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Pieter Arntz

Malware Intelligence Researcher

Was a Microsoft MVP in consumer security for 12 years running. Can speak four languages. Smells of rich mahogany and leather-bound books.

Dell notifies customers about data breach

Dell notifies customers about data breach

Dell is warning its customers about a data breach after a cybercriminal offered a 49 million-record database about customers on a cybercrime forum.

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Cyber Security

May 13, 2024

Watch out for tech support scams lurking in sponsored search results

Watch out for tech support scams lurking in sponsored search results

Researchers found fake sponsored search results that lead consumers to a typical fake Microsoft alert site set up by tech support scammers.

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Scams

May 6, 2024

Ring agrees to pay $5.6 million after cameras were used to spy on customers

Ring agrees to pay $5.6 million after cameras were used to spy on customers

Ring will pay $5.6 million over charges that the company allowed employees to access customers’ private videos.

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Privacy

May 6, 2024

TikTok comes one step closer to a US ban

TikTok comes one step closer to a US ban

TikTok comes one step closer to a US ban The US Senate has approved a bill that will ban TikTok, unless it finds a new owner, bringing it one step closer to being signed into law.

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Technology

April 29, 2024

Billions of scraped Discord messages up for sale

Billions of scraped Discord messages up for sale

An internet scraping platform is offering access to a database filled with over four billion Discord messages and combined user profiles.

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Business

April 29, 2024

How to change your Social Security Number

How to change your Social Security Number

With all the recent talk of the AT&T breach and other big breaches that have come before, it’s no wonder people are questioning how to change their SSN. We explain how.

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Business

April 26, 2024

Many Americans may have had health and personal data stolen in Healthcare breach

Many Americans may have had health and personal data stolen in Healthcare breach

UnitedHealth has made an announcement about the stolen data in the ransomware attack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare.

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Cyber Security

April 24, 2024

Apple warns people of mercenary attacks via threat notification system

Apple warns people of mercenary attacks via threat notification system

Apple has sent alerts to individuals in 92 nations to say it's detected that they may have been a victim of a mercenary attack.

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Cyber Security

April 15, 2024

YouTube ordered to reveal the identities of video viewers

YouTube ordered to reveal the identities of video viewers

Federal authorities have told Google to reveal the identities of people that watched certain videos on YouTube.

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Cyber Security

April 1, 2024

Vans warns customers of data breach

Vans warns customers of data breach

Vans has warned its customers about phishing and other scams after a ransomware attack led to a data breach.

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Cyber Security

April 1, 2024

Data brokers admit they’re selling information on precise location, kids, and reproductive healthcare

Data brokers admit they’re selling information on precise location, kids, and reproductive healthcare

Information newly made available under California law has shed light on data broker practices, including exactly which categories of information they trade in.

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Cyber Security

March 18, 2024

New Facebook photo rule hoax spreads

New Facebook photo rule hoax spreads

A hoax telling people to copy and paste a copyright notice on Facebook has been making the rounds since 2012. Now, it’s back again.

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Cyber Security

March 18, 2024

Airbnb scam sends you to a fake Tripadvisor site, takes your money

Airbnb scam sends you to a fake Tripadvisor site, takes your money

One of our researchers was targeted by a scammer advertising on Airbnb and hosting a fake Tripadvisor website.

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Cyber Security

March 4, 2024

Facebook Marketplace Users’ Stolen Data OfferedFor Sale

Facebook Marketplace Users’ Stolen Data OfferedFor Sale

Personal data belonging to Facebook Marketplace users has been published online, according to BleepingComputer.

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Cyber Security

February 20, 2024

Facebook introduces another way to track you - Link history

Facebook introduces another way to track you - Link history

In what seems like yet another attempt to adapt its platform to prepare for new regulations, Facebook has started rolling out a new feature called Link History.

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Cyber Security

January 10, 2024

Mr. Cooper leaks personal data of 14 million loan and mortgage customers

Mr. Cooper leaks personal data of 14 million loan and mortgage customers

A major mortgage and loan company based in Dallas, working under the name Mr. Cooper Group Inc. has released more information on a recent breach.

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Cyber Security

January 10, 2024

"Amazon got Hacked" messages are FALSE ALARM

"Amazon got Hacked" messages are FALSE ALARM

Amazon customers have been seeing a message on social media that has caused some alarm.Most of the posts look like one of these (depending on the social media platform):

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Cyber Security

January 10, 2024

US Government is snooping on people via phone push notifications, says Senator

US Government is snooping on people via phone push notifications, says Senator

Many people don’t realize that the instant alert push notifications you get on your phone are routed through Google or Apple’s servers, depending on which device you use.

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Cyber Security

January 10, 2024

Beware Malware Posing As Beta Versions of Legitimate Apps, Warns FBI

Beware Malware Posing As Beta Versions of Legitimate Apps, Warns FBI

The FBI has issued a warning that cybercriminals are embedding malicious code in mobile beta-testing apps in attempts to defraud potential victims.

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Cyber Security

January 10, 2024

Tik Tok Facing Fines For Violating Children's Privacy

Tik Tok Facing Fines For Violating Children's Privacy

‍The European Data Protection Board is expected to fine TikTok for violating the privacy of young children within the next four weeks.

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Cyber Security

January 10, 2024