Defense Point Security – Computer Security Articles

Tracing Spam: Diet Pills from Beltway Bandits

April 19, 2017 admin American Registry for Internet Numbers, ARIN, C3T, dan@gtacs.com, Defense Point Security, Farsight Security, GTACS, Matthew Sodano, Other, Power Storm Technologies, Ron Guilmette, tracesystems.com

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:56:10 +0000

Reading junk spam messages isn’t exactly my idea of a good time, but sometimes fun can be had when you take a moment to check who really sent the email. Here’s the simple story of how a recent spam email advertising celebrity “diet pills” was traced back to a Washington, D.C.-area defense contractor that builds tactical communications systems for the U.S. military and intelligence communities.

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Govt. Cybersecurity Contractor Hit in W-2 Phishing Scam

March 17, 2017 admin Accenture, data loss prevention, Defense Point Security, DLP, George McKenzie, IP PIN, Other, security freeze, tax refund fraud, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, w-2 phishing

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 22:02:02 +0000

Just a friendly reminder that phishing scams which spoof the boss and request W-2 tax data on employees are intensifying as tax time nears. The latest victim shows that even cybersecurity experts can fall prey to these increasingly sophisticated attacks. On Thursday, March 16, the CEO of Defense Point Security, LLP — a Virginia company that bills itself as “the choice provider of cyber security services to the federal government” — told all employees that their W-2 tax data was handed directly to fraudsters after someone inside the company got caught in a phisher’s net.