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Student faces two years behind bars for trying to hack into Trump's tax records
Andrew Harris' attorney compared the scheme to a "Wayne's World" plotline.
Pakistani man allegedly paid AT&T employees big bucks to jailbreak millions of iPhones
The scheme unlocked 2 million iPhones for use outside AT&T's network, federal prosecutors say. At least one employee allegedly received more than $400,000 for participating.
Risky mobile transactions have spiked this year as patch providers race to keep up
In the first half of 2019, nearly half of all transactions that a fraud detection firm flagged as "risky" occurred via mobile devices. Meanwhile, mobile security patches have spiked, too.
When your apps are dormant, you become a more likely target for crooks
Account takeover attacks (ATOs) are easier and more likely if individuals haven't used an app for awhile, according to research from DataVisor.
Russian charged with stealing $1.5 million in hacks on U.S. tax preparers
The man behind the handle "Kusok" and others allegedly exploited a vulnerability in a remote access program to steal personal information and use it to file for bogus tax refunds.
Scammers are selling 3.2 million payment records stolen from Indian cardholders
Researchers analyzed roughly 60 underground markets for payment-card data. All of them sold Indian card data.
