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Man jailed for $122 million scam that fooled Google and Facebook

December 23, 2019 0 Comments BEC scams, business email compromise, email fraud, facebook, fake invoice, Google, IC3, Law & order, whaling, whaling attack

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 10:35:28 +0000

Lithuanian Evaldas Rimasauskas has been sentenced to five years in jail for successfully defrauding two US companies out of $122 million.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/D5CAYrR74gs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Twitter trolls attack epileptics with seizure-inducing images

December 20, 2019 0 Comments Epilepsy, epilepsy foundation, epileptic, gif, hashtags, kurt eichenwald, Law & order, national epilepsy awareness month, seizure, Social networks, strobes, strobing images, trollery, trolls, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 11:41:38 +0000

They hijacked the Epilepsy Foundation’s hashtags and name during national epilepsy awareness month, when the most people follow the feed.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SluZeVlpPlA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Alleged bank vault robber posed with cash on Instagram, Facebook

December 18, 2019 0 Comments arlando henderson, bank robbery, facebook, Instagram, Law & order, Social networks, wells fargo

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 11:32:39 +0000

He allegedly stole over $88,000 from Wells Fargo’s vault, then posed with cash and “his” Mercedes-Benz in posts and an Instagram rap.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/p6aXmWhhdnc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Ransomware-seized New Orleans declares state of emergency

December 17, 2019 0 Comments data loss, Government security, Law & order, malware, new orleans, nola, nola ready, office of homeland security and emergency preparedness, Ransomware, ryuk, security threats, state of emergency

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 12:14:47 +0000

There are signs that the attackers used the particularly pernicious Ryuk strain of ransomware.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/_IFQ_O3lT1A” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook employees’ payroll data nabbed in car smash-and-grab

December 17, 2019 0 Comments data loss, employee data, facebook, Law & order, payroll, Privacy, smash and grab

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:01:48 +0000

Bye-bye, payroll data for 29,000 US Facebook employees that got left on an unencrypted drive in an employee’s car.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SYgU8CTDbEs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Police get “unprecedented” data haul from Google with geofence warrants

December 16, 2019 0 Comments Android, arson, atf, bureau of alcohol, dragnet, firearms and explosives, geofence, geofencing, Google, Law & order, location data, Location history, Mobile, Privacy, reverse location search, sensorvault, tobacco, warrant

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 11:14:20 +0000

Investigators are using geofence warrants to get anybody and everybody who’s near a crime at a given time.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/uI3cDCVNbEk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Emotion-detection in AI should be regulated, AI Now says

December 16, 2019 0 Comments affect recognition, AI, ai now, ai now institute, Artificial intelligence, BIPA, cogito, emotion detection, hirevue, Illinois, kate crawford, Law & order, Machine Learning, oxygen forensics, paul ekman

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 10:42:34 +0000

It’s built on junk science, yet it’s being used to determine who gets hired, fired, insured, medicated and more, the research institute says.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/MWAhLktWa8c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook refuses to break end-to-end encryption

December 12, 2019 0 Comments #nobackdoors, backdoors, congress, Cryptography, encrypted messaging, encryption back doors, facebook, Instagram, Law & order, messaging, no backdoors, Privacy, Social networks, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:26:50 +0000

Congress on Tuesday told Facebook it must put backdoors into its end-to-end encryption, or it’ll be forced to.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Lghno3KWNa0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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DoItForState domain name thief gets 14 years for pistol-whipping plot

December 11, 2019 0 Comments data loss, do it for state!, doitforstate.com, domain name, domain name transfer, ethan deyo, facebook, influencer, Instagram, iowa state university, Law & order, pistol whipping, polo, rossi lorathio adams ii, security threats, sherman hopkins, Social networks, state snaps, taser

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:18:02 +0000

He hired his cousin to break in, hold the rightful domain holder at gunpoint, and force a transfer to his own GoDaddy account.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/_zSeajgNmp8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Ad industry groups ask that the CCPA keep its mitts off their cookies

December 11, 2019 0 Comments adchoices, California Consumer Privacy Act, CCPA, Law & order, PII, Privacy

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:56:06 +0000

Ad-blocking technologies can block the cookies that record consumers’ privacy choices, they claim.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SmRFSPB5ipA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>