Cyber crime chronicles featuring scams, spies, and cartel schemes.
Episode description
This week we are joined by Maria Varmazis, host of the N2K daily space show, T-Minus. Maria shares an interesting story about Apple users reporting that they are being targeted in elaborate phishing attacks that involve's a bug in Apple’s password reset feature. Joe and Dave share some listener follow up from Leo who shares some thoughts on episode 282 and the recruiter scam that was discussed. Dave shares a story from Mexico on one of the most violent criminal groups and drug cartels, Jalisco New Generation. They have been running call centers that offer to buy retirees’ vacation properties and then empty the victims’ bank accounts. Joe has the story of Facebook spying on users' Snapchats in a secret project. Our catch of the day comes from listener Van, who writes in to share a voicemail they received related to a tax scam.
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Links to the stories:
- Recent ‘MFA Bombing’ Attacks Targeting Apple Users
- A Mexican Drug Cartel’s New Target? Seniors and Their Timeshares
- Facebook snooped on users’ Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal
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