When a sextortion victim fights back

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 19:14:53 +0000

A college student fell victim to a Snapchat sextortion scheme. With a friend’s help, she ‘hacked back’ and sent him to jail.

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Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 14:27:35 +0000

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 called it a fundamentally unfixable problem. But don’t tell that to Matt Donahue, a former FBI agent who recently quit the agency to launch a startup that aims to help tech companies do a better job screening out phony law enforcement data requests — in part by assigning trustworthiness or “credit ratings” to law enforcement authorities worldwide.

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Fake Emergency Search Warrants Draw Scrutiny from Capitol Hill

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 22:54:45 +0000

On Tuesday, KrebsOnSecurity warned that hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies. Today, one of the U.S. Senate’s most tech-savvy lawmakers said he was troubled by the report and is now asking technology companies and federal agencies for information about the frequency of such schemes.

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Should you delete yourself from social media?

Credit to Author: Jean Taggart| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 17:30:00 +0000

All the recent news—from Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica snafu to various abuses of Twitter vulnerabilities—has you wondering: Should I delete myself from social media? We provide advice and links on how to tighten security if you want to cool down, or, if you’re ready to go nuclear, delete yourself permanently.

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Creating and Sustaining a High-Performing Team: An HRSS Teambuilding Event

Credit to Author: Employee Voices| Date: Tue, 08 May 2018 12:30:25 +0000

Written by Guest Blogger, Mariana C. Gonzalez On Saturday April 7th, I attended a Human Resources Shared Services (HRSS) teambuilding event at the Holiday Inn Parque Fundidora, in Monterrey, NL Mexico…. Read more »

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