When Government Contracts Go Wrong: Lessons From a Power Deal Scandal
James Holloway
A few years back, I was brought in to audit a supply chain management system for a mid-sized company. Nothing seemed out of place at first—the database was organized, the…
Scamming And Scammers
When the Helpers Become the Scammers: A Hard Look at Predatory Recovery Schemes
Tom Harrington
The FTC’s recent shutdown of Digital Forensics Corporation reveals something that keeps me up at night as a security researcher: scammers don’t just exploit vulnerabilities in systems. They exploit vulnerabilities…
When Hype Becomes Fraud: Recognizing the Difference Between Marketing and Deception
Chris Sullivan
A CBS analyst threw around the word “fraud” recently after watching Florida football disappoint everyone who’d been sold a bill of goods about their capabilities. Now, I’m not here to…
Why Disaster Scammers Always Show Up, and How to Spot Them
A hurricane tears through Florida. The damage is real. The need is urgent. And right on schedule, the vultures arrive. I’ve been in IT long enough to know that disasters…
The Phantom Hacker Scam: Why Seniors Are Targets and How to Protect Yourself
Sarah Mitchell
A Wisconsin man just got sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing over a million dollars from elderly people. The scam? Convincing them that hackers had infiltrated their computers…
Why College Students Are Prime Targets for Scammers (And What Actually Works Against Them)
Michael Torres
College students are getting hit hard by scammers right now. Not eventually. Right now. And the weird thing? Most of the scams aren’t even that sophisticated. They’re just exploiting something…
Why We Should Stop Being Surprised by Scams—And Start Understanding Them
“Can you believe it?” We ask this question so often now that it’s become almost reflexive. We say it with disbelief, sometimes with dark humor, sometimes with genuine alarm. But…
Why Smart People Fall for Scams (And What That Says About the Rest of Us)
I got approached in an airport last month by someone offering me something too good to be true. You know what? I took the bait anyway. And I’m not ashamed…
Why Even Smart People Fall for Scams (And What That Says About the Rest of Us)
You know what’s funny? I’ve spent the last twenty-five years in IT security, and I’ve watched scammers evolve from script kiddies sending obviously fake Nigerian prince emails to sophisticated operations…
How AI-Powered Voice Cloning Has Made Scammers Scarier Than Ever
Laura Bennett
I got a call last week from someone claiming to be my bank. The voice on the other end sounded exactly like the automated system I’ve heard a thousand times.…