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Your iPhone Is Spying On You — Here’s How To Stop It

June 28, 2019Francesca RiveraCybersecurity, Data Protection, Technology

So much for that “what happens on your iPhone, stays on your iPhone” advertising campaign from Apple. I cannot help but note the irony that, in reality, apps are monitoring your every move and grabbing data to help with advertising campaigns. Not that this should come as any great surprise; if you aren’t paying for…

Can Sacrificing Privacy Stomp Out Disinformation Online?

July 6, 2018Francesca RiveraCybersecurity, Risk Management, Technology

It’s one thing to note that tech companies seem to be immune to the bad press that comes from data breaches and intentionally misleading content propagating on their platforms. It’s an altogether scarier prospect that those platforms and disinformation actors might sometimes be working toward similar goals. According to Dipayan Piku Ghosh, a digital-privacy expert at Harvard’s…

Your Wi-Fi Security Is Probably Weak. Here’s How to Fix That

June 13, 2018Francesca RiveraCybersecurity, Data Protection, Security

Chances are that when you bought a Wi-Fi router, you probably did not prioritize strong network security. After all, when we think about wireless connectivity in our homes, most of us generally care more about speed of data transmissions and how much range the router can cover. But it’s time to change our views. Network security…

Millions of Dollars at Stake When Bank Heists Go Digital

May 25, 2018Francesca RiveraCybersecurity, Investigation, Technology

“Get down, this is a robbery!” That’s something no bank employee or patron wants to hear. In the past, bank robberies have resulted in thousands, even millions of dollars stolen in cash and gold (although the average yield for a bank robbery in the United States is only about $3,500, according to the FBI). However,…

Latest Internet Crime Report Released

May 7, 2018Francesca RiveraCybersecurity, FBI, Fraud

Beginning in 2015, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) forwarded multiple complaints to the FBI’s Houston Field Office regarding fraudulent offers of investment opportunities by perpetrators who impersonated U.S. bank officials and financial consultants over the Internet and telephone. Victims in various countries, including the U.S., were deceived into believing they would receive millions of…

Des Plaines woman charged in murder-for-hire plot

April 27, 2018Francesca RiveraCybersecurity, Investigation, Surveillance

DES PLAINES, Ill. (WLS) — A Des Plaines woman was charged after allegedly contracting a “dark-web” company to murder the wife of a man with whom she had an affair, according to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office. Tina Jones, 31, was charged with one felony count of solicitation of murder. Judge George Bakalis ordered…

Cyber attackers target state of Indiana, 144 universities

April 16, 2018Francesca RiveraCybersecurity, Data Protection, Fraud

Nine Iranians were accused Friday of orchestrating years of cyberattacks on U.S. government agencies, the state of Indiana and hundreds of universities and businesses here and abroad in one of the largest state-sponsored hacking cases ever charged by the Justice Department. A series of federal indictments and financial sanctions against Iranian individuals were announced by Deputy US…

US and UK blame Russia for ‘malicious’ cyber-offensive

April 13, 2018Francesca RiveraCybersecurity, Data Protection, Technology

The cyberwar between the west and Russia has escalated after the UK and the US issued a joint alert accusing Moscow of mounting a “malicious” internet offensive that appeared to be aimed at espionage, stealing intellectual property and laying the foundation for an attack on infrastructure. Senior security officials in the US and UK held a rare…

Nationwide Law Enforcement Action Targets Online Drug Trafficking

April 11, 2018Francesca RiveraCybersecurity, Investigation, Law Enforcement

A nationwide law enforcement action aimed at shining a light on those who use the dark web to buy and sell illegal opiates has resulted in hundreds of interactions and arrests of individuals who may have considered their seemingly anonymous online transactions beyond the reach of authorities. The FBI-led enforcement action last week, named Operation…

State-Sponsored Cyber Theft

March 26, 2018Francesca RiveraCybersecurity, FBI, Hacking

Nine Iranian citizens—working at the behest of the government of Iran—have been charged in a massive computer hacking campaign that compromised U.S. and foreign universities, private companies, and U.S. government entities, including the Department of Labor and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The hackers were affiliated with the Mabna Institute, an Iran-based company created in…

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