In April, Cybersecurity Ventures reported that there will be 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs in 2025. Their research shows that global cybersecurity job vacancies grew by 350%, from one million openings in 2013 to 3.5 million in 2021. The number of unfilled jobs leveled off in 2022, and remains at…

That’s why it’s a scammers paradise. Facebook knows I like coffee and snacks, that’s why I see ads like these:

The plague of scam robocall$ The scourge of scam robocalls is a national problem, and there is no end in sight. The reason for the billions of monthly scam calls comes down to simply economics — and it’s that scam robocalls are a cash cow for the big telco providers. Bob Sullivan wrote that you…

In the world of information security, there are many cutting-edge attacks. Like the one out of Israel, researchers from Ben-Gurion University and the Weizmann Institute created a technique for long-distance eavesdropping they call lamphone. The lamphone attack allows anyone with a laptop, telescope, and a $400 electro-optical sensor, to listen…

Facebook has turned into a scammers paradise If you like studying fraud and scams, there’s no better place for it than Facebook. Where else can you find a site with hundreds of millions of gullible people and a platform that makes scamming so very easy. Facebook is a great place to see pictures of cats, and get…

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…