Fraudsters gain access to legitimate checks and sensitive financial data by stealing mailed checks from USPS facilities or during delivery to the intended recipient.
1 Fraudsters take advantage of regulations requiring financial institutions to make check funds available within specified timeframes, which is often too short a window for the consumer or financial institutions to identify and stop the fraud.

Article URL: https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA250127

Used iPhones with TikTok installed on them are being listed for sale on eBay for thousands of dollars, as people try to cash in on the ban. One listing even asks $50,000 for an unlocked iPhone 12 Pro Max “with TikTok app.”

Although Trump has issued an executive order claiming to shield companies from liability for breaking the law, Apple, Google and others continue to comply by keeping TikTok out of their US app stores …

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Article URL: https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/23/ebay-sellers-asking-2k-to-50k-for-iphones-with-tiktok-installed/

Misconfigurations remain a popular compromise point — and routers are leading the way. According to recent survey data, 86% of respondents have never changed their router admin password, and 52% have never adjusted any factory settings. This puts attackers in the perfect position to compromise enterprise networks. Why put the time and effort into creating phishing […]

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