The Security Guy and CIA Spy PodBroadcast by Robert Siciliano and Peter Warmka

In this episode Robert Siciliano and Peter Warmka discuss a rash of local mail thefts coinciding with a reported 17-fold nationwide increase in checks stolen from the U.S. mail being posted for sale online. The most sophisticated cybercrime groups are beginning to specifically target managed service providers in order to gain access to their clients and users.

They also discuss dads shooting at each other in traffic, injuring each other’s daughters AND a tourist kidnapped in Mexico who's foot was hacked with machete before being left for dead, and finally an Imposter Claiming to Be an Astronaut Wooed a Japanese Woman Into Paying for a 'Return Ticket to Earth!

Episode's keynotes / comments / links

Mail thefts surge nationwide

https://www.hastingstribune.com/ap/national/mail-thefts-surge-nationwide/article_3d06e6a4-3d25-525c-849c-be955001854d.html

Dads shoot at each other in traffic, injure each other’s daughters: sheriff

https://www.fox13news.com/news/dads-shoot-at-each-other-in-traffic-injuring-each-others-daughters

MSP’s the new attack target

https://securityboulevard.com/2022/10/msps-the-new-attack-target/

Tourist kidnapped in Mexico had foot hacked with machete before being left for dead

https://www.foxla.com/news/tourist-kidnapped-mexico-left-for-dead

An Imposter Claiming to Be an Astronaut Wooed a Japanese Woman Into Paying for a 'Return Ticket to Earth'

https://gizmodo.com/astronaut-iss-instagram-1849638814

Resources:

Protect Now CSI Protection: Cyber Social Identity and Personal Protection e-learning certification

https://protectnowllc.com/csi-protection-certification/

Hire Robert to speak live at your event

https://protectnowllc.com/contact-us/

Peter Warmka is a retired senior intelligence officer with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency

https://www.counterintelligence-institute.com/

Peters two TEDx talks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QylMFbbc_ws

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUVktsEfvrg

Peters Book

Confessions of a CIA Spy: The Art of Human Hacking

https://amzn.to/2LQuBSP

This episode is about Zelle scams, Social media and smash and grabs! Peter Warmka and Robert Siciliano discuss the rise of Zelle scams and how social media is making teens sick. They discuss a rise in property crimes resulting from physical assaults and smash-and-grab robberys and high-end neighborhoods across the country.

Episode's keynotes / comments / links:

Important information about a trending ZELLE payment scam

https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/banking/zelle-scams-protect-yourself-and-stop-thieves-in-their-tracks/#

AND

https://www.zellepay.com/financial-education/pay-it-safe/understanding-fraud-scams

How social media is literally making teens mentally ill

https://nypost.com/2022/09/17/how-social-media-is-literally-making-teens-mentally-ill-doctor/

Armed moped thieves terrorize Manhattan: Grab-and-Go crooks rip $12K Rolex from man's wrist

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11157189/NYC-hit-spate-thefts-heeled-residents-armed-moped-thieves.html

AND

Boston Police warn of cell phone thieves who swipe data, and banking information

https://www.yahoo.com/video/boston-police-warn-cell-phone-021421522.html

BPD

https://bpdnews.com/news/2022/9/13/bpd-detectives-investigating-larceny-of-cell-phones-leading-to-unauthorized-bank-account-activity-in-downtown-boston

Resources:

Protect Now CSI Protection: Cyber Social Identity and Personal Protection e-learning certification

https://protectnowllc.com/csi-protection-certification/

Hire Robert to speak live at your event

https://protectnowllc.com/contact-us/

Peter Warmka is a retired senior intelligence officer with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency

https://www.counterintelligence-institute.com/

Peters two TEDx talks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QylMFbbc_ws

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUVktsEfvrg

Peters Book

Confessions of a CIA Spy: The Art of Human Hacking

https://amzn.to/2LQuBSP

Peter Warmka and Robert Siciliano discuss the rise of imposter employees using deepfakes and the FBI's recent warning. They discuss How to Protect Your Small Business From Personalized Cyberattacks and show you how to protect yourself. And they show a video where the Boston Police rescued a Father and son clinging to a cooler to survive after their boat sinks near Boston Harbor.

Episode's keynotes / comments / links:

You just hired a deepfake. Get ready for the rise of imposter employees.

🔗 https://www.protocol.com/workplace/deepfake-imposter-employees

How to Protect Your Small Business From Personalized Cyberattacks:

🔗 https://securityboulevard.com/2022/08/how-to-protect-your-small-business-from-personalized-cyberattacks/

How to use AirDrop on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch:

🔗 https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204144

Father and son cling to cooler to survive after boat sinks near Boston Harbor:

🔗 https://news.sky.com/vi

Resources:

Protect Now CSI Protection: Cyber Social Identity and Personal Protection e-learning certification:

🔗 https://protectnowllc.com/csi-protection-certification/

Hire Robert to speak live at your event:

🔗 https://protectnowllc.com/contact-us/

Peter Warmka is a retired senior intelligence officer with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency:

🔗 https://www.counterintelligence-institute.com/

Peters two TEDx talks:

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QylMFbbc_ws

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUVktsEfvrg

Peters Book:

Confessions of a CIA Spy: The Art of Human Hacking

🔗 https://amzn.to/2LQuBSP

Peter Warmka and Robert Siciliano discuss how to remove or delete old accounts and why you should. They discuss how researchers discovered 24B usernames and passwords on the Darkweb and show you how to determine if your credentials have been exposed. And they alert you to LinkedIn financial fraud and how millions have been stolen in crypto-related scams.

Episode's keynotes / comments / links:

How to Delete Old Accounts Containing Personal Information:

🔗 https://www.mcafee.com/blogs/tips-tricks/how-to-delete-old-accounts-containing-personal-information/

24B usernames and passwords available for sale in cybercriminal marketplaces:

🔗 https://venturebeat.com/security/report-24b-usernames-and-passwords-available-for-sale-in-cybercriminal-marketplaces/

Check if your email has been breached:

🔗 https://protectnowllc.com/hacked-checker/

FBI says fraud on LinkedIn a ‘significant threat’ to platform and consumers:

🔗 https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/17/fbi-says-fraud-on-linkedin-a-significant-threat-to-platform-and-consumers.html

Resources:

Protect Now CSI Protection: Cyber Social Identity and Personal Protection e-learning certification:

🔗 https://protectnowllc.com/csi-protection-certification/

Hire Robert to speak live at your event:

🔗 https://protectnowllc.com/contact-us/

Peter Warmka is a retired senior intelligence officer with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency:

🔗 https://www.counterintelligence-institute.com/

Peters two TEDx talks:

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QylMFbbc_ws

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUVktsEfvrg

Peters Book:

Confessions of a CIA Spy: The Art of Human Hacking

🔗 https://amzn.to/2LQuBSP

Peter Warmka and Robert Siciliano discuss the Amazon Phishing sites, protecting yourself from credit card fraud, and how to protect your privacy when using Messaging apps. Also, Robert and Peter do a deep dive into the real-life scenario where a security expert lost all access to his accounts due to a house fire!

Episode's keynotes / comments / links:

Hackers Get Ready for Amazon Prime Days Shoppers with Thousands of Live Phishing Sites

🔗https://www.slashnext.com/blog/hackers-get-ready-for-amazon-prime-days-shoppers-with-thousands-of-live-phishing-sites/

How To Stop Other People from Seeing When You’re Online

🔗https://gizmodo.com/how-to-hide-online-status-whatsapp-imessage-google-chat-1849133402

Apple Scam: Verify your email address!

Apple's New Lockdown Mode for iPhone Fights Hacking

🔗 https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/apples-new-lockdown-mode-for-iphone-fights-hacking/

I've locked myself out of my digital life

🔗 https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/06/ive-locked-myself-out-of-my-digital-life/

Protect Now CSI Protection: Cyber Social Identity and Personal Protection e-learning certification

🔗 https://protectnowllc.com/csi-protection-certification/

Hire Robert to speak live at your event

🔗 https://protectnowllc.com/contact-us/

Peter Warmka is a retired senior intelligence officer with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency

🔗 https://www.counterintelligence-institute.com/

Peters two TEDx talks:

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QylMFbbc_ws

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUVktsEfvrg

Peters Book

Confessions of a CIA Spy: The Art of Human Hacking

🔗 https://amzn.to/2LQuBSP

Peter Warmka and Robert Siciliano discuss the ongoing vulnerability of U.S. Water Utilities, a Prime Cyberattack Target, and how Monkey Pox could be a real threat. They also talk about what to do when a cop asks to search your vehicle and 7 NFT Scams That Could Be Targeting You!

Breaking News:

U.S. Water Utilities Prime Cyberattack Target, Experts

🔗 https://threatpost.com/water-cyberattack-target/179935/

Storing Water for Survival

🔗 https://safr.me/blog/2018/02/13/storing-water-survival/

CDC raises monkeypox alert to level 2, recommends masks during travel

🔗 https://www.foxnews.com/health/cdc-monkeypox-alert-level-2-recommends-masks-travel

U.S. Monkeypox Outbreak 2022: Situation Summary

🔗 https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/index.html

What to Do When a Cop Asks to Search Your Vehicle

🔗 https://lifehacker.com/what-to-do-when-a-cop-asks-to-search-your-vehicle-1848930764

7 NFT Scams That Could Be Targeting Your Brand

🔗 https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/7-nft-scams-that-could-be-targeting-your-brand

NFTs, explained

🔗 https://www.theverge.com/22310188/nft-explainer-what-is-blockchain-crypto-art-faq

Protect Now CSI Protection: Cyber Social Identity and Personal Protection e-learning certification

🔗 https://protectnowllc.com/csi-protection-certification/

Hire Robert to speak live at your event

🔗 https://protectnowllc.com/contact-us/

Peter Warmka is a retired senior intelligence officer with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency

🔗 https://www.counterintelligence-institute.com/

Peters two TEDx talks:

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QylMFbbc_ws

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUVktsEfvrg

Peters Book

Confessions of a CIA Spy: The Art of Human Hacking

🔗 https://amzn.to/2LQuBSP

Peter and Robert discuss Ransomware knocking a small town back to paper records.

They also talk about how to protect yourself from credit card fraud, romance scams, in addition to a predator slashing womens tires and faking help to abduct them.

Ransomware attack sends US county back to 1977

https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/29/security_roundup/

Credit Card Fraud Is the Problem That Won't Go Away. It Just Changes

https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/credit-cards/credit-card-theft-is-the-problem-that-wont-go-away-it-just-changes/#ftag=CAD590a51e

Feds: Fake Army general scammed multiple women out of $1M

https://apnews.com/article/politics-texas-rhode-island-arrests-money-laundering-7dda7ee1c196facc6a9ed90830371d56

Scam Watch:

Police: Man targets young woman by tampering with their cars

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/women-in-milford-bellingham-targeted-by-suspect-tampering-with-their-cars/

Protect Now CSI Protection: Cyber Social Identity and Personal Protection e-learning certification

https://protectnowllc.com/csi-protection-certification/

Hire Robert to speak live at your event

https://protectnowllc.com/contact-us/

Peter Warmka is a retired senior intelligence officer with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency

https://www.counterintelligence-institute.com/

Peters two TEDx talks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QylMFbbc_ws

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUVktsEfvrg

Peters Book

Confessions of a CIA Spy: The Art of Human Hacking

https://amzn.to/2LQuBSP

This episode was recorded 5 days before the tragic mass shooting event in Texas! Peter and Robert discuss the murderous rampage resulting in the death of 10 innocents in Buffalo. Learn how to spot someone who is "coming undone" and know what your options are for personal protection.

The recent tragic event in Texas proves that the discussion around gun violence and mass shootings is arguably THE MOST critical discussion so that we can find the root of the problem and prevent unnecessary deaths.

Episode's keynotes / comments / links

🔗  Copycat' mass shootings becoming deadlier, experts warn after New York attack

https://news.yahoo.com/copycat-mass-shootings-becoming-deadlier-222209527.html

🔗 Payton Gendron wore hazmat suit to school, was hospitalized after threatening classmates

https://nypost.com/2022/05/15/payton-gendron-was-hospitalized-after-threatening-classmates/

🔗 A new generation of white supremacist killer: shedding blood with internet winks, memes and livestreams

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-new-generation-of-white-supremacist-killer-shedding-blood-with-internet-winks-memes-and-livestreams/ar-AAXjHQi

🔗 GUN CRIME WAVE Warning over ‘summer of violence’ with kids pressured to carry guns in US warzones after shooting deaths hit record high

https://www.the-sun.com/news/5308542/gun-violence-cdc-report/

Buffalo massacre puts spotlight on hate-filled website

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/16/tech/4chan-buffalo-shooting/

Peters two TEDx talks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QylMFbbc_ws

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUVktsEfvrg

Peters Book

Confessions of a CIA Spy: The Art of Human Hacking

https://amzn.to/2LQuBSP

Protect Now CSI Protection: Cyber Social Identity and Personal Protection e-learning certification

https://protectnowllc.com/csi-protection-certification/

Hire Robert to speak live at your event

https://protectnowllc.com/contact-us/

Peter Warmka and Robert Siciliano discuss fake news also known as disinformation or misinformation and how it is being used to con everyday people out of their money and even their vote.

With Covid calming down, and everyone getting back to traveling for business and pleasure, Robert and Peter tell their own stories about travel mishaps and scams, and cover a multitude of proactive safety and security tips to ensure safe Summer travels.

Tourism and vacations are supposed to be filled with great moments, not terrible ones. Listen to the security guy and CIA spy as they bring awareness to the many ways in which tourists can become victims when visiting foreign countries or even different states. They then explain how to prevent your trip from being ruined by swindlers, thieves and other would-be threats.

Episode's keynotes / comments / links

Travel Security Tips:

https://expertvagabond.com/travel-safety-tips/

Protect Now CSI Protection: Cyber Social Identity and Personal Protection e-learning certification:

https://protectnowllc.com/csi-protection-certification/

Hire Robert to speak live at your event:

https://protectnowllc.com/contact-us/

Peter's two TEDx talks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QylMFbbc_ws

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUVktsEfvrg

Peter's Book:

Confessions of a CIA Spy: The Art of Human Hacking

https://amzn.to/2LQuBSP

Hire Robert to speak live at your event:

https://protectnowllc.com/contact-us/