Romance scams have been around since, well, there has been romance. But there is a new version of the scam traced to the Chinese mafia. Start with the traditional online dating site romance scam. Chat with your mark, flirt, but don’t actually meet in person. They typically target shy, lonely people – preferably with money […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Chinese drone maker DJI controls nearly 70% of the commercial drone market (Credit: Hindustan Times). DroneXL says that the control 54% of the total drone market. DoneXL says that number is down 15% from last year (which could match the 70% number) . In any case, their next nearest competitor is Autel at 7% […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Gift That Keeps on Giving – Log4j – List of Affected Vendors First, get used to hearing about this. It will be haunting us for months, at least. Jen Easterly, current head of DHS’s CISA and formerly at NSA and a professor at the US Military Academy at West Point says this may be […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]So many times it seems like victims get re-victimized by the court system. Here is one case where the court did the right thing, so I think that alone makes it worth highlighting. Going back to 2013, young women responded to ads for clothed modelling, but when they showed up they were told that they […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Old Scams Never Die, They Just Get a Fresh Coat of Paint Scammers have been posing, according to a warning by DHS, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents in San Antonio. The scammers call the mark, pretending to be HSI and tell them there is a problem with their passport […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Feds Having Some Success In Going After Hackers The DoJ announced the arrest of a Ukrainian who is accused of deploying ransomware on behalf of the REvil ransomware gang. They also seized $6 million in cryptocurrency. The Ukrainian was arrested in Poland (crooks are not smart. If you are in the crosshairs of U.S. law […]
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