RT @GulfLTC: Life is short; break the rules. Forgive quickly, kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that… | Posted: 2 weeks ago
RT @GulfLTC: “If you want to change the way people respond to you, change the way you respond to people.”
Timothy Leary | Posted: 3 weeks ago
RT @Bitcoin: Tax revenue, last year: $3.46 trillion
Printed out of thin air, instantly: $6.2 trillion
Just in case you were wondering how… | Posted: 1 month ago
RT @FBI: On our new episode of Inside the FBI, we mark the 20th anniversary of the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), which serves both… | Posted: 1 month ago
I will admit that I needed to read this headline twice, as my brain initially recorded “investigators” (rather than 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨). Now that my breathing has returned to normal, I’m able to better understand the import of this U.S. Department of Justice update.
28YO man arrested this week at JFK airport, with hundreds of thousands of stolen payment card numbers. This individual, believed to be part of a criminal gang using #SQLInjection campaigns, has been charged with #conspiracy related to #hacking computers, #trafficking in stolen card information, and #moneylaundering (via #cryptocurrency)…if convicted, he faces up to 25 years in prison.
Bad actors the world over capitalize on crises to commit #fraud … #covid19 and its attendant economic stimulus bill (the largest in American history) present tempting opportunities for these bad actors. Organizations in the private and public sector alike must be equipped with the proper tools and techniques to mitigate against these new and growing fraud risks.
If you’re besieged by news of the worst of humanity victimizing others during a #pandemic, this might just provide an antidote. This week, a group of about 400 international volunteers formed a cohort to combat coronavirus-related #fraud and #hacking schemes. #InItTogether
INTERPOL operation nets 121 arrests in 90 countries and the seizure of potentially dangerous pharmaceuticals (worth more than $14 million) and fake medical products related to #covid19.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week arrested a Russian national believed to be the animating force behind the Deer[.]io criminal marketplace. The site is believed to have operated over 24,000 “shops” that sell hacked accounts and stolen user credentials. This is a blow to the criminal underworld, and it should be lauded accordingly. Kudos on the diligent investigative work the led to this arrest!
The U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) charge two Chinese nationals with the laundering of over $100 Million in #cryptocurrency stolen from exchanges by North Korean actors seeking to evade international sanctions.
This is a remarkable case, involving tremendous cooperation among international law enforcement, sophisticated digital forensics, and a resolute pursuit of actors determined to compromise global financial systems and harm the United States. Kudos to all involved!
Today’s update is admittedly a geeky one. The good folks at the Mozilla project have embedded a non-trivial improvement into the #Firefox browser. Users of this browser will now have their “name resolutions” (i.e., the on-the-fly correlation of human-friendly website addresses to computer-friendly numeric machine addresses) performed via encrypted channels.
Yes, I recognize how dorky I sound, but this is a big deal. Why? Because this will establish a trend that will be incorporated into all web #browsers over time, thereby removing a decades-old attack vector for bad actors and improving the security of end users across the globe. Kudos Mozilla!
Today’s #GoodGuysPrevail Update: I’m thankful for the continued efforts of the good folks at the U.S. Secret Service and the United States Attorneys’ Offices who team up to prosecute a particularly odious form of online predation (known, euphemistically, as “romance scams”). Well done to the entire Electronic Crimes Task Force team…
