Charles Lussier reports: The top business manager for the East Baton Rouge Parish school system fell for an unsophisticated con, wiring $46,500 to someone who claimed via email to be Superintendent Warren Drake, even though the man himself was working in an office next door. The school system on Thursday disclosed the fraud known as…
Month: November 2016
Would your Twitter team recognize when they’re being informed of a hack?
It sounds like such a simple question that should have an obvious “yes” answer, but you might be surprised to see what happens when hackers taunt social media teams about hacks. It’s an issue I’ve mentioned before: NullCrew revealed that they had access to Bell’s server for months, and had disclosed that to them in a…
Security breach in shopping app AliExpress
Daniel Gilenson reports: A security breach was discovered in the popular shopping application AliExpress. In the last several days details of many users who requested to remain anonymous were exposed to anyone. […] On the website, anyone who writes a comment may remain anonymous but since the last update it was discovered that the…
CA: Former Davis apartment manager gets prison for ID theft
Lauren Keene reports: The former property manager for an East Davis apartment complex was sentenced to four years and three months in prison Thursday for committing identity theft and other crimes, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Friday. William Raymond Stanley Jr., 31, of Sacramento, was living at the Tuscany Villas apartments, 2526 E. Eighth St.,…
Tesco Bank blocks some customers’ cards after apparent mass fraud targeting its accounts
ITV News reports: Tesco Bank has blocked some customers’ cards after fraudsters seemingly targeted the banks customers. Thousands of accounts were reportedly affected, with many people taking to social media to alert the bank to suspicious activity. One man tweeted his available balance had dropped by £700 without him making a transaction while another said…
Web of Trust (WOT) Add-on taken down by Chrome & Firefox
Matthew Humphries reports: Browser extensions have become an essential part of surfing the Internet. They add security, useful extra features, and act as a testing ground for functionality that may eventually become a standard part of the most popular browsers. Not all browser extensions can be trusted, though, and an investigation by German TV channel NDR has uncovered…