Collaborate Disseminate
Do you know Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev?
If you do, there’s a chance that you might well on the way to receiving a reward of up to $10 million.
Read more in my article on the Exponential-e blog. Continue reading $10 million reward offer for apprehension of unmasked LockBit ransomware leader
The FBI has issued a warning to US retailers about a financially-motivated malicious hacking ring that has been targeting employees with phishing attacks in an attempt to create fraudulent gift cards.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of… Continue reading FBI warns US retailers that hackers are targeting their gift card systems
The kingpin of the LockBit ransomware is named and sanctioned, a cybersecurity consultant is charged with a $1.5 million extortion, and a romance fraudster defrauded women he met on Tinder of £80,000.
All this and much much more is discussed in the … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #371: Unmasking LockBitsupp, company extortion, and a Tinder fraudster
The UK Government takes aim at IoT devices shipping with weak or default passwords, an identity thief spends two years in jail after being mistaken for the person who stole his name, and are you au fait with the latest scams?
All this and much more … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #370: The closed loop conundrum, default passwords, and Baby Reindeer
Leicester City Council suffers a crippling ransomware attack, and a massive data breach, but is it out of the dark yet? And as election fever hits India we take a close eye at deepfakery.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #369: Keeping the lights on after a ransomware attack
Police have successfully infiltrated and disrupted the fraud platform “LabHost”, used by more than 2,000 criminals to defraud victims worldwide.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Continue reading Police smash LabHost international fraud network, 37 arrested
Take That’s Gary Barlow chats up a pizza-slinging granny from Essex via Facebook, or does he? And a scam takes a sinister turn – for both the person being scammed and an innocent participant – in Ohio.
All this and more is discussed in the latest e… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #368: Gary Barlow, and a scam turns deadly
Law enforcement officers in Zambia have arrested 77 people at a call centre company they allege had employed local school-leavers to engage in scam internet users around the world.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Zambia arrests 77 people in swoop on “scam” call centre
MPs aren’t just getting excited about an upcoming election, but also the fruity WhatsApp messages they’re receiving, can we trust AI with our health, and who on earth is pretending to be a producer for the Drew Barrymore TV show?
All this and much m… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #367: WhatsApp at Westminster, unhealthy AI, and Drew Barrymore
Two China-based Android app developers are being sued by Google for an alleged scam targeting 100,000 users worldwide through fake cryptocurrency and other investment apps.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Google sues crypto investment app makers over alleged massive “pig butchering” scam