Elizabeth Holmes — when evidence fails, leverage testosterone Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of Theranos, used a simple but time-tested technique for fraud. As brilliantly detailed by John Carreyrou in the definitive story of the sage, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, she stacked her executive board with powerful men who knew nothing about…

Scammers have the advantage and people are oblivious to their tactics. And the FCC does nothing to stop the billions of scam robocalls. https://brothke.medium.com/this-is-what-a-scammer-sounds-like-ad074d80e3f6

Facebook has countless ads for really cheap things. But most people get caught up in the irrational exuberance of getting a Kitchen Aide or DeWalt tools for a few dollars. If you think timeshares are deceptive and misleading, these ads are even more deceptive. All of these scams have the…

Facebook is now a cesspool of scammers Facebook has turned into a cesspool of scams. Like the boiler rooms of old, they pop up quickly and disappear quickly. The latest scam is where they make it seems like you get a free product. But are in fact entered into a raffle for that products. Take this one…

With the RSA Conference 2023 under two months away, starting on April 24, the time to plan your trip is now. Attending the conference requires significant time and monetary investment. So here are some tips to consider to ensure your time and money are well spent. Register early — believe…

Welcome to scam year 2023 2023 is but a few weeks old and scam robocalls and scam messages continue to proliferate. Scammers are producing more believable ways to get people to hand over their money. They relentlessly want our personal information and, ultimately, our money. …

If you are like most Americans, you have been plagued by incessant scam robocalls. The FCC could quickly stop at least 60% of these scam robocalls in an hour. But instead of taking real action, the FCC created the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force. …

It’s been a year since I wrote The 5 Best Information Security Books of 2021, which was preceded by The Best Information Security Books of 2020 and The Best Information Security Books of 2019. …

It’s the gold rush crypto scammers Last week’s cover story of The Economist noted that the collapse of FTX dealt a catastrophic blow to crypto’s reputation and aspirations. In early November, cryptocurrency exchange FTX was the third largest in the world and was valued at $32 billion. Today, there is nothing left of FTX but 1…