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“Beyond the border scam”, pay attention to the instance of the new Nigerian fraud

Security Affairs

Here is an example of the new Nigerian scam to which I have given the name ” Beyond the border scam ” and which is carried out entirely online and via email. Will you make sure to help me out of my unfortunate situation, receive the money and send me some to purchase my travel documents and start a new life?

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Six Charged in Mass Takedown of DDoS-for-Hire Sites

Krebs on Security

men with computer crimes related to their alleged ownership of the popular DDoS-for-hire services. Miller was charged this week with conspiracy and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The DOJ also charged six U.S. The booter service OrphicSecurityTeam[.]com com and royalstresser[.]com Defendant Angel Manuel Colon Jr.

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Snowden Ten Years Later

Schneier on Security

In 2013 and 2014, I wrote extensively about new revelations regarding NSA surveillance based on the documents provided by Edward Snowden. It’s a surreal experience, paging through hundreds of top-secret NSA documents. So would the FBI breaking into my home and seizing my personal electronics. And then I flew to Brazil.

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Business ID Theft Soars Amid COVID Closures

Krebs on Security

To prove ownership over the hijacked firms, they hire low-wage image editors online to help fabricate and/or modify a number of official documents tied to the business — including tax records and utility bills. Another team member works on revising the business documents and registering them on various sites.

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Transforming the future: A journey into model-based systems engineering at Singapore Institute of Technology

IBM Big Data Hub

For instance, think about designing a car: instead of interpreting pages of documents, you can visualize the vehicle’s structure and functions through static and dynamic executable models—a preview before the actual build. In other words, MBSE elevates systems engineering by using models.

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How should you investigate a data breach?

IT Governance

This might be, for example,the victim’s computer, a web page or a physical space in which documents were compromised. The scene of the incident will generally provide you with the clues you need to work out – or at least make an educated guess regarding – who was responsible for the breach and how it occurred.

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Will Lawyers Ever Embrace Technology?: eDiscovery Best Practices, Part Three

eDiscovery Daily

To begin to answer that question, let’s take a look at the ethical obligation that lawyers have to be technically competent and the state of technology education for lawyers today. Browning Marean and I spent years trying to begin a law school curriculum that included computer education with no success. Technical Competence.