FBI: Cybercrime tore a $3.5b hole in victims’ pockets last year

The FBI’s Internet Crime Report shows that business email comprise is the biggest money-maker for cybercriminals. Continue reading FBI: Cybercrime tore a $3.5b hole in victims’ pockets last year

FBI: $3.5B Lost in 2019 to Known Cyberscams, Ransomware

Cybercriminals double down on successful internet scams, with a focus on phishing, BEC and other defrauding schemes that have proven to work. Continue reading FBI: $3.5B Lost in 2019 to Known Cyberscams, Ransomware

FTC warns VoIP providers that help robocallers: we can and will sue

It put 19 internet-calling companies on notice that helping illegal robocalls is illegal. It has sued before, and it can do it again. Continue reading FTC warns VoIP providers that help robocallers: we can and will sue

Hackaday Links: December 29, 2019

The retrocomputing crowd will go to great lengths to recreate the computers of yesteryear, and no matter which species of computer is being restored, getting it just right is a badge of honor in the community. The case and keyboard obviously playing a big part in that look, so when …read more

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How does an IMSI catcher "impersonate" a base station/cell tower?

On reading about IMSI catchers, I keep seeing that they “impersonate” a real cell tower or “base station” so that the phone drops its signal-carried data on that machine while on its way to the intended destination.

What I don’t understan… Continue reading How does an IMSI catcher "impersonate" a base station/cell tower?

‘Ultimate’ MiTM Attack Steals $1M from Israeli Startup

Researchers uncovers “ultimate man-in-the-middle attack” that used an elaborate spoofing campaign to fool a Chinese VC firm and rip off an emerging business. Continue reading ‘Ultimate’ MiTM Attack Steals $1M from Israeli Startup