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Lithuanian arrested for $100 million BEC scams (Help Net Security)

2017-03-22 18:54

Criminal charges were announced against Evaldas Rimasauskas for orchestrating a fraudulent business email compromise (BEC) scheme that induced two U.S.-based Internet companies to wire a total of...

#scam #security

AirCheckers of the World- Unite! (IT Toolbox Blogs)

2017-03-22 18:18

Proposed Legislation Would Give Legal Right to Hack Back (SecurityWeek)

2017-03-22 18:02

#hack #hackback #securityweek

eBay Asks Users to Downgrade Security (Krebs on Security)

2017-03-22 17:59

Last week, KrebsOnSecurity received an email from eBay. The company wanted me to switch from using a hardware key fob when logging into eBay to receiving a one-time code sent via text message. I...

#ebay #security

Blank Slate Spam Campaign Spreads Cerber Ransomware (Threatpost)

2017-03-22 17:45

A spam campaign called Blank Slate is spreading Cerber ransomware and abusing hosting providers to register new domains as soon as they're taken down.

#ransomware #spam #threatpost

NSA Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition (Schneier on Security)

2017-03-22 17:17

Every year, the NSA has a competition for the best cybersecurity paper. Winners get to go to the NSA to pick up the award. (Warning: you will almost certainly be fingerprinted while you're there.)...

#cybersecurity #NSA #security