Internet Sleuth. Internet Forensics Specialist. Scam Hunter. Occasional back roads explorer. Disliker of webinars. Pro privacy (yours/mine).
Massachusetts, USA
Joined November 2008
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Nick Braak retweeted
When will @ICANN realize that something is wrong with a certain registrar and an in-depth investigation is overdue?
Q1 Phishing Trends Report: Business e-mail compromise scams are becoming more costly with average wire transfer requests in #BEC attacks increasing to $85,000, up from $48,000 in Q3 2020.
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#phishing @AgariInc @OpSecSecurity @PhishLabs @RiskIQ
Nick Braak retweeted
I'll also be giving a webinar on June 23 that covers the report and how my team used active defense tactics to collect intelligence on #BEC attacks. If you're interested, you can sign up here: agari.com/events/webinar-ana…
Pro-se litigant in Federal Court (SDNY) fails in attempt to seal case and laments that court records appear prominently in Google searches for their name on third-party court sites. #ORM #reputation @ChristineRafin @shannonnewyork
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Nick Braak retweeted
[Eugene Volokh] Anything You File in Court Can and Will Be Used Against You by People Who Google Your Name dlvr.it/S0mlzj
Huge scale of this op. 1,400 investigations, 1,600 bank accounts, 585 arrests. #cybercrime
Interpol intercepts $83 million fighting financial cyber crime - @serghei
bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
Nick Braak retweeted
By me @Forbes / @ForbesTech: Billions of #Google users can now better protect their #privacy thanks to this #password change. I also offer a more nuclear option...
#Kudos @Jake_MooreUK for insight.
#sundayvibes #weekend #infosec #thoughts #tech
forbes.com/sites/daveywinder…
Nick Braak retweeted
Prison Catfish: SC Inmate Posed As Woman To Scam Military Members For $74,000 fitsnews.com/2021/05/28/pris…
Nick Braak retweeted
Mobile #s have become de facto identity documents b/c so many sites allow password reset via SMS. New research shows how fraudsters can abuse wireless provider sites to ID recycled digits that allow password resets at a range of email/financial services. krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/…
Nick Braak retweeted
Stalkers using surveillance software on partners are exposing their own data, research finds
cyberscoop.com/stalkerware-a… by @shanvav
Nick Braak retweeted
Last year, my team at @AgariInc detailed how Scattered Canary was involved in a significant amount of the unemployment fraud after the CARES Act was passed. Now, it looks like the first official arrest of a subject linked to the group has been made! justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/nig…
An example of the sophistication of determined scammers. Professional looking websites, call centers, corporate bank accounts.
Six people arrested over €30m cryptocurrency scam across Europe thenationalnews.com/world/si… via @TheNationalNews
Nick Braak retweeted
Sometimes I think we @themarkup are the janitors for Silicon Valley.
The clean-up cycle looks like this:
Google says it bans ads that impersonate government websites.
@jeremybmerrill found plenty of ads doing just that.
Google removed the ads we found.
themarkup.org/google-the-gia…
Nick Braak retweeted
Between 14 million and 23 million Americans say that they are likely to move as a result of their ability to work remotely, according to research by economist Adam Ozimek. cityjourn.al/3fcwP9F via @Richard_Florida and @joelkotkin
Nick Braak retweeted
As the saying goes, greed is good. And indeed, the hope of banking on the recent cyber catastrophes spurred huge market investment that ultimately could drive terrific innovation.. but also some failures. scmagazine.com/home/editoria…
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West Midlands Railway sent staff fake bonus email in cyber-security test
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bi… [phishing backlash]
Uplifting remix of the disco classic ‘The Whispers - And the beat goes on (Ian Ossia's Downtown Disco Edit)’ on #SoundCloud soundcloud.com/ian-ossia/fre…