Feds Takes Down SocksEscort Proxy Network Used in Global Fraud Schemes

European and US agencies dismantled the SocksEscort proxy network built on infected routers and used by cybercriminals in global fraud schemes...

Pig butchering is the next “humanitarian global crisis” (Lock and Code S06E25)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast … This is the story of the world's worst scam and how it is being used to fuel entire underground economies that have the power to rival nation-states across the globe. This is the story of "pig butchering." "Pig butchering" is a violent term that is used to...

HashFlare Fraud: Two Estonians Admit to Running $577M Crypto Scam

Two Estonian nationals plead guilty to a $577M cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme through HashFlare, defrauding hundreds of thousands globally.…...

Social media influencers targeted by identity thieves

Social media influencers are attractive targets for identity thieves. With large followings and a literal influence on their followers, its no wonder they are targeted by scammers and spreaders of fake news. A subset of influencers are the so-called "finfluencers": influencers that provide their...

Most of What You've Read About DNSChanger Is Wrong. Here's How.

If you’ve been scanning the headlines or watching the evening news, you may have heard that tens of thousands of Internet users in the U.S. – hundreds of thousands around the world – will be cut off from the Internet on Monday, July 9, after servers set up at the bequest of the U.S. government go...

Survey: Information Theft A Bigger Problem than Physical Theft

Anyone who has received “notification” of funky activity on their credit card, or an urgent e-mail plea from the widow of Mobutu Sese Seko won’t be surprised to learn that information theft is a big problem. But a new survey out from Kroll Consulting finds that its also the biggest problem facing...