The prince, the pretender, and the PSA.
Episode description
As Maria is on vacation this week, our hosts Dave Bittner and Joe Carrigan, are sharing the latest in social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits that are making headlines. Joe and Dave are joined by guest Rob Allen from ThreatLocker who shares a story on how a spoofed call to the help desk unraveled into a full-blown cyber siege on MGM Resorts. Joe’s story is on a new FBI warning: scammers are impersonating the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the very site where people go to report online fraud. Dave's got the story of a so-called “Nigerian prince” scammer who turned out to be a 67-year-old man from Louisiana, now facing 269 counts of wire fraud for helping funnel money to co-conspirators in Nigeria. Our catch of the day comes from a scams subreddit, and is on a message received from the Department of Homeland Security reaching out to a user to share that they are a victim of fraud.
Resources and links to stories:
- Investigating the MGM Cyberattack – How social engineering and a help desk put the whole strip at risk.
- Brian Krebs LinkedIn
- FBI Warns of Scammers Impersonating the IC3
- IC3 2024 Report
- 'Nigerian prince' scammer was 67-year-old from Louisiana, police say
Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at hackinghumans@n2k.com.