I recently came across a victim’s story, in how she was scammed online and ultimately lost all her cryptocurrency. In reading the story, and extrapolating from my four decades of working against criminals, I wanted to pass on some digital security t
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Something happened this weekend — starting on Monday my cellphone has been lighting up with unknown callers — a 30x increase!
I rarely give out the number so I assume one of the following:
1. Ended up on a cybercriminal call-list because of a Data Bre
The Cybersecurity Vault — episode 40, with guest Sumona Banerji
Attackers are masterful at using Social Engineering techniques to victimize others. They take advantage of vulnerabilities that are deeply rooted in our mental and emotional foundations.
I didn’t see much visibility on this DocuSign hack. This is a situation where the product features were not vetted to understand if they could be misused by malicious fraudsters. There is not a technical vulnerability, it comes down to a design weakn
Secureworks released a report detailing how North Korean attackers are targeting western countries with a new tactic. Attackers are fraudulently obtaining positions so they can victimize the employer!
I predict we will see more of these types of attac
When cybersecurity researchers break the law, destroy their reputation, and make the bug-bounty research community look bad.
TL:DR Researchers found a vulnerability in a cryptocurrency exchange. They notified the company, but then exploited the bug to
The SEC case against SolarWinds and their CISO has opened a hornet’s nest and half of the cybersecurity community is up in arms, claiming that the SEC is unfairly making CISOs the scapegoats, when they are only trying to do their difficult job. WRONG
Ransomware is a growing scourge. Is it possible to eradicate this entire class of attacks? I think it is but in today’s Cybersecurity Insights interview I have a lively debate with Malcolm Harkins on criminalizing ransomware payments and different ap
Cryptocurrency fraud is aggressively on the rise and topped over $4 billion last year, according to the security tracking company Chainalysis.
This is especially shocking to those who thought they had found an incredible investment in the cryptocurren
A new study by Cambridge Cybercrime Centre titled Cybercrime is (often) boring: maintaining the infrastructure of cybercrime economies concludes that cybercrime is boring and recommends authorities change their strategy to highlight the tedium in ord
The government’s Central Bank of the Bahamas has released the world’s first Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) - the “SAND DOLLAR”.
This is attracting the interest of cybercriminals as well as security professionals. As national currencies transfor
The holidays are a time for increased online fraud and scams. All of us need to follow the best security practices to keep our holiday from turning into a digital disaster.
Be smart. Know that the cybercriminals will attempt all manner of fraud. Be
You know those spam calls that threaten money is owed to the IRS and if you don’t pay over-the-phone you will be arrested? How about the call that the US Immigration will deport you if you don’t pay. All annoying scams. But, highly profitable for
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