Journey with us to Myanmar's shadowy scam factories, where trafficked workers are forced to run romance-baiting and fake tech support scams, and find out why a company's mandatory hold time for tech support could lead to innocent users having their computers compromised.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.
Plus - don't miss our featured interview with Acronis CISO Gerald Beuchelt!
Category: Romance baiting
Well, this is a different approach to the scam problem...
The government of Thailand has cut the power supply to areas near its border with Myanmar that are known to host brutal scam compounds. These heavily-guarded fraud factories house armies of people, coerced into defrauding innocent people through bogus investment and romance-baiting scams.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
No, Brad Pitt isn't in love with you.
A French woman was duped into believing a hospitalised Brad Pitt had fallen in love with her. The scammers even faked a "breaking news" report announcing the revelation of Brad's new love...
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Imagine trusting your pastor with your savings, only to find out he's running a crypto scam.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Online romance and investment scams are painful enough without its victims being described as "pigs."
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.