Cosmic brownie crimes.
About this episode
The episode discusses various social engineering scams, including a real-world fraud case and the impact of AI on scam operations.
This week, hosts of N2K CyberWire Maria Varmazis and Dave Bittner alongside Joe Carrigan are discussing the latest in social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits that are making headlines. We start with some follow-up after a listener asks Joe to finally reveal the backpack that's become a recurring character on the show—and whether it's really as airport-infeding as everyone says. Joe covers Myanmar's approval of the death penalty for convicted scammers and shares a real-world fraud case involving forged Little Debbie snack deliveries that shows scams don't always happen online. Maria explores the rise in foreclosure rescue and equity-stripping scams, where fraudsters target financially vulnerable homeowners and attempt to steal their money—or even their homes. Dave breaks down new research showing how AI-powered phone farms…
People in this episode
Hosts: Maria Varmazis, Dave Bittner
Guest: Joe Carrigan
Topics covered
- social engineering scams
- phishing schemes
- criminal exploits
- foreclosure rescue scams
- AI-powered fraud
- scam-baiting
Keywords
- scams
- fraud
- phishing
- AI
- foreclosure
- Little Debbie
- Myanmar
- scam-baiting
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Myanmar
Products: Little Debbie
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