Say $6 Trillion Again … I DARE you: Examining the roots of a total BS Marketing Number
Disclaimer: The principle of Academic Freedom has been the same for 80 years or so. I do not speak officially for my employer. That isn't how Academic Freedom works. This blog post represents my own thoughts and opinions.How often have you heard the quote that the Cost of Cybercrime is ... Read More
PPP Fraud or How to Use the CARES Act to Go To Prison
If you are one of the thousands of people who fraudulently filed for a Paycheck Protection Program or PPP Loan under the CARES Act, pay attention! This blog post is going to explain why you should return the money and turn yourself in. The CARES Act provided $349 Billion in ... Read More
Microsoft Exchange: Patching Too Late If Already Compromised
On March 2, 2021, Microsoft accused a Chinese APT group which they name Hafnium of compromising 30,000 Exchange servers. They announced four security vulnerabilities, known as 0-days, which refers to the fact that attackers had a reliable means of exploiting the vulnerability for which there was no patch. In case ... Read More
Mystery Shoppers Challenge Gift Card Warnings
Have you ever seen those spam messages claiming they have a great job for you as a Mystery Shopper? After seizing a check from a client (and then shredding it) a local bank let us check out the scam! In this scam, a company claiming to be "Private Mart Auditors" ... Read More
The Complete Soldier Romance Scam Support Site
Yesterday we were reviewing a Work From Home "Mystery Shopper" scam, and ended by pointing out some of the scam shipping companies hosted on the same IP address. But still on our same IP address, we hit a gold mine! The complete Romance Scam with an Imaginary Soldier support site! ... Read More
Phone Company Insiders Helped Global Sim-Swapping Gang Steal Millions in Cryptocurrency
This week law enforcement agencies around the world made press releases about the arrest of SIM Swapping criminals. The UK's National Crime Agency says "eight men have been arrested in England and Scotland as part of an investigation into a series of SIM swapping attacks, in which criminals illegally gained ... Read More
Major Nigerian Phishing and BEC Actors, SSGToolz and CeeCeeBossTMT, Arrested by Nigerian Police and Interpol
An Interpol headline on November 25, 2020 announces "Three arrested as INTERPOL, Group-IB and the Nigeria Police Force disrupt prolific cybercrime group" however the article does not name the suspects. The Interpol article says the three are "believed to be members of a wider organized crime group responsible for distributing ... Read More
ENISA: Top 15 Threats: Spam, Phishing, and Malware!
Part One of this post, describing the many components of "The Enisa Cybersecurity Threat Landscape" went over ENISA's Year in Review, the emphasis on Cyber Threat Intelligence, Sector specific threats, Research Topics, and Emerging Trends. This is "Part Two" where we review the 16 documents that ENISA released to cover ... Read More
The ENISA Cybersecurity Threat Landscape
ENISA, the European Union Agency for CyberSecurity, met on October 6, 2020 to review their current recommendations and get any last minute changes. On October 20, 2020, they released a huge batch of reports that many folks seem to have not seen. We wanted to take a moment to give ... Read More
US Victims of Indian Call Center Scams Send Cash to Money Mules Across the Country
On November 6, 2020, the US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia announced the sentence for a husband and wife, Chirag Choksi and Shachi Majmudar, both 36 years old. This pair had involved themselves in the money laundering side of an international scam ring that preys on the elderly ... Read More
