Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi

A California man accused of failing to pay taxes on tens of millions of dollars allegedly earned from cybercrime also paid local police officers hundreds of thousands of dollars to help him extort, intimidate and silence rivals and former business partners, a new indictment charges. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that many of the man’s alleged targets were members of UGNazi, a hacker group behind multiple high-profile breaches and cyberattacks back in 2012. Continue reading Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi

Ep. 101 – Flash Bangs: The Reformation of a Social Engineer

The SEPodcast takes a different turn this month and we invite on an ex-Member of UGNazi on the podcast known as CosmoTheGod or Eric Taylor.  He talks to us about his process to reform from malicious social engineer to human firewall for the good. … Continue reading Ep. 101 – Flash Bangs: The Reformation of a Social Engineer