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1 week ago | technadu.com | Lore Apostol

Cisco announced that its OpenDNS service is no longer available to users in Belgium. This move is believed to stem from increasing legal pressures placed on digital intermediaries to combat piracy on their platforms. This decision follows a similar move in France, where DNS providers were asked to stop resolving “pirate” IP addresses. Cisco’s OpenDNS service has announced its withdrawal from Belgium, citing an unnamed court order.

1 week ago | technadu.com | Lore Apostol

A sophisticated attack was recently seen impersonating Google in phishing emails. Attackers use Google’s OAuth to generate signed and seemingly legitimate emails from Google. To build credibility, these lead recipients to a Google Sites link via a legal court case lure. Cybercriminals have leveraged vulnerabilities in Google’s infrastructure to execute a highly sophisticated phishing attack, leaving users exposed to credential theft.

1 week ago | technadu.com | Lore Apostol

Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and Uzbekistan governments were revealed to be NSO Group customers. The details surfaced in a recent hearing in the WhatsApp versus Pegasus case. This marks the first time NSO has officially confirmed specific government users of its spyware.

1 week ago | technadu.com | Lore Apostol

A new wave of email scams relies on a new variation of the classic “Hello pervert” technique. Attackers claim to have breached the recipient’s email and ask for a ransom for allegedly stolen compromising materials. The email is designed to spark fear and panic, pushing victims to act impulsively without verifying the claims. Cybercriminals are once again leveraging sextortion scams to extort victims, this time employing email spoofing techniques in an attempt to create panic and elicit payments.

1 week ago | technadu.com | Lore Apostol

Scammers manage to steal people’s money via fake job opportunities involving apps or products. These fraud campaigns leverage unsolicited job offers sent via social media that involve simple tasks with big payouts. Most of these false jobs involve illegal activities such as boosting content visibility or ratings, which disguises the true intent of the scam. A new and increasingly prevalent job scam known as "pay to get paid" is stealing victims’ funds.