While the FBI has now revealed they are satisfied that Brian Laundrie murdered Gabby Petito, it’s worth remembering the fugitive was only ever charged with one thing: bank fraud. According to the indictment, he had committed “Use of Unauthorized Access Devices” — spending over $1,000 using a Capitol One debit card that didn’t belong to him. This was […]
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Android malware can factory reset phones after draining bank accounts
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A banking-fraud trojan that has been targeting Android users for three years has been updated to create even more grief: besides draining bank accounts, the trojan can now activate a kill switch that performs a factory reset and wipes infected devices clean. Brata was first documented in a post from security […]
Google Play apps downloaded 300,000 times stole bank credentials
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers said they’ve discovered a batch of apps downloaded from Google Play more than 300,000 times before the apps were revealed to be banking trojans that surreptitiously siphoned user passwords and two-factor authentication codes, logged keystrokes, and took screenshots. The apps—posing as QR scanners, PDF scanners, and cryptocurrency wallets—belonged to four […]
Couple Convicted Of Stealing Millions In COVID Relief Funds Abandons 3 Children, Vanishes Prior To Sentencing
A husband and wife facing prison time for their role in a massive COVID relief fund scheme have disappeared, abandoning their three teenage children and leaving the FBI searching in their wake. Richard Ayvazyan and his wife, Marietta Terabelian (both pictured, above), were sentenced this week to 17 and 6 years in prison, respectively, after […]
“Evil Cellular emulator farms” used to steal Countless US and EU banks
Expand (credit: Getty Images) Researchers in IBM Trusteer say they have discovered a huge fraud procedure that utilized a community of portable device emulators to drain millions of dollars from online banking accounts within a few days. The scale of this performance was unlike anything that the investigators have observed before. In 1 instance, crooks […]