Hacking Humans

The prince, the pretender, and the PSA.


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As Maria is on vacation this week, our hosts ⁠Dave Bittner⁠ and ⁠Joe Carrigan⁠, are sharing the latest in social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits that are making headlines. Joe and Dave are joined by guest Rob Allen from ThreatLocker who shares a story on how a spoofed call to the help desk unraveled into a full-blown cyber siege on MGM Resorts. Joe’s story is on a new FBI warning: scammers are impersonating the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the very site where people go to report online fraud. Dave's got the story of a so-called “Nigerian prince” scammer who turned out to be a 67-year-old man from Louisiana, now facing 269 counts of wire fraud for helping funnel money to co-conspirators in Nigeria. Our catch of the day comes from a scams subreddit, and is on a message received from the Department of Homeland Security reaching out to a user to share that they are a victim of fraud.

Resources and links to stories:

  • Investigating the MGM Cyberattack – How social engineering and a help desk put the whole strip at risk.
  • Brian Krebs LinkedIn
  • FBI Warns of Scammers Impersonating the IC3
  • IC3 2024 Report
  • 'Nigerian prince' scammer was 67-year-old from Louisiana, police say
  • Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected].

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