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Re: The golden age of scammers: AI-powered phishing

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Post by Grimblewald » Sun, Jul 21, 2024, 5:41 AM UTC

Grimblewald wrote: post #94

nubinetwork wrote: post #44

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I wouldn't be surprised if alot of the viewbots are using the same pool of IP addresses. Blocking VPNs, VPSes, tor, and ranges with large amounts of bans would probably help. On the other hand, twitch keeps firing employees, so they probably just ban the stream account every 20 minutes because they don't have the manpower.

does twitch auto-generate subtitles? just mine what is being transcribed for signs of being likely to be a scam.

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Re: The golden age of scammers: AI-powered phishing

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Post by smeej » Mon, Jul 22, 2024, 1:56 AM UTC

nonrandomstring wrote: post #136

smeej wrote: post #77

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I beat that drum so long it turned into beating my head against a wall. The last two companies I worked for insisted that customer account security was the highest priority, but as soon as I said we needed to stop hiding links to our own website behind Hubspot tracking URLs so we don't train our customers to click links that look like gobbledygook garbage, the marketing team melted down and it became clear where user…

I like your priest's style. Maybe more cybersecurity and anti-fraud from the pulpit is the way to go now the digital realm has failed. I'll have a word with our vicar, see if we can't squeeze a bit of Kevin Mitnick and Julian Assange in between Proverbs and Revelations.

To be fair, he also uses the pulpit for the announcements before the Mass, not just preaching ;)

It really does help especially the elderly parishioners to hear it directly from the mouth of someone they trust, though. And he tells them if they have any concerns, any doubts about a situation they've gotten into, they can always call the parish office and they'll do the best they can to help them with whatever issue they're facing.

Even just training people to always hang up and call someone who definitely would know if the person they think is reaching out to them actually needs help is such a good first step. Even if the scam email "from" the priest says, "I can't talk right now," call the office. If he were in a bind, he wouldn't be the only one who knew about it.

Re: The golden age of scammers: AI-powered phishing

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Post by snowfield » Mon, Jul 22, 2024, 7:31 PM UTC

ted_bunny wrote: post #131

snowfield wrote: post #42

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laughable

How about an actual rebuttal instead of smug dismissal? Let us in on the joke, genius.

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