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Marine Corps reservist and nurse allegedly sold hundreds of forged coronavirus inoculation cards
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Maryland Couple Conspired to Sell Nuclear Secrets
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Nuclear engineer and wife admit plot to steal restricted data and sell it to a foreign power
FBI warns of fake CEO attacks taking place via video conferencing systems
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The FBI has issued a warning that organisations should be on their guard against BEC (Business Email Compromise) attacks involving virtual meeting platforms.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Stealing Bicycles by Swapping QR Codes
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This is a clever hack against those bike-rental kiosks:
They’re stealing Citi Bikes by switching the QR scan codes on two bicycles near each other at a docking station, then waiting for an unsuspecting cyclist to try to unlock a bike with his or her smartphone app.
The app doesn’t work for the rider but does free up the nearby Citi Bike with the switched code, where a thief is waiting, jumps on the bicycle and rides off.
Presumably they’re using camera, printers, and stickers to swap the codes on the bikes. And presumably the victim is charged for not returning the stolen bicycle.
This story is from last year, but I hadn’t seen it before. There’s a video of one theft at the link.
Sex attacker jailed after police track his hire bike
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Officers based at London’s Charing Cross police station were able to identify a man who committed two sexual assaults, after they were able to track him via his hire bike.
Banking World Rocked After Leak Exposes 18,000 Credit Suisse Accounts
Motorola case shows importance of detecting insider IP theft quickly
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on February 7, 2022, the unsealing of an indictment that charged Chinese telecommunications company Hytera Communications with conspiring with former Motorola Solutions employees to “steal digital mobile radio (DMR) technology from Motorola.”
This announcement is just the latest piece in a multi-year saga involving the theft of Motorola’s intellectual property (IP) by employees prior to their departure from Motorola. While the DOJ indictment redacts the name of the employees who are included in the indictment, a look back into the civil litigation between Motorola and Hytera provides clues as to their identities.
Russia “Pre-positioning” Cyber-Attacks for Potential Invasion
Digital Ad Fraud Set to Hit $68bn in 2022
“Who dropped the DB?” Find out with Teleport Database Access
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