NSA Launches ‘Cool’ Tech Tools to Recruit Cyber Pros, Techies
The National Security Agency has launched two new digital communications efforts designed to educate prospective employees on career opportunities as part of a move to tap the best and brightest to support the agency’s cybersecurity initiatives, according to an NSA press release. Available from iTunes, the NSA Career Links Smartphone application delivers real-time agency updates [...]
PandaLabs has discovered that iTunes has become a major target for hackers looking to steal credit-card data from the millions of users. Victims receive an email informing them they have made an expensive purchase on iTunes. The user, who has never made the purchase, is concerned by the email and tries to solve the problem [...]
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A scam targeting PayPal-linked accounts has hit iTunes users, according to media reports. While neither PayPal nor iTunes has discussed the incident, experts told the BBC users are likely being hit in social-engineering scams via email, rather than through direct hacks of iTunes or PayPal. “I just got hacked for $1,000 worth of software, videos [...]
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Following recent revelations regarding Apple apps developers using hacked accounts to boost ratings, speculation has increased surrounding just how the accounts were compromised. Researchers at F-Secure view the matter as relatively simple, as figuring out the password to iTunes could be as simple as accessing the email password of the target. According to a recent [...]
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Deviant developers are utilizing compromised iTunes apps accounts to boost rankings and increase sales. The hijacked accounts have purportedly been used to purchase copies of obscure Vietnamese-language eBooks, likely to boost rankings. The eBooks have been pulled from the apps store and the seller’s account has been suspended, according to media reports. At the time [...]
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