How it really happened : NINJIO Season 6, Episode 12, To Scan, Or Not To Scan
NINJIO Season 6: Episode 12, To Scan, Or Not To Scan
Government employees within the town of Peterborough, New Hampshire were tricked into sending 2.3 million dollars to cybercriminals. While cyberattacks such as this aren’t new, the methods employed by hackers oftentimes are.
$2.3 million theft via email is an example of a problem so common it has an acronym: BEC
https://www.concordmonitor.com/peterborough-nh-cyberattack-spoofing-phishing-42117300
Scammers are emailing waves of unsolicited QR codes, aiming to steal Microsoft users’ passwords
https://www.cyberscoop.com/qr-code-phishing-scam/
QR Codes Help Attackers Sneak Emails Past Security Controls
https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/qr-codes-help-attackers-sneak-emails-past-security-controls
Careful what you scan: BBB warns against QR code scam
https://www.cbs17.com/news/careful-what-you-scan-bbb-warns-against-qr-code-scam/
BBB Scam Alert: Watch out for fraudulent QR codes
https://www.bbb.org/article/scams/24636-bbb-scam-alert-watch-out-for-fraudulent-qr-codes
Special Report – For What Technology Can’t Fix: Building a Model of Organizational Cybersecurity Culture http://web.mit.edu/smadnick/www/wp/2019-02.pdf
