Google expands Android's anti-theft suite, including a dedicated toggle for its Failed Authentication Lock feature on devices running Android 16 or later
Google on Tuesday announced an expanded set of Android theft protection features, designed to make its mobile devices less of a target for criminals.
How a crew of crypto-focused criminals moved from SIM swap attacks to coordinated, violent home invasions and kidnappings, targeting small-time crypto investors
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court rules that police can get Google search data without a warrant; an expert warns it may encourage warrantless searches nationwide
Getting a warrant for these was already trivial. [embedded post] @toad.city : Experts warn that if violating people's privacy is already deeply ingrained in the culture of policing and you make it ea...
How “cash to crypto” swaps allow users everywhere to convert local currencies to stablecoins and then to debit cards, avoiding financial oversight and sanctions
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t... Ken Caldeira / @kencaldeira.com : Is there any purpose to cryptocurrency other than to facilitate criminal activity? — www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t... Waldo Jaquith /...
President Trump pardons convicted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, following months of efforts by Zhao to boost the Trump family's World Liberty Financial
reporting no longer grounded in truth. The facts are clear and stated as follows: 👇 @acyn : Collins: Can you explain why you chose to pardon the founder of Binance and did it have anything to do with ...
US DHS: Chinese criminals made $1B+ in the past three years via scam texts; Proofpoint: Americans reported a record 330K toll-scam texts in one day in September
Messages seeking payment for unpaid tolls or postage fees prompt victims to hand over credit-card information, which gangs use to buy gift cards and luxury goods
Anthropic's Threat Intelligence report for August says Claude was weaponized for sophisticated cybercrimes, including a “vibe-hacking” data extortion scheme
and It Could Happen Again Vyom Ramani / Digit : Vibe-hacking based AI attack turned Claude against its safeguard: Here's how Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.2503: Anthropic's Claude helps ...
The UK plans to ban public sector and key infrastructure organizations from paying ransoms to ransomware gangs and require others to notify the UK if they pay
targets ‘public sector bodies and operators of critical national infrastructure’ Nidhi Singal / CSO : Interlock ransomware threat expands across the US and Europe, hits healthcare and smart cities Chr...
Internal emails and audit reports warned that the Schengen Information System II, used by EU border forces, was rife with software and security vulnerabilities
An information-sharing system used by EU border forces to flag illegal immigrants and suspected criminals in real time was rife … LinkedIn: Antonella Napolitano , Romain Lanneau , and Leonardo Quattru...
Report: on June 23, French police arrested hackers ShinyHunters, Hollow, Noct, and Depressed, allegedly involved in operating the BreachForums cybercrime forum
the world's top marketplace for stolen data. Four admins aged 20-23, linked to major breaches (Ministry of Education, FFF, Accor, LVMH), were arrested in Clamart, Seine-Maritime & Réunion. The four ar...