Fake WeWork Takeover Bid by Strip Mall Investor Gets Him Five Years in Prison – Go Health Pro

Fake WeWork Takeover Bid by Strip Mall Investor Gets Him Five Years in Prison – Go Health Pro

A former strip mall mogul was sentenced to five years in prison for orchestrating a fake WeWork Inc. takeover bid to profit from stock options he bought just before the company’s November 2023 bankruptcy filing. Jonathan Larmore, sentenced on Tuesdayin federal court in Manhattan, was convicted of fraud in October following a weeklong trial — … Read more

Fake police call cryptocurrency investors to steal their funds – Go Health Pro

Fake police call cryptocurrency investors to steal their funds – Go Health Pro

Have you had a phone call from police about your cryptocurrency wallet? Be on your guard – you could be about to be scammed. That’s the clear warning issued by police in England, as it was disclosed how nine people have lost a combined £1 million in a phone-related cryptocurrency scam. According to the Kent … Read more

Beware of Fake Cybersecurity Audits: Cybercriminals Use Scams to Breach Corporate Systems – Go Health Pro

Beware of Fake Cybersecurity Audits: Cybercriminals Use Scams to Breach Corporate Systems – Go Health Pro

Companies are being warned that malicious hackers are using a novel technique to break into businesses – by pretending to offer audits of the company’s cybersecurity. With ransomware and other cybersecurity threats high in the mind of many business owners, it is all too easy to imagine how many companies might react positively to an … Read more

At the Confluence of Fake News and Extraterritoriality – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

At the Confluence of Fake News and Extraterritoriality – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

The dangers caused by the proliferation of misinformation – or ‘fake news’ – via social media platforms and instant messaging services are not easy to counteract. By the internet’s very nature, online communications are difficult to regulate as information shared by users in one jurisdiction can be easily made available to users in many others. In some cases, platforms themselves have acted to combat fake news beyond the superficial step of maintaining a misinformation policy. For example, Meta’s Oversight Board, a quasi-judicial body created by the parent company of Facebook and Instagram to review content moderation decisions on those platforms, has reviewed individual decisions by Meta concerning the moderation of misinformation, and has made policy recommendations regarding the management of misinformation.

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Fake DocuSign docs used to secure corporate credentials in mishing campaign – Go Health Pro

Fake DocuSign docs used to secure corporate credentials in mishing campaign – Go Health Pro

A targeted mobile phishing (mishing) campaign was observed that leveraged a DocuSign impersonation scheme that aimed to harvest corporate credentials from company executives. ZimperiumLabs reported Dec. 18 that the DocuSign campaign was similar to a pattern of spear phishing attempts that enterprises have been tracking in which attackers specifically target the mobile devices of their … Read more

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