romance scams
Romance Scams
Social-Engineer | | General Social Engineer Blog, romance scams, scammers, security, social engineering
Painted hearts on restaurant doors, red roses in hand, candies and chocolates on display. These are just some of the […] ...
LastPass Password Vaults Stolen, Pig Butchering Scams, Okta Source Code Theft
Tom Eston | | business email compromise, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data breach, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, GitHub, Information Security, Infosec, lastpass, Okta, Password, Password Vault, passwords, Pig Butchering Scams, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, romance scams, security, Source Code, technology, Weekly Edition
Things get worse for LastPass as a security breach in November resulted in the theft of customer data, including encrypted password vaults and unencrypted web addresses. Pig butchering scams, a variation of ...
Common Scam Tactics and Techniques
Social-Engineer | | fear based scams, General Social Engineer Blog, gift card scams, romance scams, scam tactics and techniques, social engineering, tech support scams, work related scams
In today’s technologically forward world, online scams have become both common and effective. The Internet Crimes Complaint Center (IC3) states […] ...
Digital Trust & Safety Roundup: Economic uncertainty, fintech fraud, and crypto cons
Sift Trust and Safety Team | | crypto cons, Data & Insights, Digital Trust and Safety, economic uncertainty, fintech fraud, Fraud, fraud prevention, romance scams
Discover why fintech and crypto fraud is increasing and how to prepare your fraud prevention strategy for economic uncertainty. The post Digital Trust & Safety Roundup: Economic uncertainty, fintech fraud, and crypto ...
Please stop calling all Crypto Scams "Pig Butchering!"
Lately there has been a media-driven craze in the fraud community to call every crypto-investment scam "Pig Butchering." I hope you will join me in canceling that term after you read this ...
Nigerian Money Transfer Company Linked to Romance Scam Money Laundering
On July 7, 2022, the US Attorney for the Northern District of Texas announced that Ping Express had been found guilty. Prior to this, their CEO Anslem Oshionebo*, their COO Opeyemi Odeyale ...
BEC Still #1, but Investment Fraud passes Romance Scams
https://www.ic3.gov/Media/PDF/AnnualReport/2021_IC3Report.pdfThe FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (ic3.gov) has released their 2021 Internet Crime Report.The number of complaints increased by 7% to 847,376 from 2020 to 2021, however the reported losses increased by ...
EARN IT Act is Back, Romance Scams, Like and Subscribe Ransomware
Tom Eston | | Cybersecurity, Digital Privacy, EARN IT, Episodes, FBI, Information Security, Infosec, Podcast, Privacy, Ransomware, romance scams, Scams, security, subscribe, surveillance, technology, valentine's day, Weekly Edition, YouTube
The EARN IT Act is back for a second time which would pave the way for a new massive government surveillance system in the US, romance scams are on the rise so ...
We Infiltrated a Counterfeit Check Ring! Now What?
BrianKrebs | | A Little Sunshine, Agari, B. Ware, BEC fraud, Brianna Ware, car wrap scam, CEO scams, Ne'er-Do-Well News, romance scams, Ronnie Tokazowski, Scattered Canara, The Coming Storm
Imagine waking up each morning knowing the identities of thousands of people who are about to be mugged for thousands of dollars each. You know exactly when and where each of those ...
Romance Scams Are on the Rise, FBI Warns
Alina Bizga | | Digital Privacy, FBI, FBI alert, fbi scams, Fraud, Industry News, online dating, romance scammers, romance scams, scammers
The FBI is warning individuals who use online dating apps and platforms to watch out for scammers leveraging social distancing measures and defrauding unsuspecting victims of their hard-earned money. Romance or confidence ...