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Discover-Tech, an Israeli advertising firm linked to spyware delivery, was the top bidder for Starlink ad impressions in 105 countries, Reuters reported. Reuters reported Tuesday, citing six people familiar with the research, that Discover-Tech was the entity TrendAI called SHADOW-EARTH-79. The…
ExtremeTech is the Web's top destination for news and analysis of emerging science and technology trends, and important software, hardware, and gadgets. Microsoft Teams will soon use AI to detect phishing and social-engineering scams in chats. The new system will…
Recently, I have been working on the algorithmic health of my X account. For years, I’ve been convinced that even when Elon Musk took over Twitter in 2022, they forgot to take me off the shadow-ban list. However, I recently did…
What investigating 10 website-tracking allegations taught us about Chrome DevTools, request timing, browser state, and the limits of automated privacy scanners. Most developers have opened Chrome DevTools to investigate a failed API request, troubleshoot JavaScript, or check network performance. But what…
Attackers who broke into the So-net member database made off with personal information belonging to more than 2.58 million current and former customers, along with the email passwords of 54,401 users, Sony Network Communications has disclosed. So-net is a Japanese internet service…
One of ITWeb’s most-read stories recently was about fake AARTO traffic fines. The scam messages quoted motorists’ correct number plates and arrived by SMS, WhatsApp and e-mail. Fraud like this works because people have learnt to act on what lands…
Two weeks ago, a phishing bot commented on my post. Vietnamese text, on-topic, ending with a link to labagent.tech. Click it and you got a fake dev.to login page. I reported it. Another appeared. Then another. Same pattern,…
Experts have warned consumers about fraudulent websites exploiting the launch of Apple’s iPhone Duo, the company’s first foldable smartphone, to steal personal information and potentially cause financial losses. Cyber security firm Kaspersky had detected scam campaigns worldwide, including fake websites…
Your marketing emails look secure. The site is HTTPS. The certificate is valid. But every link in every email goes somewhere else first. To a tracking host on your own domain, set up years ago so the links would look…
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