Deep Fake and Other Social Engineering Tactics

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‘Terrorgram’ Telegram Terrorists Trash Transformers — Grid in Peril

Should’ve listened to Edison: After the arrest of Pavel Durov—the Telegram CEO—comes news of domestic extremists using the chat app to organize ...

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Pig Butchering at Heart of Bank Failure — CEO Gets 24 Years in Jail

Richi Jennings | August 23, 2024 | #PigButchering, Crypto, crypto cons, crypto crime, crypto currency, cryptocurrency, Heartland Tri-State Bank, online romance scam, pig butchering, Pig Butchering Scams, romance, romance fraud, romance scam, romance scammers, romance scams, SB Blogwatch, Shan Hanes

Oink, oink, FAIL—you’re in jail: Kansas bank chief exec Shan Hanes stole money from investors, a church and others to buy cryptocurrency to feed a scam ...

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The Golden Age of Impersonation: The Dual Role of AI in Cyber Attacks & Cyber Defense

Shashi Prakash | August 22, 2024 | cyberattacks, Defense, Phishing,

Attacks today can be executed through a myriad of communication channels, including emails, social media and mobile applications. ...

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McAfee Unveils Tool to Identify Potential Deep Fakes

Michael Vizard | August 21, 2024 | AI, Cybersecurity, Deep Fake

McAfee today added a tool to detect deep fakes to its portfolio that will initially be made available on PCs from Lenovo that are optimized to run artificial intelligence (AI) applications ...

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Don’t Mess With Texas Privacy: AG Sues GM for $18 BILLION

Richi Jennings | August 15, 2024 | Consumer IoT, Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, vehicle cybersecurity

KP♡TX PII: “General Motors has engaged in egregious business practices that violated Texans’ privacy … in unthinkable ways,” rants state attorney general Ken Paxton (pictured) ...

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August Patch Pileup: Microsoft’s Zero-Day Doozy Dump

Richi Jennings | August 14, 2024 | Adobe patch, august patch tuesday, CVE-2024-21302, CVE-2024-38106, CVE-2024-38107, CVE-2024-38178, CVE-2024-38189, CVE-2024-38193, CVE-2024-38199, CVE-2024-38200, CVE-2024-38202, CVE-2024-38213, Microsoft patch tuesday, Microsoft Patch Tuesday August 2024, Patch Tuesday, SB Blogwatch

See These CVEs: Patch Tuesday—ten zero-days, seven Critical vulns, zero time to waste ...

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WTH? DPRK WFH Ransomware Redux: 3rd Person Charged

Richi Jennings | August 13, 2024 | Andrew M., DPRK, Korea, Korean military, Korean ransomware, Matthew Isaac Knoot, North Korea, North Korean Hacking, North Korean Threat Actors, northkorea, Noth Korea, SB Blogwatch

North Korean army of remote IT workers enabled by Matthew Isaac Knoot, alleges DoJ ...

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This Caller Does Not Exist: Using AI to Conduct Vishing Attacks

Andre Rosario | August 7, 2024 | mobile attacks, Mobile Threats, Phishing, , vishing

The best way to defend against vishing attacks is by educating ourselves on how threat actors operate, and to become familiar with the tools, techniques and procedures used to carry out these ...

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