3 Ways Data Breaches Accelerate the Fraud Supply Chain
October 5 2020The battle's just beginning as bad actors glean more personal information from victims and use that data to launch larger attacks.
Read moreIf you connect it, protect it
October 5 2020Last week, we said that "Friends don't let friends get scammed." They don't let themselves get scammed, either!
Read moreResearchers Adapt AI With Aim to Identify Anonymous Authors
October 2 2020At Black Hat Asia, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity researchers use neural networks to attempt to identify authors, but accuracy is still wanting.
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: After Squidnight
October 2 2020Review of a squid-related children’s book. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog...
Read moreBiometric Data Collection Demands Scrutiny of Privacy Law
October 2 2020An IT lawyer digs into the implications of collecting biometric data, why it can't be anonymized, and what nations are doing about it.
Read more‘Father of Identity Theft’ Sentenced to 207 Months
October 2 2020James Jackson was convicted of mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, access device fraud, and theft of mail last year.
Read moreCOVID-19 and Acedia
October 2 2020
Note: This isn’t my usual essay topic. Still, I want to put it on my blog.
Six months into the pandemic with no end in sight, many of us have...
Read moreAttacks Aimed at Disrupting the Trickbot Botnet
October 2 2020Over the past 10 days, someone has been launching a series of coordinated attacks designed to disrupt Trickbot, an enormous collection of more than two million malware-infected Windows PCs...
Read moreEmotet Spoofs DNC in New Attack Campaign
October 2 2020Thousands of Emotet emails contain a message body pulled directly from the Democratic National Committee website, researchers report.
Read moreName That Toon: Castle in the Sky
October 2 2020Feeling creative? Submit your caption in the comments, and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 Amazon gift card.
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