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City of Columbus tries to silence security researcher

The City of Columbus filed a lawsuit against a researcher for trying to inform the public about the nature data stolen by a ransomware group

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A week in security (August 26 – September 1)

A list of topics we covered in the week of August 26 to September 1 of 2024

Iranian cybercriminals are targeting WhatsApp users in spear phishing campaign

Iranian spies posing as technical support agents contacted targeted individuals in Israel, Palestine, Iran, the UK, and the US on WhatsApp

Fake Canva home page leads to browser lock

A Google search ad for Canva is highly misleading and walks users into a trap.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov charged with allowing criminal activity

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has been arrested in France which raises a lot of questions about the reasons behind the arrest.

CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, US Marshalls are latest ransomware targets

Ransomware gangs love sensitive data from healthcare and support organizations to increase their leverage on the victims

SMS scammers use toll fees as a lure

Scammers are increasingly using toll fees as a lure in smishing attacks with the aim of grabbing victims' personal details and credit card information.

TDECU data breach affects half a million people

The Texas Dow Employees Credit Union (TDECU) has disclosed a data breach of 500,474 people, related to the MOVEit vulnerability.

PSA: These ‘Microsoft Support’ ploys may just fool you

We came a cross a clever abuse of Google and Microsoft's services that fooled us for a minute. See if you could have spotted it.

Move over malware: Why one teen is more worried about AI (re-air) (Lock and Code S05E18)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Nitya Sharma about why AI is a far bigger concern than malware in staying safe.