Skepticism is the first step.
Joe shares stories of typo-squatting. Dave reminds warns us against responding to malicious email, even just for fun. The catch of the day is from a listener, leading on a romance scammer. Carole Ther...
14 Marras 201933min
When you are the target, objectivity is gone.
Joe shares a report on who's more susceptible for scams. Dave shares a story from a listener who what hit by a scam attempt while staying at a hotel. Our catch of the day involves an attempt to scam s...
7 Marras 201931min
The Malware Mash!
Happy Halloween from Joe, Dave, and everyone at the CyberWire!
31 Loka 20193min
Don't dismiss the fraudsters.
Dave describes a credential gathering scam targeting users of the Stripe online payment system. Joe responds to an email message from his boss, and learns a valuable lesson. Our catch of the day follo...
31 Loka 201934min
The ability to fundamentally deceive someone.
Joe has the story of a convincing scammer who makes an innocent woman doubt herself. Dave describes an online utility that helps users delete unwanted user accounts and also rates the difficulty of do...
24 Loka 201932min
The fallacy of futility.
Dave describes a ponzi scheme that bought up legitimate investment firms. Joe shares research into deep fakes. The catch of the day includes an invitation to join the illuminati. Ray [REDACTED] return...
17 Loka 201930min
Don't trust ransomware to tell you its real name.
Joe describes online redirect scams, URL encoding and the clever combination of the two. Dave shares delightful satire about Russian brides and Nigerian princes, together at last. The catch of the day...
10 Loka 201932min
The ultimate hacking tool.
Joe reviews highlights from a Proofpoint report on the human aspects of cyber attacks. Dave describes the FTC's cases against online dating site Match.com. The catch of the day comes straight from Her...
3 Loka 201933min
