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Cybercrooks book a stay in hotel email inboxes to trick staff into spilling credentials

Thursday 21st December 2023 08:02 GMT Cook942

that's why they are using password protected files. unencrypted files can be and are scanned by google

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Thursday 21st December 2023 08:01 GMT Cook942

Re: Missing the step between the download and the installation

I'm guessing you don't have much experience with end users, because yes. Yes they do

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Greater Manchester cops fined after victim interview vids lost in post

Thursday 4th May 2017 15:20 GMT Cook942

came here to point this out, no-one actually gets hurt by this fine apart from the funding for that police force, net result they f**k up and receive reduced training and manpower resulting in...... more f**k ups

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Don't panic, Florida Man, but a judge just said you have to give phone passcodes to the cops

Thursday 4th May 2017 15:16 GMT Cook942

Memory loss

I'm sorry I've forgotten my passcode, now prove I'm lying

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Cybercrook spared jail after copping to FIFA video game mega-hack

Wednesday 3rd May 2017 05:41 GMT Cook942

Re: A different view here.

I thought this, I honestly thought the law would be too far behind to actually get a conviction from this, the phrase victimless crime comes to mind

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Kremlin-linked hacker crew's tactics exposed

Monday 3rd April 2017 08:36 GMT Cook942

Reminded of Rocky IV

"APT 28 is variously known as Pawn Storm, Sofacy, Tsar Team, Strontium, Fancy Bear, and (now) Iron Twilight."

I am strangely reminded of the scene in Rocky IV when the announcer is listing all of apollos names

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Crooks and kids (not scary spies paid by govt overlords) are behind most breaches

Friday 14th October 2016 12:56 GMT Cook942

Re: Blaming the aspergers generation

I'm sorry but no, you hold a portion of the blame granted but someone committing criminal acts is still committing criminal acts regardless of the difficulty they had doing it

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SpaceX’s anti-hacker tech powers UK launch of security startup

Wednesday 3rd June 2015 09:15 GMT Cook942

obviously not up to date on GoT

have they not noticed that the nights watch has let the wildlings through now? so I don't think it's a very good analogy

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Cash register maker used same password – 166816 – non-stop since 1990

Monday 27th April 2015 11:31 GMT Cook942

Damn, guess they finally worked out what i was doing

In another, forensics were left stumped by a carder's keylogger which had logged repeat keys (such as aaaaa ggggg bbbbb) entered on the PoS server. It was later revealed staff had used the machine to play Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, and download porn.

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