How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions
"Jerome Jacobson and his network of mobsters, psychics, strip club owners, and drug traffickers won almost every prize for 12 years, until the FBI launched Operation ‘Final Answer.’"
“Why does Anyone in this City Need a Gun?”
"[Mayor John Tory] did not mean that the cops who protect him do not need guns. He meant that ordinary citizens should be totally disarmed, hoping that thugs will also disarm, which would (inexplicably?) leave only the cops armed."
US breaks up phone scam where fake government agents believably extorted victims
"The fraudulent calls came suddenly and frequently while the scam was active from 2012 to 2016, according to court documents. A person posing as an Internal Revenue Service or immigration official was on the phone, threatening arrest, deportation or other penalties if the victims did not immediately pay their debts with prepaid cards or wire transfers."
Ethereum web wallet hit by attack after Hola VPN extension gets hacked
"The situation recalls a similar incident in February when MEW was affected by a DNS attack that saw at least $365,000 of crypto stolen from users."
Hackers selling access to airport security systems for $10
"RDP administrators have been slow to adopt techniques like two-factor authentication and rate-limiting, which could prevent attacks like this one."
Stolen Air Force drone manuals available for $200 on the dark web
"The hacker told Recorded Future that he frequently 'entertains' himself by watching live streams of sensitive footage from airplanes and border surveillance cameras."
Rootkit-Based Adware Wreaks Havoc Among U.S. Windows 10 Users
"When it was released back in 2015, one of the main perks of Windows 10 was the improved security features that made it harder for rootkits to get a foothold on Microsoft's new OS."
VPNFilter malware infecting 500,000 consumer devices is worse than we thought
"The FBI recommended that all owners of consumer-grade routers, switches, and network-attached storage devices reboot their devices. While the advice likely disrupted VPNFilter’s advance and bought infected users time, it may also have created the mistaken belief that rebooting alone was enough to fully remove VPNFilter from infected devices."
LTE wireless connections used by billions aren’t as secure as we thought
"The attacks work because of weaknesses built into the LTE standard itself. The most crucial weakness is a form of encryption that doesn’t protect the integrity of the data."
Swann home security camera sends video clips to random people
"Swann is owned by the Infinova Group, a US-based security camera specialist with offices across the globe."
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