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Details of the Cloud Hopper Attacks

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advancedpersistentthreats, china, fraud, hacking, ibm, intelligence, malware, Security technology, theft

Reuters has a long article on the Chinese government APT attack called Cloud Hopper. It was much bigger than originally reported. The hacking campaign, known as “Cloud Hopper,” was the subject of a U.S. indictment in December that accused two Chinese nationals of identity theft and fraud. Prosecutors described an elaborate operation that victimized multiple … Read More “Details of the Cloud Hopper Attacks” »

The Cost of Cybercrime

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academicpapers, cybercrime, cybersecurity, economicsofsecurity, fraud, Security technology

Really interesting paper calculating the worldwide cost of cybercrime: Abstract: In 2012 we presented the first systematic study of the costs of cybercrime. In this paper,we report what has changed in the seven years since. The period has seen major platform evolution, with the mobile phone replacing the PC and laptop as the consumer terminal … Read More “The Cost of Cybercrime” »

Fraudulent Academic Papers

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academicpapers, cryptography, essays, fakenews, fraud, Security technology

The term “fake news” has lost much of its meaning, but it describes a real and dangerous Internet trend. Because it’s hard for many people to differentiate a real news site from a fraudulent one, they can be hoodwinked by fictitious news stories pretending to be real. The result is that otherwise reasonable people believe … Read More “Fraudulent Academic Papers” »

Amazon Is Losing the War on Fraudulent Sellers

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amazon, fraud, reputation, scams, Security technology, trust

Excellent article on fraudulent seller tactics on Amazon. The most prominent black hat companies for US Amazon sellers offer ways to manipulate Amazon’s ranking system to promote products, protect accounts from disciplinary actions, and crush competitors. Sometimes, these black hat companies bribe corporate Amazon employees to leak information from the company’s wiki pages and business … Read More “Amazon Is Losing the War on Fraudulent Sellers” »

I Am Not Associated with Swift Recovery Ltd.

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fraud, impersonation, schneiernews, Security technology

It seems that someone from a company called Swift Recovery Ltd. is impersonating me — at least on Telegram. The person is using a photo of me, and is using details of my life available on Wikipedia to convince people that they are me. They are not. If anyone has any more information — stories, … Read More “I Am Not Associated with Swift Recovery Ltd.” »

Using Gmail “Dot Addresses” to Commit Fraud

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creditcards, email, fraud, gmail, scams, Security technology

In Gmail addresses, the dots don’t matter. The account “bruceschneier@gmail.com” maps to the exact same address as “bruce.schneier@gmail.com” and “b.r.u.c.e.schneier@gmail.com” — and so on. (Note: I own none of those addresses, if they are actually valid.) This fact can be used to commit fraud: Recently, we observed a group of BEC actors make extensive use … Read More “Using Gmail “Dot Addresses” to Commit Fraud” »

New Attack Against Electrum Bitcoin Wallets

Posted on By infossl
bitcoin, cryptocurrency, fraud, hacking, Security technology, twofactorauthentication

This is clever: How the attack works: Attacker added tens of malicious servers to the Electrum wallet network. Users of legitimate Electrum wallets initiate a Bitcoin transaction. If the transaction reaches one of the malicious servers, these servers reply with an error message that urges users to download a wallet app update from a malicious … Read More “New Attack Against Electrum Bitcoin Wallets” »