A visualization of the Internet made using network routing data. Image: Barrett Lyon, opte.org. Imagine being able to disconnect or redirect Internet traffic destined for some of the world’s biggest companies — just by spoofing
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The Internet is Held Together With Spit & Baling Wire
November 26, 2021 A Little Sunshine, Adam Korab, BGP, Border Gateway Protocol, CenturyLink, Internet Routing Registry, IRR, kc claffy, Level3 Communications, Lumen Technologies, The Coming Storm
Arrest in ‘Ransom Your Employer’ Email Scheme
November 23, 2021 Abnormal Security, Cofense, Crane Hassold, CyberLab, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Oluwaseun Medayedupin, Ransomware, Ronnie Tokazowski, Sociogram
In August, KrebsOnSecurity warned that scammers were contacting people and asking them to unleash ransomware inside their employer’s network, in exchange for a percentage of any ransom amount paid by the victim company. This week,
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The ‘Zelle Fraud’ Scam: How it Works, How to Fight Back
November 20, 2021 A Little Sunshine, Bob Sullivan, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, CUNA Mutual Insurance, Ken Otsuka, Latest Warnings, Web Fraud 2.0, Zelle scam
One of the more common ways cybercriminals cash out access to bank accounts involves draining the victim’s funds via Zelle, a “peer-to-peer” (P2P) payment service used by many financial institutions that allows customers to quickly
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Tech CEO Pleads to Wire Fraud in IP Address Scheme
November 18, 2021 African Network Information Centre, AFRINIC, American Registry for Internet Numbers, Amir Golestan, ARIN, Micfo LLC, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Ron Guilmette, Sherri Lydon, spamhaus, Stephen Ryan
The CEO of a South Carolina technology firm has pleaded guilty to 20 counts of wire fraud in connection with an elaborate network of phony companies set up to obtain more than 735,000 Internet Protocol
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Hoax Email Blast Abused Poor Coding in FBI Website
November 14, 2021 A Little Sunshine, Criminal Justice Information Services division, Department of Justice, eims@ic.fbi.gov, fbi, FBI email hack, Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal, LEEP, Ne'er-Do-Well News, NightLion, pompompurin, Shadowbyte, Vinny Troia, Web Fraud 2.0
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed today that its fbi.gov domain name and Internet address were used to blast out thousands of fake emails about a cybercrime investigation. According to an interview with the
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