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IT exec sets up fake biz to scam his employer out of $6m

January 7, 2020 0 Comments fraud, hicham kabbaj, interactive systems, Law & order, metadata, Microsoft Word, wire fraud

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:45:41 +0000

He cooked up an IT vendor, its invoices, its vapor-gear, and the phantom employees who never showed up to do all those services.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/hCFk4KMyf3E” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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How not to buy drugs on the Internet

January 3, 2020 0 Comments clearnet, dark net, drug scams, drugs, fraud, internet crime, online crime, online drug scams, scams

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 18:52:07 +0000

Most get-rich-quick schemes on the Internet prove to be scams in disguise—and that includes buying drugs. Learn how scammers take advantage of users looking for illegal activities online.

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Scams

Tags: clearnet dark net drug scams drugs fraud Internet crime online crime online drug scams scams

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Hundreds of counterfeit online shoe stores injected with credit card skimmer

December 10, 2019 0 Comments counterfeit, credit card, fraud, Magecart, shoes, skimmers, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 17:30:50 +0000

A Magecart credit card skimmer was found injected into hundreds of counterfeit, brand-name shoe stores—a one-two punch of victimization for users first duped with fake goods then stripped of their personal data.

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Threat analysis

Tags: counterfeit credit card fraud Magecart shoes skimmers

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Report: Organizations remain vulnerable to increasing insider threats

December 5, 2019 0 Comments Awareness, carnegie mellon university, cert insider threat center, cybersecurity insiders, defense counterintelligence and security agency, department of homeland security, espionage, fraud, gurucul, insider threats, malicious insider, mitigate insider threats, national counterintelligence and security center, national insider threat awareness month, national insider threat task force, ncsc, nittf, office of the under secretary of defense, paige a. thompson, scope of insider threat, sei, software engineering institute, types of insiders, william evanina, workplace violence

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0000

The risk and challenges insider threats pose to organizations are ever present, even before tech as we know it existed. The age of digitization only made it higher and far-reaching. How has insider threats evolved over time? Where are we now in terms of mitigating insider threat risk? Are businesses really doing something about it? We answer such questions—and more—in this post.

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Awareness

Tags: Carnegie Mellon University cert insider threat center Cybersecurity Insiders Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency Department of Homeland Security espionage fraud Gurucul insider threats malicious insider mitigate insider threats National Counterintelligence and Security Center national insider threat awareness month National Insider Threat Task Force NCSC NITTF Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Paige A. Thompson scope of insider threat SEI Software Engineering Institute types of insiders William Evanina workplace violence

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Convicted Nigerian fraudster keeps a-fraudin’ from behind bars

November 22, 2019 0 Comments contraband, convict, efcc, fraud, hope olusegun aroke, Law & order, Mobile, mobile phones, nigeria, prison

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 11:11:11 +0000

He was supposed to be serving a 24-year sentence in the “maximum security” prison, not continuing the fraud… and going to parties.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ZeLPW2Cof14″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook scam steals famous faces and BBC branding

November 7, 2019 0 Comments bitcoin, facebook, fraud, man u, phishing, Scam, sir alex, Spam

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 12:19:12 +0000

An email scam from earlier this year has resurfaced on Facebook – don’t fall for it!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/WGY1bNlnPAA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A week in security (October 28 – November 3)

November 4, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, adobe creative cloud, advanced persistent threats, american cancer society, Android, APT, blogger, cybersecurity challenges, data breach, disaster donation scam, emoji app, esports, Fancy Bear, fraud, FTC, gafgyt, Internet, journalists, maas, Magecart, malware-as-a-service, messagetap, nuclear power corp of india, raccoon, retina-x, sextortion, smb, Stalkerware, US Federal Trade Commission, Wordpress

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 16:37:57 +0000

A roundup of the latest cybersecurity news for the week of October 28 – November 3, including cyberattacks against SMBs, the Internet’s 50th birthday, stalkerware, donation scams, and more.

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A week in security

Tags: Adobe Creative Cloud advanced persistent threats American Cancer Society Android APT blogger cybersecurity challenges data breach disaster donation scam emoji app esports Fancy Bear fraud FTC Gafgyt internet journalists MaaS Magecart Malware-as-a-Service MessageTap Nuclear Power Corp of India Raccoon Retina-X sextortion SMB stalkerware US Federal Trade Commission wordpress

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#FacebookLockout: Users who report fake/scam accounts locked out

October 16, 2019 0 Comments #facebooklockout, account impersonation, facebook, fake accounts, fake profiles, fraud, id verification, scammers, security check, Social networks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 09:34:58 +0000

Users report bad accounts, got presented with a request to verify ID, couldn’t upload said ID, and got frozen out.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/FKCF-gt07L8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Europol: Ransomware remains top threat in IOCTA report

October 14, 2019 0 Comments Awareness, BEC, business email compromise, child sexual exploitation, cse, DDoS, europol, fraud, internet organized crime threat assessment, iocta, phishing, Ransomware, spear phishing

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 16:00:00 +0000

The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, or Europol, just released its annual Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) report. We highlight their key findings and remind readers how to better protect themselves.

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Awareness

Tags: bec Business Email Compromise child sexual exploitation cse ddos europol fraud internet organized crime threat assessment iocta phishing ransomware spear phishing

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Match knowingly puts people at risk from scammers, FTC charges

September 27, 2019 0 Comments confidence scams, data loss, fake profiles, fraud, FTC, Law & order, lawsuit, match.com, okcupid, online dating, phishing, plenty of fish, Romance Scams, security threats, Social networks, tinder

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 10:37:48 +0000

Match.com allegedly put users on its free version at risk – by not filtering out communications that it knew were from fake accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/qoySkY_s2X8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>