InfoSec News Nuggets 06/28/2023

This Chatbot Gives Phone Call Scammers a Taste of Their Own Medicine  A group of cybersecurity experts in Australia are developing a chatbot that can impersonate a human and sit on a scam phone call to waste a fraudster's time. Researchers at Macquarie University in Sydney are creating the chatbot system to act as a “honeypot” that lures scammers into 40-minute-long conversations that amount to nothing. “Our model ties them up, wastes their time, and reduces the number…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 06/20/2023

US Offers $10m Reward For MOVEit Attackers  The US Department of State has offered a $10m reward for information linking members of a Clop affiliate responsible for a recent data extortion campaign to a foreign government. Using the #StopRansomware hashtag, the department issued the announcement as part of its Rewards for Justice initiative. Launched in 1984, the program is designed to boost national security by soliciting information on terrorists, North Korean activity, cyber-threat actors and election interference.    Researchers Discover…
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