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Riding the State Unemployment Fraud ‘Wave’

May 23 2020 By BrianKrebs in Agari, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Patrick Peterson, Scattered Canary, secret service, Web Fraud 2.0

When a reliable method of scamming money out of people, companies or governments becomes widely known, underground forums and chat networks tend to light up with activity as more...

This Service Helps Malware Authors Fix Flaws in their Code

May 18 2020 By BrianKrebs in A Little Sunshine, Cerber, GandCrab, Intel 471, Krober, Lebron, malware testing service, Ne'er-Do-Well News, RedBear, rEvil, Sodin, Sodinokibi, UNKN, upO, Vivalamuerte, Web Fraud 2.0

Almost daily now there is news about flaws in commercial software that lead to computers getting hacked and seeded with malware. But the reality is most malicious software also...

U.S. Secret Service: “Massive Fraud” Against State Unemployment Insurance Programs

May 16 2020 By BrianKrebs in Coronavirus, COVID-19, Elaine Dodd, Latest Warnings, money mules, Oklahoma Bankers Association, romance scams, The Coming Storm, U.S. Secret Service, unemployment insurance fraud, Web Fraud 2.0

A well-organized Nigerian crime ring is exploiting the COVID-19 crisis by committing large-scale fraud against multiple state unemployment insurance programs, with potential losses in the hundreds of millions of...