The heart of a good scam is pretending to be someone you are not. This form of social engineering is known as the impostor scam or impersonation scam. Impostors can take different forms, and may show up on a phone call, or as an email from a trusted friend or family member, business associate, customer or coworker. Often they ...
When a scammer gets your money, it is usually gone for good. There are many ways that scammers use to receive payments from their victims, and often they will use methods that are unusual, such as gift cards, bitcoin, or other currency substitutes.
Today I will describe the different payment methods, and what advantages they offer the scammer. What ...
Continue Reading →Have you fallen for an online or telephone scam? How much money did you lose? I’ve personally known of two cases where the amount lost was $500 and $16,000, but scammers often get more.
If you are above the age of 55, you most certainly have been targeted by telephone callers and cyber-scammers, and received emails, text messages, Facebook ...
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Last month I read the book Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin’s Most Dangerous Hackers, by Andy Greenberg, senior writer for Wired magazine. If you want to understand how cyber-war has changed the face of military operations in the 21st century, this book explains everything. This book has put the threat ...
Cyber-criminals, state-sponsored cyber warriors, cyber-terrorists, and law enforcement cyber divisions all face the same choice when launching a campaign against a person, company, or governmental agency – do I start with a hard target or a soft target? Modern networks, even for small businesses and individuals, are usually tough to breach from the Internet side. Networks are hardened with layers of defensive hardware and software that make a direct attack ...
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.People Are Searching for Answers
After a night of confusion and uncertainty in which no results were reported for the Iowa Democratic caucus, people are searching for answers. As a cybersecurity journalist, I probably consider the hacking possibilities more than most, but it was hard not to wonder. Adding to the ...
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Let me take you on a tour of the Dark Web on Thursday, January 9, 2020 from 10 am to 11:30 am. Seating is limited so register today. This is a popular event that typically sells out quickly.
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Thinking of giving a young person an internet-connected ‘smart’ toy this Christmas? You may want to think again.
They trained, they served, they protected us. Now, they’re being targeted by cybercriminals who prey ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Last week, the FBI, that bastion of sage privacy and security advice, issued a blog post out of its Portland field office warning cyber Monday shoppers that their smart TV is a little too smart, and likely watches you as much as you watch it. ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.The telltale signs are all there… but if you’re in a hurry, this Netflix scam passes the “visual appeal” test.
National Tax Security Awareness Week is December 2–6
Original release date: November 19, 2019
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released an article announcing that ...
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