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On November 6, 2020, the US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia announced the sentence for a husband and wife, Chirag Choksi and Shachi Majmudar, both 36 years old. This pair had involved themselves in the money laundering side of an international scam ring that preys on the elderly via call centers located in India. Chirag will serve 78 months in prison while his wife Shachi will serve 14 months in prison.
I’ve had the pleasure of presenting my research on Indian Call Centers at a meeting the Federal Trade Commission hosted in Washington DC last year. The scope of these networks and the absolute impunity with which they operate should be a cause of national shame in India. In 2019, according to the Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book 2019, assembled by the Federal Trade Commission, reported 647,472 “Imposter Scams” with total losses of $667 Million, primarily to the elders who are most deserving of our protection. (These scams are increasing rapidly. In 2017 there were 461,476 Imposter Scam complaints, in 2018 there 549,732 complaints.)
In one example from the indictment, Chirag was instructed to go to 9594 Grey Widgeon Place in Eden Prairie, Minnesota to retrieve a package containing $8,500 in cash that had been sent to “Aldo Ronald.” The FedEx tracking number confirms the package was signed for by someone at that address, and that the package was shipped from Chesterfield, Virginia, where the victim resided.
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As one of the largest malware botnets on the planet, it’s dangerous and then some, and its tentacles extend to every corner of the globe.
There’s nowhere on earth you can go that Emotet can’t reach.
Although Emotet doesn’t deviate from their playbook that often, recently, security researchers around the globe have observed a change. Emotet is now using a different email template. This time, it’s masquerading as Microsoft sending out an email telling you that you need to update your copy of Microsoft Word to gain access to an exciting new feature.
The email looks enough like the real thing to be convincing. There are no glaring spelling or other errors in the body of the message, and given that, a disheartening percentage of recipients are clicking on the attached document to open it.
Naturally, that’s when the trouble starts, because the document is poisoned, and if you also enable macros, you’re doomed. That’s what triggers the download and install of the malware.
Make no mistake, the initial Emotet infection usually isn’t fatal or crippling. It allows the hackers who control the botnet to send spam mail messages and install other forms of malware on your system, and that’s the real danger. Once the door has been pried open, the hackers can hit you with whatever they want, and sooner or later, they will.
All that to say, you definitely don’t want to tangle with Emotet if you can avoid it, so it pays to be aware that they’ve switched things up a bit and are now pretending to be Microsoft offering you instructions in the form of a poisoned Word document. Be mindful of that, and be aware that that’s simply not the method Microsoft uses to update their software. Don’t fall for it.
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Why Manual Certificate Management Doesn’t Scale
Enterprises that offer any of their services online (either to customers, or internally), have a significant stake in ensuring constant uptime for all the applications they control. Customer-facing applications are especially critical, given that security breaches or outages could result in a loss of credibility and business for the vendor. Digital certificates are a component […]
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Researchers discover a new worm and botnet dubbed Gitpaste-12 for its ability to spread via GitHub and Pastebin.
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A survey of 350 security professionals in the U.S., Singapore, Germany, Australia and the United Kingdom suggests younger cybersecurity professionals tend to be more conflicted about advances in artificial intelligence (AI) than their older colleagues. Conducted by the research firm Censuswide on behalf of Exabeam, a provider of a security information event management platform, the..
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Security continues to be a top concern for cloud customers, and therefore continues to be a driver of our business at Google Cloud. However, specific security priorities vary wildly by vertical, by organization size, and by many other factors.
In fact, many “CISO priorities lists” are floating out there online and many people claim to know “what CISOs want.” My analyst years taught me to be skeptical about such claims, if only because there are vast differences between CISOs of different organizations, in terms of security maturity, for example. Specifically, my interactions with CISOs showed me that while one CISO of a large enterprise is expanding his or her threat hunting team, another may be dealing with the more mundane challenge of patching Windows servers in time (BTW, CSO or CISO?).
Naturally, many of us in the Google Cloud Security business speak with customer security teams every day, and they often ask how Google performs certain security operations internally, how we think about certain problems, and how our security offerings will evolve. These conversations often involve Alphabet CISO, Royal Hansen, and we want to have these in-depth conversations as much as possible with our customers.
To make that possible, Google Cloud has created the Office of the CISO. It is made up of senior security executives with experience managing large security organizations across multiple industries. These executives serve as the trusted security and compliance advisors and advocates for customers. Additionally, they leverage their expertise to inform product security and compliance priorities in accordance with industry needs.
Interested in meeting some of these security leaders? We regularly hold Google Cloud Security Talks, and during our next set of talks, on November 18, the Office of the CISO members will participate in a panel discussion on security evolution during cloud migration. You can register for the talk here, and we look forward to having you join us.
Furthermore, Google Cloud Security is putting together hot topics for future CISO discussions. We plan to hit the range of CISO interests and operational maturity levels. Other topics the panel is considering for future events include:
We hope to see you on the 18th to start our journey!
Hearing from CISOs at Google Cloud and Beyond was originally published in Anton on Security on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.
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The illegal marketplace was hacked prior to it’s takedown — the IRS has now tracked down those stolen funds, it said.
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The vulnerabilities include three for which exploits have already been seen in the wild.
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The Ragnar Locker operators released a stolen contract between Wild Turkey and actor Matthew McConaughey, as proof of compromise.
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This week, Dr. Doug Talks Billion USD Bitcoin Mystery Solved, Russian Bears Doxed, Oracle, Zoom Snooping, and Drugs, all this and show wrap ups on the Security Weekly News Wrap Up!
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn80
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This week, Dr. Doug Talks Billion USD Bitcoin Mystery Solved, Russian Bears Doxed, Oracle, Zoom Snooping, and Drugs, all this and show wrap ups on the Security Weekly News Wrap Up!
Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/swn for all the latest episodes!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn80
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The social media deal raises issues involving data custodianship and trusted tech partnerships.
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Many thanks to DEF CON and Conference Speakers for publishing their outstanding presentations; of which, originally appeared at the organization’s DEFCON 28 SAFE MODE Conference, and on the DEF CON YouTube channel. Enjoy!
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Over the past few months, our team has been working on something, both prudent and special, that we are excited to officially share with the world – The DIVERSE Commitment at Keyfactor. Diversity and inclusion is something Keyfactor has always supported across our global team and communities.
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Securing Remote Collaboration – Tackling Fat Finger Errors Previous Next John, who is REALLY enjoying working from home, gets a call from his manager Kevin requesting for a sales report one afternoon. While sitting on his couch enjoying a favorite show and “working” he quickly sends the report to […]
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In 1801, the United States had a small Navy. Thomas Jefferson deployed almost half that Navy—three frigates and a schooner—to the Barbary C...
