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“Log-out king” Instagram scammer gets accounts taken down, then charges to reinstate them

March 29, 2023 admin 0 Comments baas, ban-as-a-service, instagram scam, instascammer, news, obn, obn brandon, obnbrandon, takedown-for-hire

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A fraudster going by OBN Brandon has been defrauding Instagram influencers and entertainment figures out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by taking down their accounts and then asking for money to get them back up again.

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Fake DDoS services set up to trap cybercriminals

March 28, 2023 admin 0 Comments booter, ddos, distributed denial of service, National Crime Agency, NCA, news, underground

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The British National Crime Agency has been setting up fake DDoS services to teach people a lesson in what not to do online.

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ChatGPT helps both criminals and law enforcement, says Europol report

March 28, 2023 admin 0 Comments chatgpt, impersonating, jailbreak, large language models, llms, misinformation, news, restrictions

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Subject matter experts at Europol were asked to explore how criminals can abuse LLMs such as ChatGPT, as well as how they may assist investigators in their daily work

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GitHub accidentally exposes RSA SSH key

March 27, 2023 admin 0 Comments GitHub, news, RSA, SSH

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Developer platform GitHub has changed its RSA SSH key after it was accidentally exposed on a public repository.

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Ransomware gunning for transport sector’s OT systems next

March 27, 2023 admin 0 Comments ENISA, news, operational technology, OT, ot systems, ransomware

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Categories: Ransomware

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ENISA released a report tackling the threat landscape of the transportation industry. And it has foreseen the targeting of OT systems in the future.

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Bogus Chat GPT extension takes over Facebook accounts

March 27, 2023 admin 0 Comments chat gpt, chrome, cookies, extension, Facebook, news, rogue

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We look at a bogus Chat GPT Chrome extension which was after Facebook cookies.

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Food giant Dole reveals more about ransomware attack

March 27, 2023 admin 0 Comments data breach, DOLE, news, ransomware, ransomware attack

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While Dole hasn’t said a lot about the February ransomware incident, it has revealed threat actors accessed employee data.

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A week in security (March 20 – 26)

March 27, 2023 admin 0 Comments bitcoin, bitcoin atm, breachforums, chatgpt, emotet, fake irs tax mail, google, google pixel crop, kritec magecart, Magecart, NBA, news, potentially unwanted programs, PUP, skimmer, skimming, USB, usb bomb, vile

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The most interesting security related news from the week of March 20 – 26.

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