Collaborate Disseminate
A Ukrainian citizen received a nine-year prison sentence for a scheme in which he tried to steal $10 million from Microsoft. On November 9, the U.S. District Court in Seattle handed down the sentence to Volodymyr Kvashuk, 26, a Ukrainian citizen who wa… Continue reading Ukrainian Gets 9 Years in Prison for Trying to Steal $10M from Microsoft
Voting machines are under the microscope, scammers are posing as rap stars, and American politician AOC isn’t the only one who’s been getting into the Among Us game.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Sma… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #202: The Wu-Tang Clan are Among Us
Akamai published a report detailing criminal activity targeting the retail, travel, and hospitality industries with attacks of all types and sizes between July 2018 and June 2020. The report also includes numerous examples of criminal ads from the dark… Continue reading 63 billion credential stuffing attacks hit retail, hospitality, travel industries
“Nuke Bizzle” faces 22 years in prison after brazenly bragging about an identity-theft campaign in his music video, “EDD.” Continue reading Rapper Scams $1.2M in COVID-19 Relief, Gloats with ‘EDD’ Video
A rapper who bragged about fleecing the US Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) on YouTube was arrested for allegedly defrauding the government of $1.2 million in benefits, the Department of Justice (DOJ) disclosed on Friday. According to a press rel… Continue reading Rapper Who Bragged About Defrauding US CARES Act Program Could Face Up to 22 Years in Prison
With health insurance open enrollment season just around the corner, US consumers preparing to change or add to their health coverage should watch out for scammers, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns. According to the consumer protection organizati… Continue reading BBB Warns of Health Insurance Open Enrollment Scams
Company A pays company B for enterprise software. Company A hosts it internally. An employee from company B needs access to servers at company A in order to manage said software
Company A is requesting very personal information of the empl… Continue reading Risks of Providing a Passport Number [closed]
Vectra released its report on Microsoft Office 365, which highlights the use of Office 365 in enterprise cyberattacks. The report explains how cybercriminals use built-in Office 365 services in their attacks. Attacks that target software-as-a-service (… Continue reading Cybercriminals are using legitimate Office 365 services to launch attacks
James Jackson, a 58-year-old resident of Memphis, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for 13 counts of mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, access device fraud and mail theft. According to US Attorney Michael Dunavant, between… Continue reading Tennessee Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Federal Prison for Identity Theft and Fraud
We have to implement a personal identity verification system, where smart cards must be involved in the solution that involves also a gate with a card reader on it and a security man behind the gate’s computer that is mainly connected to l… Continue reading What information to save on a smart identity card and how to secure it