Tag: Illegal
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US Takes Down Illegal Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Samourai Wallet
The US government has taken down Samourai Wallet, a cryptocurrency mixing service that executed over $2bn in unlawful transactions and …
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Hacker Offers Upto $300 To Mobile Networks Staff For Illegal SIM Swaps
A SIM Swap Scam or SIM Cloning Scam exploits a vulnerability in a two-factor authentication (2FA) system that relies on SMS messages for …
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The UK’s GPS Tagging of Migrants Has Been Ruled Illegal
The way the UK government has been tagging migrants with GPS trackers is illegal, the country’s privacy regulator ruled on Friday, in a …
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U.S. Imposes Visa Restrictions on those Involved in Illegal Spyware Surveillance
The U.S. State Department said it’s implementing a new policy that imposes visa restrictions on individuals who are linked to the illegal …
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VoIP Firm XCast Agrees to Settle $10m Illegal Robocall Case
A Californian VoIP provider has agreed to settle FTC charges that it facilitated hundreds of millions of illegal robocalls made over its …
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DOJ Slams XCast with $10 Million Fine Over Massive Illegal Robocall Operation
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday said it reached a settlement with VoIP service provider XCast over allegations that it …
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Illegal Betting Ring Used Satellite Tech to Get Scoop on Results
Police are celebrating after busting a suspected illegal betting and match-fixing ring which used advanced technology to find out the …
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AVRecon Botnet Leveraging Compromised Routers to Fuel Illegal Proxy Service
More details have emerged about a botnet called AVRecon, which has been observed making use of compromised small office/home office (SOHO) …
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Pornhub Accused of Illegal Data Collection
websites bigger than Pornhub. Each month, more than 2 billion people visit the adult site, spending an average of almost eight minutes …
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Microsoft Takes Legal Action to Disrupt Cybercriminals’ Illegal Use of Cobalt Strike Tool
Microsoft said it teamed up with Fortra and Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC) to tackle the abuse of Cobalt …
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Report: ICE and the Secret Service Conducted Illegal Surveillance of Cell Phones
Unfortunately, the report redacts crucial information regarding the total number of times that each agency used CSS with and without a …
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Illegal Crypto Transaction Volumes Hit All-Time High
Over $20bn worth of illegal transactions were carried out using cryptocurrency last year, a record high that’s likely to grow as more …
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