Monday, January 06, 2020

The cyber pirates of the Caribbean

There are no borders for cybercriminals. To be more precise, they strategically use borders to steal in one country, cash out in another and spend stolen money in a third (Czech out Kaspersky blog) 

Snow White, the Seven Cryptominers, and the targeted attacks


 Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues January 5, 2020Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. Four highlights from this week
: The 5 Best Authenticator Apps for Protecting Your Accounts; Major US companies breached, robbed, and spied on by Chinese hackers; US Army bans soldiers from using TikTok over security worries; and 7 types of virus – a short glossary of contemporary cyberbadness
The Brothers Grimm fairy tales are deep source of object lessons in information security — not just for children, but also for adults.



It began with a fake ABC news story about a bogus endorsement by mining billionaire Andrew Forrest for a financial scheme that promised great riches ...


The cyber pirates of the Caribbean

They ride the high seas of the global financial system, preying on everyday Australians and stealing millions of dollars. They are the outlaws of the digital world and authorities seem powerless to stop them.