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Beware – “Fake Tor Browser Rodeo” Scamming Unsuspecting Users
A fake browser called Rodeo that imitates the Tor browser has been discovered luring users to create their…
July 13, 2017
Two hackers arrested after a decade of selling malware
Ruslan Bondars and Jurijs Martisevs were identified as the main culprits behind a crime in which they were…
July 6, 2017
Dark Web Marketplace AlphaBay Down; Users Fear Scam
AlphaBay, one of the most popular and largest marketplace on the Dark Web has gone offline, and users believe…
July 6, 2017
Google Employees Data Stolen After Data Breach
Google has informed its employees that their personal data including names, credit card and contact details have been…
July 3, 2017
Pakistani man jailed for 4 years over $19.6M hacking scheme
Muhammad Sohail Qasmani, a 49-year-old Pakistan was sentenced to four years of imprisonment after he was discovered to…
July 3, 2017
US Judge falls for email scam; loses $1 million
The cybercriminal community spends a lot of time developing scams to make sure their target falls for them. In…
June 22, 2017
URL Padding: Facebook Mobile Users Hit by Phishing Scam
We have read stories regarding how email is heavily used for phishing scams...
June 20, 2017
Google: Its Tech Now Blocks 99.9% of Gmail Phishing and Spam Emails
After the effects of the phishing campaign that used Google Docs as a tool to attack, Google has…
June 1, 2017
Chinese Scam Website Caught Selling Hacked Xbox Accounts
In-game currencies are certainly addictive and we all know how hard it is to get such currencies the…
May 29, 2017
New iCloud Phishing Scam steals credit card data, access device’ camera
When it comes to phishing scams, the general concept is that cyber criminals will only send a link…
May 4, 2017