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Scammers Sent Uber to Take Elderly Lady to the Bank

Scammers Sent Uber to Take Elderly Lady to the Bank

| | elder scams, email scam, FBI, Latest Warnings, The Coming Storm, Travis Hardaway, Uber, Web Fraud 2.0
Email scammers sent an Uber to the home of an 80-year-old woman who responded to a well-timed email scam, in a bid to make sure she went to the bank and wired ...
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Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’

Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’

| | A Little Sunshine, Chainalysis, Courtney Nolan, Employment Fraud, Erin West, FBI, IC3.gov, Justin Maile, Latest Warnings, pig butchering, REACT Task Force, The Coming Storm, Vice News, Web Fraud 2.0, WhatsApp, xtb-market
U.S. state and federal investigators are being inundated with reports from people who’ve lost hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in connection with a complex investment scam known as “pig butchering,” ...
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US Gov't Flip-Flops on NSO Group Sale to L3Harris

US Gov’t Flip-Flops on NSO Group Sale to L3Harris

| | Biden administration, CIA, Department of Commerce, FBI, five eyes, L3Harris, NSO, NSO Group, Pegasus, SB Blogwatch, So when is Elon Musk going to make them an offer?, White House
NSO Group, notorious makers of the notorious Pegasus spyware, has been in acquisition talks with huge defense contractor L3Harris ...
Security Boulevard
DoJ, FBI, IRS Make Empty Boast: SSNDOB ‘Seized’

DoJ, FBI, IRS Make Empty Boast: SSNDOB ‘Seized’

| | Cyprus, DOJ, FBI, Florida, Identity Theft, IRS, not the first time they just put a random seized photo on a domain then do a press release, SB Blogwatch, ssn, SSNDOB
Feds are gloating over their “seizure” of the notorious SSNDOB marketplace, which traded in stolen personal information. But the action seems too little, too late ...
Security Boulevard
iOS vs Android | Which Offers Better SECURITY and PRIVACY?

Apple Mail Privacy Protection, Government Agencies Reveal Top Attack Vectors, Is Big Brother Watching You at Work?

| | Apple, Apple Mail, Big Brother, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, email, Email Marketing, Employer, employment, Episodes, FBI, government, Information Security, Infosec, nsa, Podcast, Privacy, security, surveillance, technology, Weekly Edition, work
What is Apple Mail Privacy Protection and how does it hide your IP address, so senders can’t link it to your online activity or determine your location, government authorities such as the ...
The Shared Security Show
FBI Warrantless Searches, Passwordless Sign-Ins, Keylogging Web Forms

FBI Warrantless Searches, Passwordless Sign-Ins, Keylogging Web Forms

| | Apple, Cybersecurity, data, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, FBI, FIDO, FIDO Alliance, google, Information Security, Infosec, Keylog, keylogging, Microsoft, passwordless, passwords, Podcast, Privacy, security, surveillance, technology, Warrant, Warrrantless, Weekly Edition
The FBI searched emails, texts and other electronic communications of 3.4 million U.S. residents without a warrant, Apple, Google, and Microsoft have announced they will support a new passwordless sign-in standard created ...
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DEA Investigating Breach of Law Enforcement Data Portal

DEA Investigating Breach of Law Enforcement Data Portal

| | A Little Sunshine, Data breaches, Department of Justice, Domain Block List, Doxbin, Drug Enforcement Administration, El Paso Intelligence Center, emergency data request, EPIC, esp.usdoj.gov, FBI, ICSI, KT, Lapsus$, Law Enforcement Inquiry and Alerts, LEIA, National Seizure System, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Nicholas Weaver, NSS, spamhaus, The Coming Storm, U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says it is investigating reports that hackers gained unauthorized access to an agency portal that taps into 16 different federal law enforcement databases. KrebsOnSecurity has learned ...
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$43 billion stolen through Business Email Compromise since 2016, reports FBI

$43 billion stolen through Business Email Compromise since 2016, reports FBI

| | bec, bec scam, business email compromise, FBI, Featured Articles, IT Security and Data Protection
Over US $43 billion has been lost through Business Email Compromise attacks since 2016, according to data released this week by the FBI. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) issued a ...
The State of Security
Chinese Meng FCC Thousand Talents Program

FBI Director Warns of Chinese Espionage Threats

| | china, cyberespionage, FBI, Intellectual Property
FBI Director Christopher Wray said in an interview on CBS’s Sunday news program 60 Minutes that the current level of cybersecurity threats from China was “unprecedented in history” and highlighted the country’s ...
Security Boulevard
Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police

Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police

| | A Little Sunshine, Apple, ATT, Coinbase, Discord, emergency data request, FBI, GitHub, google, Kodex, linkedin, Matt Donahue, Meta, Microsoft, Snapchat, T-Mobile, The Coming Storm, TikTok, Twilio, Twitter, verizon, Web Fraud 2.0
When KrebsOnSecurity last month explored how cybercriminals were using hacked email accounts at police departments worldwide to obtain warrantless Emergency Data Requests (EDRs) from social media and technology providers, many security experts ...
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