Now North Korea Using Fake IT Workers to Extort Employers Scams evolve. Now that the scam concept is public, North Korea is pivoting. They are extorting the companies that hire these North Koreans as IT employees after the employees steal corporate secrets. Read the details here. SURPRISE! (Not) – OpenAI Confirms Attackers use ChatGPT to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]No Honor Among Crooks – Darknet Site Extorts Vendors, Buyers I guess we should not be surprised, but darknet narcotics bazaar Incognito Market has posted a threat on its homepage that if its vendors and buyers don’t pay an extortion of between $100 and $20,000, they will publish all of their transaction and chat records. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Yet Another Russian Military “Asset” Catches Fire Russian jet engine design hub Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute which is outside Moscow, did a “halt and catch fire” due to a fire at the electrical substation which powered the former design center. Score one for Ukraine, according to Russia. Russia claims it is the world’s largest scientific research […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Caller Poses as CISA Rep in Extortion Scam Homeland Security’s CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) says that they are aware of a scam where a caller pretends to be a CISA rep and claims to have knowledge of the potential victim’s questionable behavior. The caller then attempts to extort the potential victim. CISA says […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Great Email Hack of 2016 is becoming the Great Email Hack of Forever. It appears that Russian hackers are targeting progressive groups in the U.S., hacking their emails and threatening to release embarrassing emails if they do not pay an extortion, in bitcoin. According to Bloomberg News, at least a dozen groups have been […]
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