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Business ID Theft Soars Amid COVID Closures

Krebs on Security

This story is about the victims of a particularly aggressive business ID theft ring that’s spent years targeting small businesses across the country and is now pivoting toward using that access for pandemic assistance loans and unemployment benefits. “With this gang, we see four or five people working together.

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Episode 163: Cyber Risk has a Dunning-Kruger Problem also: Bad Password Habits start at Home

The Security Ledger

In this episode of Security Ledger Podcast (#163) sponsored by LastPass: companies are spending more than ever on cyber security, but feel less secure. Kevin Richards of the insurer Marsh joins us to talk about that company's Cyber Risk Perceptions Survey. A Dunning-Kruger Effect with IT Risk?

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Internet As A Pen Test

ForAllSecure

Chris Gray of Deep Watch talks about the view from the inside of a virtual SOC, the ability to see threats against a large number of SMB organizations, and the changes to cyber insurance we’re seeing as a result. So they’re often unprepared when a nation state APT choses to focus on them.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #07 [Scam of the Week] The Turkey-Syria Earthquake

KnowBe4

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #07 | February 14th, 2023 [Scam of the Week] The Turkey-Syria Earthquake Just when you think they cannot sink any lower, criminal internet scum is now exploiting the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Anything you receive about this recent earthquake, be very suspicious.

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Interview with Gus Tugendhat of Tussell

Information Matters

Gus told me about the origins of Tussell, the market it is addressing, its data-driven solution for businesses tendering for public sector contracts and the challenges of growing this innovative startup business. Martin: Tell me a bit about the history of Tussell. Martin: What was the core business rationale for Tussell?

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #19 [Watch Your Back] New Fake Chrome Update Error Attack Targets Your Users

KnowBe4

A link is provided at the bottom of the bogus error message that takes the user to what's misrepresented as a link that will support a Chrome manual update. There are no spectacular threats, no promises of instant wealth, just a notice about a failed update. This happened when mixed reviews started coming in for Sage from users.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Tales From A Ransomware Negotiator

ForAllSecure

At what point do you need to bring in a ransomware negotiator? VAMOSI: Four days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on February 28, 2022, members of the Conti ransomware group began leaking information about the internal operations. Looking of what is happening to it breaks my heart and sometimes my heart wants to scream.”