Crypto Capital boss arrested over money laundering

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 12:53:51 +0000

Bitfinex says the payment processor has $880M of the cryptocurrency exchange’s “lost” funds. Polish authorities seized $390m of it.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LnDwGsb6p10″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Keylogging data vampire pleads guilty to bleeding two companies

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 13:04:06 +0000

He drained data from firms working on hot new technology, sneaking in with a fake access badge, planting hardware and software keyloggers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/m3yduCwBOnU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Stalker app maker Retina-X settles FTC charges

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 09:59:48 +0000

It’s the first time we’ve gone after a stalking app, the FTC said. In this case, that would be a stalking app that got breached – twice.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LN5zrcziLXw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Woman ordered to type in iPhone passcode so police can search device

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 11:41:03 +0000

It’s not a violation of her Fifth Amendment rights, the court said, because it’s a “foregone conclusion” that she knows her phone passcode.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/DdWnZ_mEEBY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Mind your own business! CEOs who misuse data could end up in jail

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 10:35:05 +0000

US CEOs who lie about misusing consumers’ data could face up to 20 years in prison under a new piece of legislation proposed last week.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/AriST-U1iaQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Bitcoin money trail leads cops to ‘world’s largest’ child abuse site

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:25:35 +0000

The Darknet server running the site, “Welcome to Video”, and the website’s convicted admin were tracked down by a global police force.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/U8nlPah7fZQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Food writer Jack Monroe loses at least £5,000 in SIM-swap fraud

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:53:52 +0000

Her accounts were drained in spite of using 2FA, showing that SIM swaps can still circumvent what’s a good security tool.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/QJiDHTqtHDo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency loses all but one payment company

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 12:00:01 +0000

Gone: Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, eBay, Stripe, Mercado Pago. Of six payments firms first involved in Libra, just one, PayU, remains.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/7AWGkl-XHVQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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350+ hackers hunt down missing people in first such hackathon

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:42:33 +0000

Organizers said 100 leads were generated every 10 minutes by contestants using OSINT – open-source intelligence such as online searches.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ciYe6y5KRMc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Stalker found pop star by searching eyes’ reflections on Google Maps

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:15:53 +0000

A man confessed to stalking and attacking a young pop star by zooming in on the reflections in her eyes from selfies.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EBtLxj4uYMM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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