Interpol wants an end to the use of the term ‘Pig Butchering’ because it is said to be offensive to victims. Last month, the Dutch Banking Association (NVB) warned about pig butchering, which is a combination of dating fraud and investment fraud. Scammers first build a relationship of trust with victims and then entice them […]

Privacy organization noyb has filed a complaint about Ryanair with the Italian privacy regulator because of the facial scan that new customers must undergo. All customers who want to book a flight via the Ryanair website or app must create an account. This is a permanent account, says noyb. “This often involves combining and retaining

The Japanese crypto exchange DMM was robbed of $308 million in bitcoin earlier this year via a rogue recruiter on LinkedIn, the FBI and Japanese police report (pdf). An employee of Ginco, the company to which crypto exchange DMM had entrusted the wallet management system, was approached via LinkedIn by someone posing as a recruiter.

The American cyber agency CISA today advised to only communicate end-to-end encrypted, as well as to stop using SMS-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) and personal VPN services. The advice is contained in a document on best practices for mobile communications and is suitable for everyone, but especially for ‘highly targeted’ individuals, according to the description (pdf).

The US government’s proposals to break Google’s search monopoly will affect Firefox and other smaller, independent browsers, and will only strengthen the position of a handful of strong players, Mozilla said. The US Department of Justice recently asked a federal court to take several measures to break Google’s monopoly on the search engine market. For