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Ukrainian investigators are celebrating after claiming to have arrested a prolific mobile hacking gang which targeted victims via Apple and Samsung phishing sites. Cyber-specialists arrested five alleged members of the so-called “Phoenix” group at the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU). Users were apparently lured to their phishing sites and, after downloading an app there, would unwittingly give the hackers remote access to their devices. “The data obtained in this way allowed the attackers to withdraw…

The $53m figure reported lost to scammers during the 2020 holiday season could be even higher this year thanks to the continued impact of the pandemic, the FBI has warned. A Public Service Announcement on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday yesterday revealed that the Feds received over 17,000 complaints of non-delivery of goods ordered online last year. The FBI said scammers use multiple tactics to lure victims, advertising items for sale via unsolicited emails, untrusted websites,…

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A website, initially set up by graduates to offer IT support, has caught a criminal after a woman used it to try to arrange the murder of her ex-husband.  RentaHitman.com is a darkly titled domain set up by a group of friends after they graduated from a California business school with degrees in IT.  The site’s operator, Novato resident Bob Innes, told SFGATE that ‘hit’ in the site’s title referred to website clicks and that ‘man’ represented the team…

Cyber-criminals are making millions of dollars by promoting fake cryptocurrency giveaways on social media, according to new research by Tenable. The cyber exposure platform today warned social media users to be alert to scams involving Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Cardano, Ripple and Shiba Inu.  To make the giveaways appear legitimate, scammers are using footage from public figures associated with cryptocurrency. Notable individuals who the scammers have exploited include Michael Saylor, chairman and CEO of MicroStrategy and a fervent supporter…

A man from Maryland has been convicted of selling place of employment information (POE) illegally obtained from workforce agencies in multiple states. Guy Cuomo of Frederick was found guilty on Monday of being a member of a fraud and identity theft scheme that profited from a practice known as ‘skiptracing.’ Under the process, information is gathered on a debtor’s last known place of employment and sold to debt collectors.  Cuomo, 54, worked for and managed companies owned…