman's Instagram account hacked and held for ransom
Cassie Gallegos Moore, a Denver based travel blogger has recently seen her Instagram account hacked and held for ransom.
Talking with Denver's FOX31, Nick Emanuel (or
"It's almost like magic tricks. They want you to believe in that email," Emanuel said. "If bad guys can make money, they're going to continue to do this, and unfortunately there isn't an end to it."
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6 sure signs someone is phishing you—besides email
There are several common and, unfortunately, frequently successful avenues of attack that cybercriminals can use to part you from your personal contact and financial information. These phishing attack methods include email, phone calls, corrupted software or apps, social media, advertisements, and even direct SMS (text) messages.
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Ask a Security Expert: 'When End-User Security Awareness Fails, What’s Next?
According to Gareth Brown, director of business IT security and support firm Sytec, this is one of the most common questions he receives from clients. Unfortunately, he has a good point. Employees are going to click on things they shouldn’t — despite what businesses do to prevent it.
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NewEgg cracked in breach, hosted card-stealing code within its own checkout
Details of the breach were reported by the security research firms RiskIQ (which exposed the code behind the British Airways attack) and Volexity Threat Research today. The attack was shut down by NewEgg on September 18, but it appears to have been actively siphoning off payment data since August 16, according to reports from the security researchers.
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