Category: telegram
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Telegram Hosting World’s Largest Darknet Market
Telegram Hosting World’s Largest Darknet Market Wired is reporting on Chinese darknet markets on Telegram. The ecosystem of marketplaces for Chinese-speaking crypto scammers hosted on the messaging service Telegram have now grown to be bigger than ever before, according to a new analysis from the crypto tracing firm Elliptic. Despite a brief drop after Telegram…
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State-backed spyware attacks are targeting Signal and WhatsApp users, CISA warns
State-backed spyware attacks are targeting Signal and WhatsApp users, CISA warns CISA, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, has issued a new warning that cybercriminals and state-backed hacking groups are using spyware to compromise smartphones belonging to users of popular encrypted messaging apps such as Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram. Read more in my article…
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Hundreds of masked ICE agents doxxed by hackers, as personal details posted on Telegram
Hundreds of masked ICE agents doxxed by hackers, as personal details posted on Telegram Hundreds of US government officials working for the FBI, ICE, and Department of Justice have had their personal data leaked by a notorious hacking group. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Graham Cluley Go to grahamcluley
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Dutch teens recruited on Telegram, accused of Russia-backed hacking plot
Dutch teens recruited on Telegram, accused of Russia-backed hacking plot Two 17-year-olds have been arrested by Dutch authorities on suspicion of spying for pro-Russian hackers. The teenagers, who are said to have been recruited as “disposable agents” via Telegram, were reportedly arrested last week “on suspicion that are linked to government-sponsored interference.” Read more in…
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Europol says Telegram post about 50,000 Qilin ransomware award is fake
Europol says Telegram post about 50,000 Qilin ransomware award is fake Some cybersecurity news outlets were duped a few days ago by a claim that Europol was offering a $50,000 bounty for information about two members of the Qilin ransomware group. Turns out it was all a hoax. Read more details about what happened in…
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As Texas floods, so does the internet – with dangerous lies
As Texas floods, so does the internet – with dangerous lies As Texas reels from devastating floods, conspiracy theorists are hard at work. Graham Cluley Go to grahamcluley
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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…