A friend of mine responded to an ad on Facebook for Bombas socks at a price that was too good to be true. It wasn’t true, and she never got the socks she ordered. Some ads that claim to offer a great price for a name-brand product might instead send you a cheap knock-off. In … Read more
Jon Healey | (TNS) Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — About four months after a notorious hacking group claimed to have stolen an extraordinary amount of sensitive personal information from a major data broker, a member of the group has reportedly released most of it for free on an online marketplace for stolen personal data. … Read more
By Wyatte Grantham-Philips | The Associated Press Current and former Cash App users could be eligible for a hefty piece of a proposed class-action settlement from the popular online payment service. Earlier this year, Cash App Investing and its parent company Block Inc. agreed to pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged a … Read more
Charles Gorrivan | (TNS) Bloomberg News A hacking group linked to the Iranian government tried to breach the email accounts of presidential campaign staffers as part of a wider effort to gather intelligence ahead of the U.S. election, Microsoft Corp. said Friday. Attackers connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in June used a compromised email address from a former political … Read more
By Chris Isidore | CNN New York — Bad news for passengers: Delta Air Lines canceled hundreds more flights early Tuesday morning, as the problems caused by last week’s global tech outage continued into a fifth day. Worse news: Delta’s meltdown will probably extend through the end of the week. As of 8:30 am ET … Read more
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says a “significant number” of the millions of computers that crashed on Friday, causing global disruptions, are back in operation as its customers and regulators await a more detailed explanation of what went wrong. A defective software update sent by CrowdStrike to its customers disrupted airlines, banks, hospitals and other critical services … Read more
With tax season fast approaching, Norton is cautioning Australians to stay vigilant as various tax-related scams start to surface.Cybercriminals are known to take advantage of the increased activity — as individuals and businesses gear up to file their returns with the Australian Taxation Office — to steal sensitive information and inflict financial harm on unsuspecting … Read more
These days, thieves hit Apple stores and scamper out with every iPhone they can grab. In Silicon Valley’s early years, criminals — sometimes with guns — went after the technology industry’s building block: the small but precious computer chip. They robbed offices and freight trucks, or just snatched boxes of semiconductor chips from companies’ shipping … Read more
By Chris Isidore | CNN New York — Three days after a computer update problem caused more than 5,000 flight cancellations around the world, things are pretty much back to normal — except at Delta Air Lines. Atlanta-based Delta canceled 1,500 flights on Friday, or more than a third of its schedule. That’s more than … Read more
A Temecula electrician was left scratching his head this month when he discovered two devices, including a camera with a lens poking through a leaf taped to it, hidden in the planter in his front yard. The camera was pointed toward a neighbor’s home. “Why is this here?” said the man, who declined to provide … Read more