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FBI Warns: Ubiquiti EdgeRouter is STILL Not Secure
Richi Jennings | | APT28, Botnet disruption, Botnet Takedown, botnets, CVE-2023-23397, EdgeRouter, Fancy Bear, FBI warning, GRU, IC3, IC3.gov, Military Unit 26165, nsa, NSA/CISA, NTLM, NTLM Authentication, NTLM hash, NTLM leak, ntlm relay, Russia, russia hacker, russia-based, russian, Russian Cyber Interests, Russian Cyber War, SB Blogwatch, Ubiquiti, Ubiquiti breach, Ubiquiti Inc., Ubiquiti Networks, US FBI
GRU APT28 is back again: Fancy Bear still hacking ubiquitous gear, despite patch availability ...
Security Boulevard

Scams Lost US $10 BILLION in 2022 — Crypto Fraud Grows Fast
Richi Jennings | | Call Center Fraud, Crypto, crypto fraud, cryptocurrency, FBI, Fraud, IC3, Internet Crime Complaint Center, Investment Scams, Phishing, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch, Scams
Ben is disappointed: FBI reports huge rise in cryptocurrency investment scams. Why am I not surprised? ...
Security Boulevard

Cyber-enabled crimes cost U.S. citizens $3.5 billion in 2019
The Internet Crime Report recently released by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) sheds light on Internet-related crimes. The data analyzed covers a year’s worth of cybercrime complaints from consumers and ...

Spear phishing is now the main attack vector for cybercriminals, says Europol
Filip Truta | | bec, business email compromise, cybercrime, EC3, email, IC3, Industry News, Phishing, spear-phishing
Spear phishing is the number one cyber-threat to organizations in the European Union, according to the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), a group of cybersecurity experts set up by Europol to help fight ...

Cybercrime victims report $2.71 billion in damages to the IC3 in 2018
Filip Truta | | extortion, FBI, Fraud, IC3, Industry News, payroll diversion, tech support fraud, tech support scam
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a cybercrime-focused division of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), registered over 350,000 complaints of suspected Internet crime in 2018 that cost the complainants upwards ...

How Do You Fight a $12B Fraud Problem? One Scammer at a Time
BrianKrebs | | 419 scams, A Little Sunshine, BEC Mailing List, BEC scams, business email compromise, FBI, Flashpoint, IC3, Internet Crime Complaint Center, M3AAWG, Messaging Malware Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group, Nigerian prince scams, Ronnie Tokazowski, Web Fraud 2.0
The fraudsters behind the often laughable Nigerian prince email scams have long since branched out into far more serious and lucrative forms of fraud, including account takeovers, phishing, dating scams, and malware ...
Monday, June 18: Dtex, Insider Threats in the News: Elon Musk Says Insider Sabotaged Tesla; US Inspector General Says Insider Risk is Putting Critical Infrastructure in Jeopardy; CIO Australia Reports Dtex Helps AMP Detect What Firewalls and AV Misses – Human Behaviors
Dtex Systems | | bec, business email compromise, Christy Wyatt, cybercrims, DOJ, Dtex, Email Account Compromise, FBI, IC3, insider threat, State of California Attorney General, Trusted Insider
Today, CNBC broke the news that Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk believes that an insider sabotaged Tesla by manipulating code in the Tesla Manufacturing Operating System and by exporting large amounts ...
Monday, June 11: Dtex, Insider Threat in the News — DOJ Makes $21M BEC Bust, Insider Error Caused 3 of 7 Breaches Reported in California Last Week
Dtex Systems | | bec, business email compromise, Christy Wyatt, cybercrims, DOJ, Dtex, Email Account Compromise, FBI, IC3, insider threat, State of California Attorney General, Trusted Insider
This morning, the US Department of Justice announced that 74 arrests were made during operation “Wire Wire.” The multi-national law enforcement agency effort collared criminals running Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams. BEC ...