Joe shares a collection of romance scams from the great plains, Dave has a report which uncovered a root system of fake news, the catch of the day comes straight from... Warren Buffett? Later in the show Carole Theriault speaks with Lisa Forte from Red Goat on how her experiences working with the police have informed her perspective on the human factors in cyber security. Links to stories: Don't Get CatPhished This Valentine's Day By a Scammer These Fake Local News Sites Have Confused People For...
Feb 13, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 85
Dave finally has good news. Joe shares a fake website created by the US Trading Commission... which doesn't exist. The catch of the day threatens FULL DATA LOSS! Later in the show, Anna Collard is the founder of security content publisher of Popcorn Training – a South African company that promotes Cyber Security awareness by using story-based techniques. Our conversation centers on the state of cyber security in Africa. Links to stories: DOJ sues US telecom providers for connecting Indian roboca...
Feb 06, 2020•29 min•Season 2Ep. 84
Dave shares a particularly exposing sextortion scam. Joe has a story of a million-dollar scam that targeted college students in Miami just trying to pay their tuition. The catch of the day comes straight from The U.S. President. Later in the show, part two of Carole Theriault's interview with Jamie Bartlett, the brains and host behind The Missing Cryptoqueen, an amazing BBC podcast about trying to get to the bottom of the OneCoin scam. Links to stories: Fresh New Nest Video Extortion Scam Plays ...
Jan 30, 2020•30 min•Season 2Ep. 83
Dave's phone is blowing up with smishing attempts. Joe shares a story about fake license renewal attempts from The New Zealand Transportation Agency. The catch of the day flips the script on their attacker. Later in the show Carole Theriault speaks with Jamie Bartlett, the brains and host behind The Missing Cryptoqueen, an amazing BBC podcast about trying to get to the bottom of the OneCoin scam. Links to stories: Fresh Apple #Phishing found The catch of the day Have a Catch of the Day you'd lik...
Jan 23, 2020•30 min•Season 2Ep. 82
Dave has an account from a man who was almost scammed by an impersonation of his own close friend. Joe has the story of a sophisticated phishing scheme involving Microsoft Office 365. The catch of the day goes all the way back to the age of pirates. Carole Theriault interviews Andrew Brandt from Sophos regarding their 2020 threat report. Links to stories: Tricky Phish Angles for Persistence, Not Passwords SophosLabs 2020 Threat Report Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us a...
Jan 16, 2020•31 min•Season 2Ep. 81
Dave has a master list of cyberbadness. Joe has some handy red flags this tax season straight from our beloved IRS. The catch of the day features an alluring proposition from someone who is probably not "Sofia". Our guest is Devon Kerr with Elastic Security Intelligence and Analytics who shares his insights about Ransomware. Links to stories: 7 types of virus – a short glossary of contemporary cyberbadness Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at hackinghumans@thecyberwire....
Jan 09, 2020•29 min•Season 2Ep. 80
Dave has a warning from a galaxy far, far away. Joe has a report of a scam attempt on a listener who fancies fancy pens. The catch of the day features a Tinder dating app bot scam. Our guest is Dennis Dillman from Barracuda Networks, sharing his thoughts on employee training. Links to stories: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-star-wars-streaming-sites-steal-fans-credit-cards/ Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at hackinghumans@thecyberwire.com or hit u...
Jan 02, 2020•29 min•Season 2Ep. 79
Today's episode is a re-broadcast of an episode from August 2018. Dave looks at Hollywood script pitch event scams. Joe describes a romance scam murder scheme. Spontaneously combusting ATM cards. Guest Jayson E. Street from SphereNY describes his security awareness engagements. Links to stories mentioned in this week's show: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-are-wannabe-screenwriters-getting-scammed-1130919 https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/08/17/romance-scam-victim-allegedly-plotte...
Dec 26, 2019•31 min
Joe's wife has been getting suspicious shipping notices. Dave describes a phone scam where crooks intercept phone calls. The catch of the day turns the tables on a would-be scammer. Carole Theriault speaks with Peter Draper from Gurucul about their 2020 Insider Threat Report. Links to stories: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/police-warn-of-new-phone-scam-where-criminals-intercept-your-calls-1.4706758 Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at hackinghumans@thecyberwire.com or h...
Dec 19, 2019•31 min•Season 2Ep. 78
Dave describes a gas-pump hidden camera scam. Joe shares the story of a fraudulent Microsoft Windows Update notice. The catch of the day involves a scammer making use of an online celebrity's profile picture. Our guest is Karl Sigler from Trustwave with tips for staying safe online through the holidays. Links to stories: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/11/hidden-cam-above-bluetooth-pump-skimmer/ https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/fake-windows-update-spam-leads-to-cy...
Dec 12, 2019•27 min•Season 2Ep. 77
Joe shares the story of a woman losing her life savings to a scammer claiming to be from the FBI. Dave describes the $139 shed scam. The catch of the day is another threat of revealing compromising photos. Carole Theriault speaks with Chris Bush from ObserveIT about security threats from employee burnout. Links to stories: https://www.wsj.com/articles/robocall-scams-exist-because-they-workone-womans-story-shows-how-11574351204 https://youtu.be/zFQUCCbodHc Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to sh...
Dec 05, 2019•31 min•Season 2Ep. 76
Dave wonders about Juice Jacking warnings. Joe shares findings from Agari's latest email fraud and identity deception report. The catch of the day promises romance in exchange for airline tickets. Our guests are David Spark and Allan Alford, cohosts of the Defense in Depth podcast. Links to stories: https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/travel/story/travelers-beware-juice-jacking-public-charging-stations-safely-67004765 https://www.agari.com/cyber-intelligence-research/e-books/q4-2019-report.pdf ht...
Nov 21, 2019•30 min•Season 2Ep. 75
Joe shares stories of typo-squatting. Dave reminds warns us against responding to malicious email, even just for fun. The catch of the day is from a listener, leading on a romance scammer. Carole Theriault returns with an interview with Chris Olson from The Media Trust on how targeted advertising can enable election interference. Links from this week's stories: https://www.securityweek.com/err-human-squat-criminal https://info.phishlabs.com/blog/dont-respond-suspicious-emails Have a Catch of the...
Nov 14, 2019•33 min•Season 2Ep. 74
Joe shares a report on who's more susceptible for scams. Dave shares a story from a listener who what hit by a scam attempt while staying at a hotel. Our catch of the day involves an attempt to scam someone selling a motorcycle. Our guest is Maria Konnikova, an award-winning author, journalist, and international champion poker player. Her latest book is The Biggest Bluff. Links to stories: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/28/this-might-surprise-you-seniors-are-not-more-susceptible...
Nov 07, 2019•31 min•Season 2Ep. 73
Happy Halloween from Joe, Dave, and everyone at the CyberWire!
Oct 31, 2019•4 min
Dave describes a credential gathering scam targeting users of the Stripe online payment system. Joe responds to an email message from his boss, and learns a valuable lesson. Our catch of the day follows someone as they string along a text messaging scammer. Carole Theriault returns with an interview with J Bennett of Signifyd, an AI firm fighting romance scams. Links to stories: https://cofense.com/credential-phish-masks-scam-page-url-thwart-vigilant-users/ Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to ...
Oct 31, 2019•35 min•Season 2Ep. 72
Joe has the story of a convincing scammer who makes an innocent woman doubt herself. Dave describes an online utility that helps users delete unwanted user accounts and also rates the difficulty of doing so. The catch of the day requests help in an investment scam (but lacks punctuation). Our guest is Henry Ajder from Deeptrace Labs on their research on Deep Fakes. Links to stories: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/swansea-mum-scammed-out-1000-17065476 https://backgroundchecks.org/j...
Oct 24, 2019•32 min•Season 2Ep. 71
Dave describes a ponzi scheme that bought up legitimate investment firms. Joe shares research into deep fakes. The catch of the day includes an invitation to join the illuminati. Ray [REDACTED] returns with followup from his prior visit, along with new information to share. Links to stories: https://13wham.com/news/local/feds-in-rochester-to-detail-multi-million-dollar-ponzi-scheme https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/10/09/deepfakes-have-doubled-overwhelmingly-targeting-women/ Have a Catch of ...
Oct 17, 2019•30 min•Season 2Ep. 70
Joe describes online redirect scams, URL encoding and the clever combination of the two. Dave shares delightful satire about Russian brides and Nigerian princes, together at last. The catch of the day involves a student getting the best of scammers, getting them to send him money. Our guest is Fabian Wosar from Emsisoft, well-known for decrypting ransomware. Links from today's stories - https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2019/09/25/hot-woman-in-your-area-marries-nigerian-prince-whos-email-you-ign...
Oct 10, 2019•32 min•Season 2Ep. 69
Joe reviews highlights from a Proofpoint report on the human aspects of cyber attacks. Dave describes the FTC's cases against online dating site Match.com. The catch of the day comes straight from Her Majesty the Queen. Carole Theriault returns with an interview with Corin Imai, Senior Security advisor at DomainTools, about phishing attacks they’ve been tracking in the UK. Links to stories: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2019/09/10/cyberattacks-human-interaction/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/...
Oct 03, 2019•33 min•Season 2Ep. 68
Joe outlines online threats from social media. Dave shares a story of scammers try to scare a community into purchasing security products. The catch of the day features a promise of riches from Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg. Our guest is Yaser Masoudnia from LastPass who addresses listener questions about Single Sign On. Links to stories: https://info.phishlabs.com/blog/how-social-media-is-abused-for-phishing-attacks http://www.pressandguide.com/news/police_fire/email-scam-trying-to-convince-dearbo...
Sep 26, 2019•31 min•Season 2Ep. 67
Special guest host Graham Cluley joins Dave while Joe takes a short break. Dave shares the success of the FBI's reWired campaign which has apprehended alleged scammers around the world. Graham describes a website hoping to spare users the hardship of multifactor authentication. The catch of the day involves a generous soccer star. Our guest is Matt Price from ZeroFOX with insights on Deep Fake technology. Links to today's stories: https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/operation-rewired-bec-takedown-0...
Sep 19, 2019•32 min•Season 2Ep. 66
A listener updates us on "notice of arrest" policies. Dave notes increased instances of Google Calendar spam. Joe shares a claim that AI voice mimicry was used to dupe a company out of nearly a quarter million dollars. (Dave is skeptical.) The catch of the day accuses the target of naughty behavior. Carole Theriault interviews ethical hacker Zoe Rose. Links to stories: https://www.popsci.com/google-calendar-spam-what-to-do/ https://www.wsj.com/articles/fraudsters-use-ai-to-mimic-ceos-voice-in-un...
Sep 12, 2019•36 min•Season 2Ep. 65
Follow-up from down under. Joe shares the story of a Mom scammed out of Gaelic Football League tickets. Dave describes a bounty hunter hoaxing suicide threats to get location information from mobile providers. The catch of the day requires a response from the grave. Our guest is Ben Yelin, senior law and policy analyst from the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security. He digs in to a particular Facebook scam that refuses to die. Links to stories: https://m.independent.ie/i...
Sep 05, 2019•32 min•Season 2Ep. 64
Dave shares a story of digital voice assistants being channeled toward scammers. Joe tracks scammers taking advantage of social tools on the Steam gaming platform. The catch of the day involves South African kickbacks. Our guest is researcher/technologist Ray [REDACTED] , who shares his expertise on scammers targeting SMS. Links to stories: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/08/20/scammers-use-bogus-search-results-to-fool-voice-assistants/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/steam-...
Aug 29, 2019•32 min•Season 2Ep. 63
Joe describes a primitive (but effective) phishing scheme being tracked by Bleeping Computer. Dave shares news from a Black Hat presentation on phishing stats from Google. The catch of the day is a friendly invitation from Hawaii. Our guest is Michael Gillespie from Emsisoft describing the ID Ransomware project. Links from today's stories: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/beware-of-emails-asking-you-to-confirm-your-unsubscribe-request/ https://www.fastcompany.com/90387855/we-keep-f...
Aug 22, 2019•30 min•Season 2Ep. 62
Dave shares the story of a small community hospital dealing with a ransomware attack. Joe reviews the different types of extortion emails. The catch of the day is an inheritance scam from Canada. Carole Theriault interviews Craig Silverman from Buzzfeed about online reputation management companies. Links to stories: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2019/07/30/how-4-technicians-saved-arizona-hospital-hacker-ransomware-wickenburg-community-hospital/1842572001/ https://www.bleepin...
Aug 15, 2019•37 min•Season 2Ep. 61
Joe shares a cautionary Facebook tale from his own life. Dave has the story of an Australian IT company put out of business by scammers. The catch of the day tracks the response writer and comedian Dave Holmes had to scammers pretending to be from the IRS. Rachel Tobac from Social Proof Security returns with voting security information and the latest scams she's been tracking. Links to today's stories: https://www.crn.com.au/news/it-suppliers-forced-to-close-after-procurement-scam-528609 https:/...
Aug 08, 2019•32 min•Season 2Ep. 60
Dave outlines a church donation scam. Joe shares reporting from Ars Technica on romance scams coming out of Africa. The catch of the day is courtesy of London comedian James Veitch Our guest is Garry Berman from Cyberman Security who's developed a cyber security comic book series to help raise awareness. Links to this week's stories: https://www.churchlawandtax.com/blog/2018/june/what-to-know-about-new-donation-scam.html https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/07/im-not-100-with-anyb...
Aug 01, 2019•32 min•Season 2Ep. 59
Joe shares a story on the market economy of phishing. Dave explains how gamers are being taken advantage of on popular chat app Discord. The catch of the day included a little bit of showbiz razzle-dazzle. Our anonymous guest this week shares his efforts to keep his father from falling for online scams. Links to stories: https://blogs.akamai.com/sitr/2019/06/phishing-factories-and-economies.html https://twitter.com/Splatter_Shah/status/1143556723266994176 Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to sh...
Jul 25, 2019•32 min•Season 2Ep. 58
