‘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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FBI Warns of Dangers in 'Safe' Websites

Criminals are using TLS certificates to convince users that fraudulent sites are worthy of their trust.
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Oklahoma Data Leak Compromises Years of FBI Data

The Oklahoma Securities Commission accidentally leaked 3 TB of information, including data on years of FBI investigations. Researchers have disclosed a huge leak of government data stemming from the Oklahoma Securities Commission. As discovered by UpGuard researcher Greg Pollock, 3 TB of data was exposed, including millions of files, many of which pertained to FBI investigations. The data was
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