If you're in a #RomanceScam, what do you do?

In part two of our series we walk through some of the stigmas tied to romance scams, what happens with victims, and point to many resources to help them recover.

https://cofense.com/blog/what-to-do-if-youre-in-a-romance-scam/

Reddit says: “As we all know, humans are often the weakest part of the security chain.”

Other than this being a trite phrase and a cheap excuse, it also probably doesn’t make the victim of the phishing attack feel better.

Maybe one day we'll stop blaming the victim in infosec...one day.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/10/reddit-says-hackers-accessed-internal-data-following-employee-phishing-attack/

This is great - Google providing 100,000 free security keys through 2023 to high-risk users. (Though I am still disappointed that - after all of the joint early work Google did with Yubico - they went with Feitian instead of Yubico to provide the raw hardware for the current Titan Security Key series.)

https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/new-partnerships-and-100000-security-keys-to-protect-high-risk-individuals/

#securitykeys #google #yubico #yubikey

NEW: Andy Greenberg's book "Tracers in the Dark" shows how well cops have learned to catch cybercriminals using the blockchain.

The book is full of detailed behind-the-scenes stories where the cops turn the criminal's use of cryptocurrency against them.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/07/andy-greenberg-tracers-in-the-dark-book-review/

New Executive Order to drop after SOTU. Finally! MFA for users interacting with federal government accounts.

"The Digital Theft EO is a directive that seeks to introduce new measures to prevent and detect identity theft involving public benefits" https://fedscoop.com/digital-theft-eo-to-follow-sou/

A very important piece from @cong and Michael Keller on the tragic but obvious outcome of Twitter laying off the engineers and investigators working on child safety.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/06/technology/twitter-child-sex-abuse.html

New, by me: A New York-based 'stalkerware' maker has agreed to notify individuals whose phones were compromised by its mobile surveillance software, including PhoneSpector and Highster.

It's a rare, rare win against stalkerware, following a deal with the New York attorney general's office.

More: https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/03/new-york-stalkerware-notify-victims/

Thank you!

This year I’ll be able to afford some very important specialist care for my kid that I previously couldn’t.

It’s thanks to all the support you have given to the OMG Cable project. So thanks!

4 years funneling the $ back into the project, feels nice to take some out.