Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review edition for the week ending Friday, November 25th, 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.
In a few minutes Terry Cutler of Montreal’s Cyology Labs will be here with commentary on events. But first a review of some of what happened in the last seven days:
A fantasy sports betting website called DraftKings is blaming its users for re-using their passwords as the cause of the theft of US$300,000 from their accounts. Terry and I will discuss if there’s more to it than that.
We’ll also look at a couple of recent ransomware attacks. And we’ll offer advice on safe online holiday shopping.
Also this week, an international police effort has closed the criminal iSpoof website, a service that allowed crooks to make calls that spoofed the phone numbers of business and government officials, as well as to intercept passcodes for two-factor authentication. The site’s main administrator was arrested in the U.K. in an operation that also saw the arrests of over 140 people. Authorities estimate victims around the world lost about $160 million from iSpoof’s…
