Robert Siciliano and Peter Warmka do a deep dive into how attackers hack humans and they discuss a $35 million virtual robbery assisted by artificial intelligence.
They dig into a recent bulletin by the FBI regarding wastewater facilities being hacked and how the US government claims there have been almost $600 million in ransomware earnings in 2021 by criminals. Finish the broadcast discussing a sexual assault that occurred on a train and Philadelphia and they plead for citizens to watch out for one another.
Episode’s links:
🔗 How Attackers Hack Humans:
https://www.darkreading.com/edge-articles/how-attackers-hack-humans
🔗 Bank Robbers in the Middle East Reportedly 'Cloned' Someone's Voice to Assist with $35
Million Heist:
https://gizmodo.com/bank-robbers-in-the-middle-east-reportedly-cloned-someo-1847863805
🔗 US Water and Wastewater Facilities Targeted in Cyberattacks, Feds Warn
🔗 US gov claims ransomware 'earned' $590m in the first half of 2021 alone – mostly in Bitcoin
https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/18/fincen_ransomware_report
🔗 Riders held up cellphones as woman was raped on SEPTA train, police say
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