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Show notes
This week, N2K CyberWire hosts Maria Varmazis and Joe Carrigan are joined by Kieran Human while Dave Bittner is out. Together, they discuss the latest in social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits making headlines. We start with some follow up on Daejon Love’s story, but we’ll save that for next week. Plus, Joe has a chicken update. Maria explores reporting that TikTok relaxed its advertising enforcement rules, coinciding with a sharp increase in scams involving fake ads for deeply discounted products that never arrive. Joe looks at Wisconsin’s efforts to curb cryptocurrency ATM scams through transaction limits, identity verification, and mandatory refunds, with early reports suggesting the restrictions are making a difference. Kieran Human covers a data breach disclosed by Revolut that exposed customers’ financial information and passport details. Our Catch of the Day comes from Rachel, who received a suspicious invitation email from a hacked contact that asked her to download and install software.
Resources and links to stories:
- FBI searches phones, iCloud accounts of accused fake NFL player; romance scam may have gone on for 10 years
- TikTok Quietly Gutted Its Advertising Rules. Scams Have Exploded Ever Since.
- How much is Wisconsin's crypto ATM law limiting scams?
- Revolut discloses data breach exposing financial info, passports
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