Tag: FBI
FBI Warns that US Government Officials Get Scammed with the Same SMS-OCS Combo as Everyone Else
Have you ever wondered if your country's leaders have below-average intellect?
We Should Be Studying Scam Yields
Applying a simple mathematical concept that illustrates the relationship between frequency and impact would improve the way we tackle consumer scams like SIM swaps.
US Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former CEO of Messaging App for Fraud
IRL was once valued at USD1.2bn but founder and CEO Abraham Shafi now faces a potential 20-year prison sentence for lying about paying users to download his app.
7 Weird Things about the Massive New York Simbox Bust
It is remarkable to see how much has been said about the threats supposedly uncovered by the US Secret Service in New York last week, and how little has been said about preventing similar criminal operations being set up in future.
Law Firm That Threatened Commsrisk Faces Disciplinary Action for Representing $4bn Cryptocurrency Fraudsters
Carter-Ruck sent libel threats to financial experts who rightly warned that OneCoin was a giant scam.
Phone of Top White House Aide Hacked and Impersonated; AI Vishing Suspected
Susie Wiles, Chief of Staff in the Trump administration, was previously attacked by agents of Iran.
Finding the Ultimate Solution to Impersonation Fraud
The future of authenticating communications is currently being written, but you need to know where to read about it.
Experts Say ‘Phishing Resistant’ Authentication Needed to Counter Scattered Spider SIM Swaps
A detailed advisory from the FBI and CISA describes Scattered Spider hackers as 'experts in social engineering'.
Mobile Games Used to Steal Cryptocurrency
Victims are enticed by rewards that increase as they add more funds to their cryptocurrency wallet. But when they stop playing, both the rewards and the cryptocurrency disappears.
20 Year Old Founder of Forum for Data Breaches and Hackers Arrested
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick allegedly ran BreachForums, a cybercrime market where 14 billion consumer records could be purchased.
FBI Says SIM Swapper Hijacked Accounts of Instagram Influencers to Sexually Harass Them
Amir Hossein Golshan is alleged to have demanded dates and masturbated whilst a victim performed a striptease by video call.
Saudi Twitter Spy Given Over 3 Years in Prison
Bader Al-Asaker, confidante of the ruler of Saudi Arabia, recruited US-Lebanese Twitter employee Ahmad Abouammo to feed information about Saudi dissidents.
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