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Crooks hacked other celebrity Instagram accounts to push scams

Security Affairs

There is the same group behind the hack of the celebrity Instagram accounts, attackers used the same attack pattern to push scams. The same threat actor continues to target celebrity Instagram accounts to push scam sites to their wide audience. The experts observed the threat actors behind the attacks following a specific scam pattern.

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Cybercrime: How to Report and Recover

SecureWorld News

4,883,231 complaints reported since inception (2000). Someone may need technical support in resetting passwords, etc., What we're finding with romance scam victims, is many of them have suicidal thoughts and are afraid to tell their family. Charity scams are another big one pulling at our heartstrings.

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

Malwarebytes

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.

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7 Cyber Security Courses Online For Everybody

Spinone

Here are only seven out of 26 topics: Insider threats Passwords Security of mobile devices Social engineering Viruses Email security Human error To start the course, you need to register and choose the type of account you need. 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

There were PDFs of Election Day passwords that supervisors use to start in elections. Bee: Can you tell me what the password was? Casinos don’t want to be scammed so the gaming commission is constantly auditing systems. At that point I wrote a little bit of code to download everything that I could from that website.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

There were PDFs of Election Day passwords that supervisors use to start in elections. Bee: Can you tell me what the password was? Casinos don’t want to be scammed so the gaming commission is constantly auditing systems. At that point I wrote a little bit of code to download everything that I could from that website.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

There were PDFs of Election Day passwords that supervisors use to start in elections. Bee: Can you tell me what the password was? Casinos don’t want to be scammed so the gaming commission is constantly auditing systems. At that point I wrote a little bit of code to download everything that I could from that website.

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