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  • Coinbase insider who sold customer data to criminals arrested in India

    Coinbase insider who sold customer data to criminals arrested in India Police in India have arrested a former Coinbase customer service agent who is believed to have been bribed by cybercriminal gangs to access sensitive customer information. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Graham Cluley Go to grahamcluley

  • Mandatory Coinbase wallet migration? It’s a phishing scam!

    Mandatory Coinbase wallet migration? It’s a phishing scam! An ingenious phishing scam is targeting cryptocurrency investors, by posing as a mandatory wallet migration. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Graham Cluley Go to grahamcluley

  • Trump 2.0 Brings Cuts to Cyber, Consumer Protections

    Trump 2.0 Brings Cuts to Cyber, Consumer Protections One month into his second term, President Trump’s actions to shrink the government through mass layoffs, firings and withholding funds allocated by Congress have thrown federal cybersecurity and consumer protection programs into disarray. At the same time, agencies are battling an ongoing effort by the world’s richest…

  • Smashing Security podcast #403: Coinbase crypto heists, QR codes, and ransomware in the classroom

    Smashing Security podcast #403: Coinbase crypto heists, QR codes, and ransomware in the classroom In episode 403 of “Smashing Security” we dive into the mystery of $65 million vanishing from Coinbase users faster than J-Lo slipped into Graham’s DMs, Geoff gives a poor grade for PowerSchool’s security, and Carole takes a curious look at QR…

  • A Day in the Life of a Prolific Voice Phishing Crew

    A Day in the Life of a Prolific Voice Phishing Crew Besieged by scammers seeking to phish user accounts over the telephone, Apple and Google frequently caution that they will never reach out unbidden to users this way. However, new details about the internal operations of a prolific voice phishing gang show the group routinely…

  • How to Lose a Fortune with Just One Bad Click

    How to Lose a Fortune with Just One Bad Click Image: Shutterstock, iHaMoo. Adam Griffin is still in disbelief over how quickly he was robbed of nearly $500,000 in cryptocurrencies. A scammer called using a real Google phone number to warn his Gmail account was being hacked, sent email security alerts directly from google.com, and…