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Chief Paranoid and CISO at Yahoo (and AOL, TechCrunch, Engadget, etc). Formerly of Google and NASA OIG. Kind of a nerd.
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@amuse @tychotithonus @dangoodin Let me dig and I'll get back to you on this ASAP
@SwiftOnSecurity @lorenzofb @zackwhittaker @malwarejake The link seems to work, it seems to be the preview that is wonky
@andygreenphd "well, actually..."

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/

What to Do If You're in a Romance Scam: 4 Essential Tips

If you suspect that you're in a romance scam, don't panic. Our blog will guide you through the 4 essential steps to protect yourself and recover from scams.

Cofense
@jnazario Watching that show makes me sad for the future (present) we didn't get, but it's a great show.
@fuzztech That's awful! Glad you finally got it figured out, but.... man!

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/

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Honored to represent the field of trust and safety in today’s House Oversight Committee hearing. The stakes for this work — for national security, and for the future of the internet — couldn’t be higher. https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Roth-House-Oversight-opening-statement-V4-Final.pdf

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 partnerships and 100,000 security keys to protect high-risk individuals

We're partnering with the International Foundation of Electoral Systems and expanding our work with Defending Digital Campaigns leading up to the 2024 U.S. elections

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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/

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