Allison Nixon
Voice Phishers Targeting Corporate VPNs
The COVID-19 epidemic has brought a wave of email phishing attacks that try to trick work-at-home employees into giving away credentials needed to remotely access their employers' networks. But one increasingly brazen ...
Twitter Hacking for Profit and the LoLs
The New York Times last week ran an interview with several young men who claimed to have had direct contact with those involved in last week's epic hack against Twitter. These individuals ...
Privnotes.com Is Phishing Bitcoin from Users of Private Messaging Service Privnote.com
For the past year, a site called Privnotes.com has been impersonating Privnote.com, a legitimate, free service that offers private, encrypted messages which self-destruct automatically after they are read. Until recently, I couldn't ...
“BriansClub” Hack Rescues 26M Stolen Cards
"BriansClub," a popular underground store for buying stolen credit card data that uses Yours Truly's likeness in its advertising, has itself been hacked. The data stolen from BriansClub encompasses more than 26 ...
Why Phone Numbers Stink As Identity Proof
Phone numbers stink for security and authentication. They stink because most of us have so much invested in these digits that they've become de facto identities. At the same time, when you ...
