Russian con artist Pavel Vrublevsky, founder of the dark web payment firm (credit card processor) ChronoPay and the antagonist in Brian Krebs’ 2014 book Spam Nation, was arrested in Moscow this month for fraud. In Brian’s book, he talks about the fraudulent money laundering and SMS payment schemes than Vrublevsky operated. ChronoPay “specializes” in providing […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Apple Likely to Make Charger, Earphones Extra on Next iPhone Before everyone goes crazy, first this is a rumor – a likely accurate rumor, but a rumor, and second, it is likely aligned with the EU’s directive to reduce electronic waste. Your old charger and old earphones probably still work and if, say, 50% of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Starbucks Leaves Their API Key in a Public Github Repository Vulnerability hunter Vinoth Kumar found a Starbucks API key in a public Github repo. The flaw was set to CRITICAL after they verified that the key gave anyone access to their Jumpcloud (An AD alternative) directory. The problem was reported on October 17th and it […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If privacy matters in your life, it should matter to the phone your life is on Apple is launching a major ad campaign to run during March Madness with the tagline “If privacy matters in your life, it should matter to the phone your life is on. Privacy. That’s iPhone“. Since Apple’s business model is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Anonymous, the hacking collective, is very unpredictable. Apparently they do not like child porn and the people who sell it. Over the weekend, the hosting service Freedom Hosting II – a very large TOR hosting provider – was taken out by Anonymous. TOR is often used by child porn purveyors to hide their tracks. Sites […]
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