When you are the target, objectivity is gone. Thursday, November 7, 2019 Joe shares a report on who’s more susceptible for scams. Dave shares a story from a listener who was hit by a scam attempt while staying at a hotel. Our catch of the day involves an attempt to…
Local dating sites may sound like they’re for homebodies, but they’re actually one of the most effective ways to spark a real-time connection. Local couples typically don’t have to grapple with things like cultural differences or long-distance relationships. Instead, they can start the relationship on common ground — literally —…
Produced by Susan Mallie and Josh Gelman When Kelly Dwyer didn’t show up for work on Oct. 12, 2013, her co-workers were the first to respond by calling her cell phone and checking social media. Investigators would learn her phone was dead, her social media was down, and her…
Insider Threats Sunday, November 3, 2019 What’s an insider threat? Loosely, it’s a threat that operates from within your organization. In this CyberWire special edition, our UK correspondent Carole Theriault soeak with experts who’ll talk us through the different ways insider threats manifest themselves. Transcript Dave Bittner: [00:00:07] What is…
Don’t dismiss the fraudsters. Thursday, October 31, 2019 Dave describes a credential gathering scam targeting users of the Stripe online payment system. Joe responds to an email message from his boss, and learns a valuable lesson. Our catch of the day follows someone as they string along a text messaging…
When economists say “There’s no such thing as a free lunch,” what they mean is everything comes with a cost — it just might not be in dollars, euros, or yen. Savvy online daters may be familiar with the hidden costs of a 100% free dating site. They may run…
Between 2012 and 2018, the amount of time people spent on their smartphones jumped from 88 to 203 minutes a day .The top dating apps took advantage of this trend and created fast-working features to entice users to swipe, match, and chat as they went about their days. Today, the…
These are the London rapists who have been put behind bars so far this year. One man followed his victim to a home before repeatedly attacking her, while another hit his victim over the head with a hammer before subjecting her to rape. Their victims will undoubtedly never forget what…
With 1160 convictions, 1000 jail sentences, and a maximum jail time of over 5000 years, Les Orchard could be New Zealand’s most prolific fraudster. He does it all for fun, he tells Steve Kilgallon. We meet in a McDonald’s opposite Wellington’s main railway station. He’s wearing a striped dark shirt,…
Netflix’s streaming library is being stocked with a number of new original series and films in next month. On Wednesday, the streaming giant debuted its full list of November additions, which includes a total of 73 new Netflix original films and series, meaning that the streamer is winding down 2019…