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Romance scams – 80 people charged with ripping off millions of dollars

August 28, 2019 0 Comments BEC, fraud, identity theft, Law & order, Money Laundering, Nigerian, online dating, Romance Scams, security threats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 11:04:45 +0000

The $6m scam targeted women worldwide and victimized more than a dozen companies.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/6Wnqyl2R-08″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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US charges 80 in world-spanning romance scam and email fraud ring

August 28, 2019 0 Comments BEC, fraud, identity theft, Law & order, Money Laundering, Nigerian, online dating, Romance Scams, security threats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 11:04:45 +0000

The $6m scam targeted women worldwide and victimized more than a dozen companies.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/6Wnqyl2R-08″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Court squeezes $1 million back from convicted phisher

August 27, 2019 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, Alpha bay, Courvoisier, cryptocurrency, dark web, data loss, Grant West, Law & order, MFA, Operation Draba, password reuse, passwords, phishing, security threats, strong passwords

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 09:56:31 +0000

Prolific phishing scammer Grant West has been sentenced to 10 years, 8 months, and reimbursement for victims.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/sHYkSkwLCAs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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The Silence hacking crew grows louder

August 22, 2019 0 Comments atm fraud, Hacking, Law & order, malware, phishing, russia, russian hackers, security threats, Silence crew

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:32:26 +0000

The hacking group, which specialises in stealing from banks, has been spreading its coverage and becoming more sophisticated.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/harEaJXHeBo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Did Facebook know about “View As” bug before 2018 breach?

August 19, 2019 0 Comments access tokens, data breach, data loss, facebook, facebook data, Law & order, online privacy, Privacy, security threats, social network, Social networks, View As, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 10:31:52 +0000

Even though Facebook protected employees, it failed to fix the vulnerability or to protect most users, a court filing charges.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/3KG4K9pSsio” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Police site DDoSer/bomb hoaxer caught after jeering on social media

August 16, 2019 0 Comments bomb threat, DDoS, Denial of Service, hoax calls, Law & order, Liam Reece Watts, Manchester Arena, mass murder, security threats, SYN flood, Synic, taunting police, terrorism

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 10:33:04 +0000

He called in hoaxes days after the Manchester Arena bombing, DDoSed police sites when they investigated him, then taunted them on Twitter.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/nq0GnuKZhNw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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‘NULL’ license plate gets security researcher $12K in tickets

August 15, 2019 0 Comments ALPR, Automatic License Plate Reader, DEF CON, Defcon, Droogie, Law & order, NULL, traffic violations, vanity plate

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:58:55 +0000

The vanity plate sounded good in theory: maybe it would make his plate invisible to ALPR systems?!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/0V6dSt5YHpQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook got humans to listen in on some Messenger voice chats

August 15, 2019 0 Comments AI, audio, contractors, Data Protection Commission, eavesdropping, facebook, GDPR, Ireland, Law & order, Messenger, Privacy, Social networks, transcription, voice chats, voice recognition

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:15:55 +0000

Facebook says it’s paused the practice of collecting voice clips and sending them to employees to transcribe and analyze.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ygMZYoeBESk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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4 ‘despicables’ jailed for running hidden worldwide child abuse forums

August 14, 2019 0 Comments Andrew R. Leslie, anonymizing services, Benjamin A. Faulkner, Brett A. Bedusek, child abuse, child abuse imagery, child abuse images, child exploitation, child porn, children, Cryptography, dark web, file encryption, Giftbox Exchange, hidden service, Law & order, Patrick D. Falte, pedophilia, pornography, Project Safe Childhood, sentencing, sexual abuse, Tor

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 10:18:51 +0000

So much for trusting the Tor network to hide their tracks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/W3IQrFPLq9A” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Fortnite World Cup champion and family swatted while live streaming

August 14, 2019 0 Comments Bugha, Fortnite, Gaming, Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf, Kyle Giersdorf, Law & order, live streaming, online gaming, security threats, SWATting, twitch, Twitch.TV, World Cup Solo

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 11:20:15 +0000

“They come in with guns, bro. They literally pulled up, holy sh*t.”<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ViohltBx3bo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>