When it comes to picking a new device for your child, it’s often difficult to know where to start. Whether you’re…
Tag: PII
Busted! Fraud-as-a-Service gang that sold 2FA-proof phishing arrested
The Dutch police announced that they arrested two Dutch citizens, aged 24 and 15, for developing and selling phishing panels. The…
“Have I been pwnd?”– What is it and what to do when you *are* pwned
Adobe. Yahoo!. The US Department of Energy (DoE). The New York Times. What these names have in common is that they…
City fined for tracking its citizens via their phones
The Dutch information watchdog—the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP)—has fined the city of Enschede for € 600,000 for tracking its citizens’ movements without…
The many ways you can be scammed on Facebook, part II
In part 1 of this article series, we looked at data mining schemes, scam ad campaigns, concert tickets scams, and PayPal…
Spotify resets some user logins after hacker database found floating online
A team of researchers working for vpnMentor has found a treasure trove in the form of an unsecured Elasticsearch database containing…
RegTech explained: a crucial toolset for the financial industry
Every organization in the financial industry needs to meet certain regulatory obligations, even if it’s just filing a tax return or…
Facial recognition: tech giants take a step back
Last week, a few major tech companies informed the public that they will not provide facial recognition software to law enforcement….
Child identity theft, part 1: On familiar fraud
In 2013, 30-year-old Axton Betz-Hamilton received an angry phone call from her father two weeks after her mother, Pam, died. “What…
How to protect yourself from doxing
“Abandon hope all ye who enter.” This ominous inscription affixed atop the gates to Hell in Dante’s Divine Comedy applies peculiarly…