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Nov 4, 2024 | 
securityboulevard.com | Tom Eston |Gary Warner |Mark Rasch |David Bisson
By Tom Eston,Gary Warner,Mark Rasch,David Bisson,Gary Warner, UAB In episode 353, we discuss the February 2024 ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, resulting in the largest data breach of protected health information in history. Notifications have been sent to 100 million ...
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
securityboulevard.com | Jeffrey Burt |Gary Stevens |Joan Goodchild |Gary Warner
Today the Birmingham InfraGard Chapter and the Alabama ISSA held a joint meeting featuring a presentation from the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, part of DHS that was formerly known as the ...
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
securityboulevard.com | Gary Warner
The Eastern District of New York has announced charges against four men for their roles in a Business Email Compromise (BEC) and romance scams. The US Attorney's Office press release states: The first defendant, Animashaun Adebo, also known as Kazeem and Kazeem Animashaun, was arrested in Chicago and posted $1 million in bail on the surety of three co-signers, including Toyosi Abdul who appeared in person on 20JUN2024.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
securityboulevard.com | Gary Warner |Tom Eston
Discover why fintech and crypto fraud is increasing and how to prepare your fraud prevention strategy for economic uncertainty. The post Digital Trust & Safety Roundup: Economic uncertainty, fintech fraud, and crypto ...
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
securityboulevard.com | Gary Warner
By Gary Warner Last week I was reviewing a publication by the United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime published in January 2024, titled "Casinos, Money Laundering, Underground Banking, and Transnational Organized Crime in East ...
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
securityboulevard.com | Gary Warner
Last week I was reviewing a publication by the United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime published in January 2024, titled "Casinos, Money Laundering, Underground Banking, and Transnational Organized Crime in East and Southeast Asia: A Hidden and Accelerating Threat." (URL to the UNODC report: UNODC: Casinos, Money Laundering, Underground Banking ...
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
securityboulevard.com | Gary Warner
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
securityboulevard.com | Gary Warner
Last week the case of Valentine FOMBE was finally brought to a close. FOMBE was sentenced to 144 months in Federal prison and ordered to pay $325,856 in restitution to victims of Business Email Compromise scams that he conducted from 2016 to 2018. The various court documents present nearly as many puzzles as the sentence answers. Chief among them, what happened to the co-conspirators? and why have they not also been sentenced?
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
securityboulevard.com | Gary Warner
We didn't see the alias "Papa Kwam" in use, but his Facebook account is in the name "Don Kwame." All three cases make reference to one another, with the exception that Gedeon's 2-page indictment for Aggravated Identity Theft is stand-alone. While he is not named as a defendant in case #2, he is referred to throughout that case.
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Feb 10, 2024 | 
securityboulevard.com | Gary Warner
When I'm talking to bankers and other fraud fighters, I often mention how easy it is for a criminal to obtain a Drivers License bearing any information they desire. I was reminded of this again as I saw the sentencing of Desmond Nkwenya from Brookhaven, Georgia this week.
