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Security News for the Week Ending September 8, 2023

Want a .US Domain? Just Lie About It. The .US top level domains are a hotbed for phishing attacks. Apparently, this is due to lax oversight. In theory, the .US is managed by the US government, but the government outsources that to GoDaddy – who doesn’t have a stellar cybersecurity reputation to be polite. See […]

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Security News for the Week Ending January 6, 2023

Welcome 2023! Hopefully, it will be better for cybersecurity. Hopefully. More FTX Cybercrime The DoJ has launched yet another criminal probe in the bizarre FTX bankruptcy. This represents about $375 million out of the billions lost, but it looks like this theft took place right after the bankruptcy became public. Credit: MSN Slack Joins Okta […]

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Security News for the Week Ending December 30, 2022

Comcast Xfinity Accounts Hacked in Widespread 2FA Bypass While Comcast is not saying much, a number of users who use Comcast email WITH 2FA are reporting their accounts being hacked. It appears this is due, possibly, to password reuse combined with a bug in Comcast’s system which allows the hackers to bypass 2FA. Once the […]

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Security News for the Week Ending November 25, 2022

The Great Crypto-Cop Brain Drain As if things weren’t hard enough for the cops, the ones that have been tracking down the bad crypto apples have discovered the grass is greener on the corporate side – a lot greener. And they are fleeing the government side, making things even harder for the remaining govies. Read […]

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The Biggest Cryptocurrency Meltdown Yet

I report about crypto exchange hacks every week, so what is different here? Crypto Exchange FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy the day after it said everything is fine. There are more than 130 investors involved. Or should I call them suckers? Okay, end of editorial. While Chapter 11 allows a company to “reorganize”, it […]

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