Fraud activity within secure messaging apps in plain sight.
Guest Brittany Allen of Sift joins Dave to talk about a new fraud ring on Telegram where bad actors leverage the app to steal from on-demand food delivery services, Joe's story involves two of the five parts of URLs in phishing attacks, Dave's got a story about a malvertising group called "ScamClub," and our Catch of the Day is from a listener named John about a letter he received in the mail from "TD Trust Bank" about an inheritance opportunity.
Links to stories:
- New Phishing Attack Identified: Malformed URL Prefixes
- “ScamClub” gang outed for exploiting iPhone browser bug to spew ads
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