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How Do You Fight a $12B Fraud Problem? One Scammer at a Time

October 29, 2018 admin 419 scams, A Little Sunshine, BEC Mailing List, BEC scams, Business Email Compromise, FBI, Flashpoint, ic3, Internet Crime Complaint Center, M3AAWG, Messaging Malware Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group, Nigerian prince scams, Ronnie Tokazowski, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:11:57 +0000

The fraudsters behind the often laughable Nigerian prince email scams have long since branched out into far more serious and lucrative forms of fraud, including account takeovers, phishing, dating scams, and malware deployment. Combating such a multifarious menace can seem daunting, but in truth it calls for concerted efforts to tackle the problem from many different angles. This post examines the work of a large, private group of volunteers dedicated to doing just that.

Independent Krebs

Mirai Botnet Authors Avoid Jail Time

September 19, 2018 admin click fraud, Dalton Norman, Elliott Peterson, FBI, Internet of Things, IoT, Josiah White, justice department, Mirai botnet, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Paras Jha

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:54:40 +0000

Citing “extraordinary cooperation” with the government, a court in Alaska on Tuesday sentenced three men to probation, community service and fines for their admitted roles in authoring and using “Mirai,” a potent malware strain used in countless attacks designed to knock Web sites offline — including an enormously powerful attack in 2016 that sidelined this Web site for nearly four days.

Kaspersky Security

Transatlantic Cable Podcast, Episode 51

August 24, 2018 admin FBI, google, Kaspersky podcast, lawsuit, Location tracking, news, podcast, Special Projects, tracking, transatlantic cable, transatlantic cable podcast, Trello

Credit to Author: David Buxton| Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:55:04 +0000

This week’s episode of the Kaspersky Podcast looks at Google tracking (and possible lawsuits as a result), Gatwick screen fails and Trello board fails.

Kaspersky Security

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 50

August 16, 2018 admin ATMs, black hat, blackhat, cameras, def con, DEF CON 26, FBI, google, news, phishing, podcast, Police, privacy, spam, Threats

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:51:44 +0000

The 50th edition of the Kaspersky Lab podcast looks into the latest in Google tracking, spam, and hacking ATMs and police body cameras.

Independent Krebs

FBI Warns of ‘Unlimited’ ATM Cashout Blitz

August 12, 2018 admin atm cashout, data breaches, FBI, National Bank of Blacksburg, Ne'er-Do-Well News, unlimited ATM cashout

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 00:28:11 +0000

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning banks that cybercriminals are preparing to carry out a highly choreographed, global fraud scheme known as an “ATM cash-out,” in which crooks hack a bank or payment card processor and use cloned cards at cash machines around the world to fraudulently withdraw millions of dollars in just a few hours.

Independent Krebs

Sextortion Scam Uses Recipient’s Hacked Passwords

July 12, 2018 admin 1Dvd7Wb72JBTbAcfTrxSJCZZuf4tsT8V72, A Little Sunshine, FBI, Latest Warnings, sextortion, The Coming Storm

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:19:53 +0000

Here’s a clever new twist on an old email scam that could serve to make the con far more believable. The message purports to have been sent from a hacker who’s compromised your computer and used your webcam to record a video of you while you were watching porn. The missive threatens to release the video to all your contacts unless you pay a Bitcoin ransom. The new twist? The email now references a real password previously tied to the recipient’s email address.

Independent Krebs

FBI: Kindly Reboot Your Router Now, Please

May 28, 2018 admin Cisco, FBI, Latest Warnings, Linksys, Linksys E1200, Linksys E2500, MikroTik, Mikrotik 1016, Mikrotik 1036, Mikrotik 1072, Netgear, Netgear DGN2200, Netgear R6400, Netgear R7000, Netgear R8000, Netgear WNR1000, Netgear WNR2000, QNAP, QNAP TS251, QNAP TS439 Pro, R600VPN, Security Tools, Talos Intelligence, The Coming Storm, TP-Link, UPnP, VPNFilter, WRVS4400N

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 18:54:22 +0000

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning that a new malware threat has rapidly infected more than a half-million consumer devices. To help arrest the spread of the malware, the FBI and security firms are urging home Internet users to reboot routers and network-attached storage devices made by a range of technology manufacturers.

Security TrendMicro

A Five-Year Journey: How Trend Micro Helped Bring Down Scan4You

May 17, 2018 admin cybercrime, Europol, FBI, Interpol, law enforcement, National Crime Agency, Scan4You, Security

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 16:24:41 +0000

Trend Micro has always had a close relationship with law enforcement around the globe, because we believe that only together can we make the world a safer place in which to exchange digital information. As the business of cybercrime continues to grow and evolve, so must our response. That’s why we were delighted to be…

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