Smashing Security podcast #314: Photo cropping bombshell, TikTok debates, and real estate scams

It could be a case of aCropalypse now for Google Pixel users, there’s a warning for house buyers, and just why is TikTok being singled out for privacy concerns?

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BECs double in 2022, overtaking ransomware

A look at 4th quarter 2022, data suggests that new threat surfaces notwithstanding, low-code cybersecurity business email compromises including phishing, as well as MFA bombing are still the prevalent exploits favored by threat actors.
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FBI reveals that more money is lost to investment fraud than ransomware and business email compromise combined

The latest annual FBI report on the state of cybercrime has shown a massive increase in the amount of money stolen through investment scams.

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What are Romance Scams?

By Ronnie Tokazowski Emotional manipulation is everywhere around us. Every day we’re presented with ads to suggest we buy things, presented with news telling us what to believe, and most of the time we don’t give it a second thought. Romance scams make use of the very same marketing tactics; however, they employ them with […]

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Researchers warn AI-generated phishing attacks are becoming more convincing

It’s time for you and your colleagues to become more skeptical about what you read.

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Business email compromise attacks now targeting people via SMS messages

No longer limited to email, BEC attacks are hitting users through text messages in an attempt to steal money or commit other types of fraud, says Trustwave.
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Smashing Security podcast #297: Mastodon 101, and the Hushpuppi saga

Graham offers some security and privacy advice for those exodusing Twitter to Mastodon, and Carole slams the door shut on a notorious scammer with a huge Instagram following.

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Interpol arrests thousands of scammers in operation “First Light 2022”

Law enforcement agencies around the world appear to have scored a major victory in the fight against fraudsters, in an operation which has seized tens of millions of dollars and seen more than 2000 people arrested.

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