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How to Dodge Debt Collection Scams Like A Pro in 2025

Debt collection scams are among the most persistent and anxiety-inducing of all such schemes. Scammers call, text, or even send you letters insisting that you or your loved ones owe money you’ve never heard of. These scammers are ruthless, threatening you with lawsuits or jail time while leveraging personal information about you or your loved ones.

Ways Fraudsters Get Your Data to Target You With Debt Collection Scams

Ever wonder how these criminals know so much about you—like your phone numb

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Botnets & DDoS: How IoT Devices Get Weaponized

Although breached IoT devices can let threat actors move deeper into compromised home networks, they also serve a darker purpose: being weaponized in botnet attacks.

What is a botnet?

As its name suggests, a botnet is a network of internet-connected (IoT) devices used to run automation programs, conveniently referred to as “bots.”

Botnets are typically used in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. However, their malicious potential extends far beyond DDoS campaigns, as threat actors

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North Korea’s ScarCruft Deploys KoSpy Malware, Spying on Android Users via Fake Utility Apps

The North Korea-linked threat actor known as ScarCruft is said to have been behind a never-before-seen Android surveillance tool named KoSpy targeting Korean and English-speaking users.
Lookout, which shared details of the malware campaign, said the earliest versions date back to March 2022. The most recent samples were flagged in March 2024. It’s not clear how successful these efforts were.
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Chromecast chaos – 2nd gen devices go belly-up as Google struggles to fix certificate issue

Has your old Chromecast suddenly developed a problem?

You’re not alone it seems.

Many users of second-generation Chromecast and Chromecast Audio streaming devices have discovered that their beloved dongles have gone belly-up and are showing error messages such as:

“Untrusted device: [name] couldn’t be verified. This could be caused by outdated firmware.”

And what has the typical tech user learnt over the years if a piece of hardware isn’t working properly? Why, do a factory reset of course!

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