The SOS program, created for students in third through eighth grades, covers topics like cyberbullying, passwords, malware, social media, and more. It also provides teachers with a curriculum that meets state and federal internet safety mandates.

Romance scam perpetrators are usually men targeting older women who are divorced, widowed, elderly, or disabled—but scammers do not discriminate. To facilitate the investment and demonstrate the ROI, victims are directed to fake websites.

The FBI Columbia field office is leading a multi-agency law enforcement three-day training course this week aimed at better equipping investigators with tools and knowledge to address the ever-growing threat of cybercrime.

The FBI is receiving an increasing number of reports of adults posing as age-appropriate females coercing young boys through social media to produce sexual images and videos and then extorting money from them.

The Pig Butchering scam pulls on heartstrings and purse strings. The fraud is named for the way scammers feed their victims with promises of romance and riches before cutting them off and taking all their money.

The NSA, the CISA, and the FBI jointly released a Cybersecurity Advisory, “Russian SVR Targets U.S. and Allied Networks,” today to expose ongoing Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) exploitation of five publicly known vulnerabilities.

The FBI has seen a recent increase in phone calls that spoof the Bureau’s phone number as part of various scams, but most recently in trying to obtain banking data or gift card/wire transfer payments.

It provides info on the ransomware threat and the government’s response, as well as common infection vectors, tools for attack prevention, and important contacts in the event of a ransomware attack.

According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, bait and switch cases by online Chinese vendors targeting Oregonians have increased by 30 percent since June 2020.

During National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Sacramento Field Office is reminding the business community about business email compromise (BEC).