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Could be an interesting RCA.
Way to mole, hackers.
Tell students: DO NOT LET ME CATCH YOU GARBAGE HUMANNING.
Cybercriminals take advantage of the unconscious processes that we all use to make decision making more efficient. Blame it on our “lizard brains.”
Details on an ongoing campaign, which we attribute to a government-backed entity based in North Korea, targeting security researchers working on vulnerability research and development.
Google warns of ‘novel social engineering method’ used to hack security researchers - The Verge
Shows that the right pretext can grab ANYBODY, including the pros.
While the threat actor’s motives are not fully apparent, researchers believe it was an effort to conduct reconnaissance for future campaigns.
Man who stole $2 million from DFW school district gets zapped. He’s scammed by his criminal partners
A man who helped scam a DFW area school district out of $2 million was himself scammed by his partners in a romance scam. He's in prison, and they're still...
Sextortion to The Next Level, Author: Xavier Mertens
SophosLabs worked through five months’ worth of “porn scam” emails and followed the money. Learn what they found…
Risk scenarios and recommendations History tells us that unscrupulous actors will exploit any crisis, and COVID-19 is no exception. Attackers wasted no
Definitely CW this one. People are horrible.
Security analyst John Strand had a contract to test a correctional facility’s defenses. He sent the best person for the job: his mother.