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

Security Affairs

Security researcher Salvatore Lombardo shared details about a new instance of Nigerian fraud that he called ‘Beyond the border scam.’ 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? Source: www.computersecuritynews.it/beyond-the-border-scam-attenzione-allistanza-della-nuova-truffa-alla-nigeriana

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 414 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

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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. I didn’t know either of them, but I have been writing about cryptography, security, and privacy for decades.

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Business ID Theft Soars Amid COVID Closures

Krebs on Security

based cyber intelligence firm Hold Security has been monitoring the communications between and among a businesses ID theft gang apparently operating in Georgia and Florida but targeting businesses throughout the United States. Another team member works on revising the business documents and registering them on various sites.

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How should you investigate a data breach?

IT Governance

Digital Guardian recently asked a group of cyber security experts what the most important step is following a data breach. This might be, for example,the victim’s computer, a web page or a physical space in which documents were compromised. Several answered with some variation of ‘find out how it happened’. The crime scene.

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Weekly podcast: NCSC and Kaspersky, parliamentary passwords and macOS High Sierra (again)

IT Governance

The chief executive of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, Ciaran Martin, has warned senior civil servants about using Russian antivirus (AV) software in government departments. The US Department of Homeland Security banned the use of Kaspersky products in US government departments in response to the incident.