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October 27, 2020

Keeping ransomware cash away from your business

A ransomware gang has made headlines for donating a big chunk of stolen funds to two charities. Two separate donations given to Children International and The Water Project rang tills to the tune of $10,000 each. Their reason was that they’re targeting “only large profitable corporations, we think it’s fair that some of the money they’ve paid will go to charity. No matter how bad you think our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: bitcoin, charities, charity, cybercrime, donations, illegal, law, Malware, money laundering, phish, ransomware, regulations, scam, uk
October 16, 2020

Deepfakes and the 2020 United States election: missing in action?

If you believe reports in the news, impending deepfake disaster is headed our way in time for the 2020 United States election. Political intrigue, dubious clips, mischief and mayhem were all promised. We’ll need to be careful around clips of the President issuing statements about being at war, or politicians making defamatory statements. Everything is up for grabs, and in play, or at stake. Then, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 2020 US election, AI, conspiracy, cybercrime, deepfake, deepfakes, disinformation, fake, manipulation, Social engineering, video
October 14, 2020

FIFA 21 game scams: watch out for unsporting conduct

Despite COVID-19, soccer season is slowly ebbing its way back into daily life around the world. It’s also sneaking back onto TV screens in the form of huge-budget video games. Step up to the plate, FIFA 21. FIFA games: the football juggernaut The FIFA series is an absolute monster in terms of sales, clocking in at around 280 million copies across 51 countries over the lifetime of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: coins, cybercrime, EA, fake, FIFA, football, FUT, games, origin, scam, Social engineering, social media, steam, video game
September 29, 2020

Caught in the payment fraud net: when, not if?

Sometimes, I think there are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and some form of payment fraud. Security reporter Danny Palmer experienced this a little while ago, and has spent a significant amount of time tracking the journey of his card details from the UK to Suriname. His deep-dive confirmed that it is easy to become tangled up in fraud, even if you’re very careful. I myself have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: atm, credit card, cybercrime, debit card, fraud, Malware, payment, point-of-sale, POS, privacy
September 17, 2020

Charities and the advertising industry: data ecosystems and privacy risks

Data makes the world go round, more often than not via advertising and its tracking mechanisms. Whether you think making money from large volumes of PII to keep the web ticking over is a good thing, or a sleazy data-grab often encouraging terrible ad practices, it’s not going to go away anytime soon. A detailed analysis of ad tracking mechanisms on popular charity websites has been released by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: advertising, adverts, charities, consent, cookies, donation, ethics, marketing, privacy, RTB, tracking, units
August 27, 2020

Missing person scams: what to watch out for

Social media has a long history of people asking for help or giving advice to other users. One common feature is the ubiquitous “missing person” post. You’ve almost certainly seen one, and may well have amplified such a Facebook post, or Tweet, or even blog. The sheer reach and virality of social media is perfect for alerting others. It really is akin to climbing onto a rooftop with a foghorn … [Read more...]

Filed Under: abduction, cybercrime, facebook, fake, missing child, missing person, scam, Social engineering, twitter
August 14, 2020

Explosive technology and 3D printers: a history of deadly devices

Hackers: They’ll turn your computer into a BOMB! “Hackers turning computers into bombs” is a now legendary headline, taken from the Weekly World News. It has rather set the bar for “people will murder you with computers” anxiety. Even those familiar with the headline may not have dug into the story too much on account of how silly it sounds, but it’s absolutely well … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3d printer, hackers, Hacking, Hacks, hardware, IoT, Malware, printer, stuxnet
August 4, 2020

Business email compromise: gunning for goal

The evergreen peril of business email compromise (BEC) finds itself in the news once more. This time, major English Premier League football teams almost fell victim to their trickery, to the tune of £1 million. First half: fraudsters on the offensive Somebody compromised a Managing Director’s email after they logged into a phishing portal via bogus email. Fake accounts set up during the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: bec, business cybersecurity, Business Email Compromise, CEO scam, CFO fraud, cybercrime, email, mail, Social engineering
July 31, 2020
July 23, 2020

Deepfakes or not: new GAN image stirs up questions about digital fakery

Subversive deepfakes that enter the party unannounced, do their thing, then slink off into the night without anybody noticing are where it’s at. Easily debunked clips of Donald Trump yelling THE NUKES ARE UP or something similarly ludicrous are not a major concern. We’ve already dug into why that’s the case. What we’ve also explored are the people-centric ways you can train your eye to spot … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AI, article, blog, deepfake, deepfakes, deepfakes definition, fake news, GAN, generative adversarial network, misinformation, News, photo, Social engineering, story, synthetic
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