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Falsely labeled squid snacks were seized in Cambodia. I don’t know what food product it really was. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here. Powered by WPeMatico
There’s a new criminal tactic involving hacking an e-mail account of a company that handles high-value transactions and diverting payments. Here it is in real estate: The scam generally works like this: Hackers find an opening into a title company’s or realty agent’s email account, track upcoming home purchases scheduled for settlements — the pricier … Read More “Cybercriminals Infiltrating E-Mail Networks to Divert Large Customer Payments” »
I play Pokémon Go. (There, I’ve admitted it.) One of the interesting aspects of the game I’ve been watching is how the game’s publisher, Niantic, deals with cheaters. There are three basic types of cheating in Pokémon Go. The first is botting, where a computer plays the game instead of a person. The second is … Read More “Fraud Detection in Pokémon Go” »
Last Thursday, Equifax reported a data breach that affects 143 million US customers, about 44% of the population. It’s an extremely serious breach; hackers got access to full names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, driver’s license numbers — exactly the sort of information criminals can use to impersonate victims to banks, credit card companies, … Read More “On the Equifax Data Breach” »
Research paper: “Automated Crowdturfing Attacks and Defenses in Online Review Systems.” Abstract: Malicious crowdsourcing forums are gaining traction as sources of spreading misinformation online, but are limited by the costs of hiring and managing human workers. In this paper, we identify a new class of attacks that leverage deep learning language models (Recurrent Neural Networks … Read More “New Techniques in Fake Reviews” »
Eddie Tipton, a programmer for the Multi-State Lottery Association, secretly installed software that allowed him to predict jackpots. What’s surprising to me is how many lotteries don’t use real random number generators. What happened to picking golf balls out of wind-blown steel cages on television? Powered by WPeMatico
I seem to have a LinkedIn account. This comes as a surprise, since I don’t have a LinkedIn account, and have never logged in to LinkedIn. Does anyone have any contacts into the company? I would like to report this fraudulent account, and possibly get control of it. I’m not on LinkedIn, but the best … Read More “I Seem to Have a LinkedIn Account” »
Some of the ways artists are hacking the music-streaming service Spotify. Powered by WPeMatico
According to a lawsuit (main article behind paywall), “a Miami-based food vendor and its supplier have been misrepresenting their squid as octopus in an effort to boost profits.” Powered by WPeMatico