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Article: For-Profit
Companies Charging Sextortion Victims for Assistance and Using Deceptive
Tactics to Elicit Payments.
Author: FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center. (2023,
Apr 7).
The companies use deceptive tactics—including threats, manipulation,
and providing false information—to coerce sextortion victims into paying
for their services. Some of the services for which the companies charge
fees, such as sending the perpetrators cease and desist orders, make
victims feel better but are not legally enforceable. The companies may
also attempt to discourage victims from reporting the sextortion to law
enforcement. Limited reporting indicates the companies are directly or
indirectly involved in the sextortion activity.
Article: Former Ubiquiti dev who
extorted the firm gets six years in prison.
Author: Bill Toulas.
(2023, May 11).
Nickolas Sharp, a former senior developer of Ubiquiti, was sentenced
to six years in prison for stealing company data, attempting to extort
his employer, and aiding the publication of misleading news articles
that severely impacted the firm's market capitalization.
Article: Toyota: Car location
data of 2 million customers exposed for ten years.
Author: Bill Toulas.
(2023, May 12).
Toyota Motor Corporation disclosed a data breach on its cloud
environment that exposed the car-location information of 2,150,000
customers for ten years, between November 6, 2013, and April 17,
2023.
Article: Failure
to comply with Bus Open Data regulations leads to financial penalty for
operator.
Author: Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain.
(2023, May 4).
The Traffic Commissioner for the West Midlands, Miles Dorrington,
imposed a financial penalty under section 155 of the Transport Act 2000
of £1500, based on a £100 penalty for each of the vehicles authorised on
the operator’s licence.
Article: Criminals
Pose as Chinese Authorities to Target US-based Chinese
Community.
Author: FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center. (2023,
Apr 10).
The FBI warns of criminal actors posing as Chinese law enforcement
officials or prosecutors in financial fraud schemes targeting the
US-based Chinese community. Criminals tell victims they are suspects in
financial crimes and threaten them with arrest or vi