FBI Shutters Russian-Based Hacker Platform, Makes …

The Deer.io platform let cybercriminals buy access to virtual storefronts where they could sell illicit products and services. The FBI this week shut down Deer.io, a Russia-based hacker platform through which criminals could buy access to virtual storefronts and sell illegal products or services. Officials arrested its suspected administrator, alleged Russian hacker Kirill Victorovich Firsov,
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FBI Warns of Fake CDC Emails in COVID-19 Phishing Alert

Fraudsters exploit concerns by claiming to offer virus-related information or promising stimulus checks. Cybercriminals are capitalizing on the spread of COVID-19 with new phishing emails that pretend to offer information about the virus or request money or data from concerned victims.  The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) issued an alert late last week to
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‘Understand What You Believe’: Fmr. FBI Agent …

In the past few years, social media has transformed from a communications gold mine to a minefield of disinformation campaigns. CPX 360 – New Orleans, La. – Social media, initially built to improve global communications, has become a weapon in the hands of cybercriminals launching disinformation campaigns. CEO Gil Shwed used the world’s growing interconnectedness
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Online Employment Scams on the Rise, Says FBI

Looking to change jobs? Watch out for fraudsters who use legitimate job services, slick websites, and an interview process to convince applicants to part with sensitive personal details. Online fraudsters are increasingly targeting job seekers by posing as legitimate employers, conducting interviews, and then “hiring” the victim, at which time they request personal and financial
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FBI Seizes Domain That Sold Info Stolen in Data Breaches

The website, WeLeakData.com, claimed to have more than 12 billion records gathered from over 10,000 breaches.
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FBI Expands Election Security Initiative

The program offers resources and advice to help protect elections at every level within the US. The FBI is expanding its Protected Voices initiative aimed at protecting US elections from cyberattacks and other forms of tampering via disinformation. Protected Voices is the program through which the FBI shares resources, information, and tools with political campaigns
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FBI Investigates Mobile Voting Intrusion

A group tried to access West Virginia’s mobile voting app in 2018; now, the FBI is looking into what actually happened. West Virginia’s mobile voting app is the latest target of an FBI investigation into attempts to hack the 2018 midterm elections through Voatz, an experimental app that lets voters who are active military or
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FBI Plans to Monitor Social Media May Spark Privacy …

A new initiative to pull data from social media platforms may clash with policies prohibiting the use of information for mass surveillance. The Federal Bureau of Investigation wants to intensify its monitoring of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms to detect potential threats. But its plans may collide with privacy policies and, potentially, Facebook’s
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FBI Issues Relationship Fraud/Confidence Scheme Warning

Criminals are getting increasingly sophisticated in their efforts to commit fraud and recruit ‘money mules,’ according to the FBI. The FBI has issued a warning on the growing sophistication of criminals creating false online personas to launch confidence schemes, commit romance fraud, and recruit “money mules,” or individuals tasked with carrying illegal sums or criminal
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FBI Publishes GandCrab Decryption Keys

Publishing the keys should render existing versions of the ransomware far less dangerous for victims. What happens when malware retires? In the case of ransomware package GandCrab, the whole world learns your secrets. In a July 15 announcement, the FBI shared the decryption keys for multiple versions of GandCrab, rendering future attacks using these versions
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