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Interpol arrests 2000 criminals launching social engineering attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 17, 2022

In what appears as an operation first of its kind, Interpol has arrested over 2000 criminals who launched social engineering attacks worldwide. Usually, in such scams, cybercriminals manipulate victims in the disguise of company employees or individuals. More details about the scam will be updated shortly! .

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The Olympics: a timeline of scams, hacks, and malware

Malwarebytes

JULY 28, 2021

2000 Sydney. remember Sydney being referred to as “The Internet Olympics”. Nothing happened at the 2000 games, and it seems nothing happened at any earlier events either. In terms of actual attacks which took place, we see the rise of mobile as a way in for Olympics scams. Here, you’d get nothing but survey scams.

Scams

Scams Hacking Malware Mobile

GUEST ESSAY – Notable events in hacking history that helped transform cybersecurity assessment

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Phishing scams, malware, ransomware and data breaches are just some of the examples of cyberthreats that can devastate business operations and the protection of consumer information. It foreshadowed how encryption would come to be used as a foundation for Internet commerce – by companies and criminals. The ILOVEYOU Worm (2000).

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19-Year-Old man arrested for misusing leaked record from Optus Breach

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested a 19-year-old teen from Sydney for attempting to use data from the Optus data breach in SMS scams. “ A Sydney man, 19, has been charged for allegedly attempting to misuse stolen Optus customer data in a text message blackmail scam.” million individuals. million individuals.

Data breaches

Data breaches Scams Telecommunications Financial Services

Scammers, profiteers, and shady sites? It must be tax season

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Most of the tax-related attacks follow a few tried and true methods: A phishing email or scam call from someone purporting to be from the IRS, or an accountant offering to help you get a big refund. ” The internet archive has a first snapshot dating back to October of 2000. A bad start!

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These are the 15 Top Cyber Threats Now

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The problems with the RDP is that it suffers from vulnerabilities that can be exploited and the RDP service may rely on internet-facing servers which are easily accessed.". Another significant finding is that nearly half of organizations that get hit are now paying hacker ransoms.

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Cybercrime: How to Report and Recover

SecureWorld News

MAY 13, 2020

According to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), there are 36 cybercrime categories. Here is how we (CSN) define cybercrime: the kind of crime that is only happening because the internet exists [such as ransomware and DDoS attacks]. 4,883,231 complaints reported since inception (2000). billion in victim losses.

Cybercrime

Cybercrime Scams Small Business Identity Theft

Do cyber regulations actually make K–12 schools safer? Navigating compliance while securing school and student data

Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

2000 Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA): Requires K–12 schools to restrict children’s exposure to obscene digital content, monitor the online activity of minors, and educate students about appropriate behavior on the internet. When students turn 18, those rights are transferred to them.

Education

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7 Cyber Security Courses Online For Everybody

Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

To protect personal information and feel safe while surfing the internet; 2. Phishing Simulations from Cyber Aware Phishing simulation is a program designed for business owners and employers to train their staff to identify phishing scams. In case of falling for a scam, you or your staff are getting an email with a related lesson.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

held a pilot of a new Internet voting system. More individual states’ voting systems were exposed and also addressable from the internet. Remember the six million voter records from Georgia just hanging out there on the internet? Alex Halderman, a professor who was then with the University of Michigan. The difference?

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Hacking Mobile Software Technology

The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

held a pilot of a new Internet voting system. More individual states’ voting systems were exposed and also addressable from the internet. Remember the six million voter records from Georgia just hanging out there on the internet? Alex Halderman, a professor who was then with the University of Michigan. The difference?

Hacking

Hacking Mobile Software Technology

The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 20, 2020

held a pilot of a new Internet voting system. More individual states’ voting systems were exposed and also addressable from the internet. Remember the six million voter records from Georgia just hanging out there on the internet? Alex Halderman, a professor who was then with the University of Michigan. The difference?

Hacking

Hacking Mobile Software Technology

Five takeaways from the FBI 2020 Internet Crime Report

SC Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

Today’s columnist, Brian Johnson of Armorblox, offers five takeaways from the FBI’s 2020 Internet Crime Report. The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in March released its 2020 Internet Crime Report with updated statistics on Business Email Compromise (BEC), Email Account Compromise (EAC), and COVID-19 scams.

Internet

Internet Internet Scams Cybercrime

MY TAKE: Lessons learned from the summer of script kiddies hacking Twitter, TikTok

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

These three names will go down in the history of internet commerce, right alongside Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos. ‘Mafiaboy’ The trouble is Clark, 17, of Tampa, Florida, is teaching us much the same lessons in the summer of 2020 that de Guzman and Calce did in the spring of 2000. I’ll keep watch.

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Interpol arrests 2000 criminals launching social engineering attacks

The Olympics: a timeline of scams, hacks, and malware

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GUEST ESSAY – Notable events in hacking history that helped transform cybersecurity assessment

19-Year-Old man arrested for misusing leaked record from Optus Breach

Scammers, profiteers, and shady sites? It must be tax season

These are the 15 Top Cyber Threats Now

Cybercrime: How to Report and Recover

Do cyber regulations actually make K–12 schools safer? Navigating compliance while securing school and student data

7 Cyber Security Courses Online For Everybody

The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

Five takeaways from the FBI 2020 Internet Crime Report

MY TAKE: Lessons learned from the summer of script kiddies hacking Twitter, TikTok

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