Collaborate Disseminate
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The US space agency NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has confirmed that it is currently investigating an incident involving one of its astronauts who might have committed the first-ever cyber crime in outer space.
This is a… Continue reading NASA astronaut accused of accessing ex-wife’s bank account from space
The $6m scam targeted women worldwide and victimized more than a dozen companies. Continue reading US charges 80 in world-spanning romance scam and email fraud ring
The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday announced the indictment of three Americans, an Australian, and a South Korean for their alleged involvement in a plot to steal millions of dollars from current and former American military personnel. The scheme targeted thousands of people, many of whom were elderly or disabled, and involved the compromise of a U.S. Defense Department portal that military members use to access their benefits online, law enforcement officials said. Robert Wayne Boling Jr., Frederick Brown, Trorice Crawford, Allan Albert Kerr, and Jongmin Seok were charged with multiple counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Three of the accused were arrested in the Philippines, while the other two were apprehended in the U.S. Lawyers for the defendants could not be reached for comment. The fraud operation allegedly began in 2014, when one defendant, Brown, was working as a “medical records technician” at a U.S. Army base […]
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The number of people using the internet has changed dramatically since its inception in 1983. According to a recent report from Statista, nearly 4.4 billion people were active internet users as of April 2019, encompassing 58% of the global population, … Continue reading What You Need to Know about Doxxing and How to Prevent it
I’ve been working in and out of security and law enforcement for much of my life. The biggest exposures I’ve run into and the easiest ways through security have always been through the employee. Whether it was a disgruntled employee acting … Continue reading BlackBerry’s AI Intelligent Security Has Broad Implications
A British researcher has uncovered an ironic, gaping security hole in the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – right of access requests. Continue reading GDPR privacy can be defeated using right of access requests
I want to build a service that collects user spending history with their permission. Users would send over (banking, credit card) account statements and I would extract, store the following information:
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Description of transaction
Am… Continue reading Collecting banking, credit-card statements from users
I’m currently building a web based membership application form that will require a user to enter an SSN and other identifiable information. Part of the requirements of the membership application is to allow a user to be able … Continue reading Potential Risks Using Reference Code Based Authentication For Web Based Application Form That Contains SSN
Equifax is fined $675 million, while New York data breach notification law now covers biometrics, passwords, and more. Continue reading Post-Equifax settlement, NY updates data breach notification laws
The Senate Intelligence Committee doesn’t know what Moscow’s intentions are, but Robert Mueller says they’re still at it. Continue reading Russia targeted all 50 states in 2016 election, Senate report says