Ne’er-Do-Well News – Page 15 – PossibleThreat Articles

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 18:53:16 +0000

A reader forwarded what he briefly imagined might be a bold, if potentially costly, innovation on the old Nigerian prince scam that asks for help squirreling away millions in unclaimed fortune: it was sent via the U.S. Postal Service, with a postmarked stamp and everything. In truth these “advance fee” or “419” scams- – so-called because they violate section 419 of the criminal code of Nigeria where many such lures originate — predate email and have circulated via postal mail in various forms and countries over the years.

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Man Who Hired Deadly Swatting Gets 15 Months

September 17, 2019 0 Comments andrew finch, casey viner, Ne'er-Do-Well News, shane gaskill, SWATting, tyler barriss

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 15:59:02 +0000

An Ohio teen who recruited a convicted serial swatter to fake a distress call that ended in the police shooting an innocent Kansas man in 2017 has been sentenced to 15 months in prison.

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‘Satori’ IoT Botnet Operator Pleads Guilty

September 3, 2019 0 Comments Drake, DYN DDoS, FBI, Kenneth Currin Schuchman, Masuta, mirai, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Nexus, Nexus Zeta, Okiru, Satori botnet, SWATting, TalkTalk hack, Vamp

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 04:14:18 +0000

A 21-year-old man from Vancouver, Wash. has pleaded guilty to federal hacking charges tied to his role in operating the “Satori” botnet, a crime machine powered by hacked Internet of Things (IoT) devices that was built to conduct massive denial-of-service attacks targeting Internet service providers, online gaming platforms and Web hosting companies.