Podcasts about Extortion

True crime journalist Jack Hoysted tells the story of the life and times of the man known as the 'Mr Big' of organised crime

Vonda Freeman may have gotten her start by inadvertantly breaking a child labor law or two, but her integrity remains firmly intact. As wine director for Indigo Road Hospitlaity Group, Vonda guides the lists of almost 30 restaurants and never stops learning, recently becoming a sake advisor. Susan and Vonda talk about the restaurant business, wild nights, and courage.

Foreign ministers from Russia and China are meeting in New York after Russian President Vladimir Putin's nuclear threat. Three of America's largest banks are promising to take action if Beijing invades Taiwan. A U.S. commander says the American Navy is prepared for any scenario if China does decide to invade the island. A Chinese factory owner tells his story. He says he fled to Canada after repeated harassment and extortion crippled his business. Why is Falun Gong painted differently in China than it is overseas? A look at Beijing's propaganda history could hold the answer. ⭕️Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

Welcome to Day 2004 of  Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom Wisdom For Life – Daily Wisdom Welcome to Wisdom-Trek with Gramps. We are on Day 2004 of our Trek. We are transitioning in the structure of Wisdom-Trek to focus on the great wisdom books of the Bible. One habit I have practiced nearly every day for the past 45+ years of my adult life is to read the chapter in the book of Proverbs that corresponds to the day of the month. This single habit has been the catalyst for gaining wisdom and creating a living legacy. Adopting this habit can do the same for your life. So, beginning October 1st, I will start publishing the reading of the chapter in Proverbs that corresponds to the day of the month. Before that, I am reading through the book of Ecclesiastes. King Solomon, who wrote both Ecclesiastics and Proverbs, was the wisest person to live. He wrote Ecclesiastes late in his life, after trying many other paths to wisdom, and then he was brought back to the realization that God's Wisdom is the only true wisdom. This realization is what drives me to seek out God's wisdom each day. Wisdom is the final frontier in gaining true knowledge. So we are on a daily trek to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, and to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Today I will read Ecclesiastes 7, and I have titled this chapter: Wisdom For Life A good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume. And the day you die is better than the day you are born. 2 Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties. After all, everyone dies— so the living should take this to heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for sadness has a refining influence on us. 4 A wise person thinks a lot about death, while a fool thinks only about having a good time. 5 Better to be criticized by a wise person than to be praised by a fool. 6 A fool's laughter is quickly gone, like thorns crackling in a fire. This also is meaningless. 7 Extortion turns wise people into fools, and bribes corrupt the heart. 8 Finishing is better than starting. Patience is better than pride. 9 Control your temper, for anger labels you a fool. 10 Don't long for “the good old days.” This is not wise. 11 Wisdom is even better when you have money. Both are a benefit as you go through life. 12 Wisdom and money can get you almost anything, but only wisdom can save your life. 13 Accept the way God does things, for who can straighten what he has made crooked? 14 Enjoy prosperity while you can, but when hard times strike, realize that both come from God. Remember that nothing is certain in this life. The Limits of Human Wisdom 15 I have seen everything in this meaningless life, including the death of good young people and the long life of wicked people. 16 So don't be too good or too wise! Why destroy yourself? 17 On the other hand, don't be too wicked either. Don't be a fool! Why die before your time? 18 Pay attention to these instructions, for anyone who fears God will avoid both extremes.[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+7&version=NLT#fen-NLT-17424a (a)] 19 One wise person is stronger than ten leading citizens of a town! 20 Not a single person on earth is always good and never sins. 21 Don't eavesdrop on others—you may hear your servant curse you. 22 For you know how often you yourself have cursed others. 23 I have always tried my best to let wisdom guide my thoughts and actions. I said to myself, “I am determined to be wise.” But it didn't work. 24 Wisdom is always distant and difficult to find. 25 I searched everywhere, determined to find wisdom and to understand the reason for things. I was determined to prove to myself that wickedness is stupid and that foolishness is madness. 26 I discovered that a seductive...

A sexual assault complaint was filed against singer Ricky Martin after he filed a $30 million extortion lawsuit against his nephew. Reports say the complaint came from Martin's nephew, who dropped previous sexual assault allegations against the singer in July. The Law&Crime Network's Angenette Levy breaks it down with entertainment lawyer Jonathan Handel.GUESTS: Jonathan Handel: https://twitter.com/jhandelLAW&CRIME SIDEBAR PRODUCTION:YouTube Management - Bobby SzokePodcasting - Sam GoldbergVideo Editing - Michael Deininger Guest Booking - Alyssa FisherSocial Media Management - Kiera BronsonSUBSCRIBE TO OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Court JunkieObjectionsThey Walk Among AmericaCoptales and CocktailsThe Disturbing TruthSpeaking FreelyLAW&CRIME NETWORK SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawandcrime/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LawCrimeNetworkFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawandcrimeTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lawandcrimenetworkTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lawandcrimeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What would you do to mitigate the threat of an extortion attempt against your business?    On today's episode, hosts Ryan and Roland go through the dos and don'ts of responding to online trolls, hate speech, and extortion attempts. This comes after a recent extortion attempt where some guy threatened the team with harmful reviews in exchange for access to a program worth thousands of dollars.  If you ever receive a blackmail message, remember to stay calm. The extortionist's primary objective is to threaten you into responding and eventually paying some form of ransom. But, in most cases, they cannot hurt you. It doesn't matter if the threat includes some truth or not; you're always better off not engaging in their antics. Tune in to learn more about extortion attempts and how to stay level-headed when a scammer threatens your brand image and online reputation. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: How to handle an extortion attempt on your business Why engaging with an extortionist is never a good idea What to do after receiving negative online reviews The benefits of taking a mindful pause before responding  How to deal with haters and negative reviews The only time it makes sense to respond to a hater or an extortionist When silence makes you look guilty Remember, this too shall pass LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Ask Roland and Ryan a question http://businesslunchpodcast.com/ask (HERE). OUR PARTNERS: https://scalable.co/7-levels-assessment/?utm_source=business-lunch&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=lead-gen (7 Steps to Scalable workbook) Get a free proposal from https://conversionfanatics.com/ (Conversion Fanatics) Get 3% cash back on your ad spend with https://www.funneldash.com/adcard (AdCard) https://yourzerodownbook.com (Get my book, Zero Down, FREE) Thanks so much for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to Business Lunch? Have some feedback you'd like to share? Connect with us on https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/perpetual-traffic-by-digital/id1022441491?mt=2 (iTunes) and leave us a review! Mentioned in this episode: Build Your CEO Dashboard Get one report every week of the key metrics you need to know with the CEO Dashboard! https://business-lunch.captivate.fm/ceo (CEO Dashboard) Get $300 off Your Virtual Assistant Visit https://resources.belaysolutions.com/lunch for more details! https://business-lunch.captivate.fm/belay (Belay) Get Roland's Training on Acquiring Businesses! Discover The EXACT Strategy Roland Has Used To Found, Acquire, Scale And Sell Over Two Dozen Businesses With Sales Ranging From $3 Million To Just Under $4 Billion! https://business-lunch.captivate.fm/epic (EPIC Training)

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This joint Cybersecurity Advisory highlights continued malicious cyber activity by advanced persistent threat actors affiliated with the Iranian Government's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The IRGC-affiliated actors are actively targeting a broad range of entities, including entities across multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors as well as Australian, Canadian, and United Kingdom organizations.  AA22-257A Alert, Technical Details, and Mitigations AA22-257A.stix CISA's Iran Cyber Threat Overview and Advisories FBI's Iran Threat webpage. Iranian Government-Sponsored APT Cyber Actors Exploiting Microsoft Exchange and Fortinet Vulnerabilities in Furtherance of Malicious Activities Technical Approaches to Uncovering and Remediating Malicious Activity All organizations should report incidents and anomalous activity to CISA's 24/7 Operations Center at central@cisa.dhs.gov or (888) 282-0870 and to the FBI via your local FBI field office or the FBI's 24/7 CyWatch at (855) 292-3937 or CyWatch@fbi.gov.

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Police Minister Bheki Cele says some officers are breaking the law, extorting communities, and committing acts of corruption while hiding behind their blue uniforms. According to Cele, between 1 April and September this year, 24 police officers were arrested for various crimes in the Western Cape. On Thursday, he addressed a press conference in Parliament where he described the police's efforts to curb extortion and kidnappings in the Western Cape. "This includes 11 police arrested for corruption. Four officers were arrested for fraud, four more were arrested for extortion, and another four members were arrested for defeating the ends of justice. One officer has been found in possession of drugs and is answering to that charge," Cele said. "We have agreed that restoring the trust deficit between communities and the SAPS will need the police service clean house. I believe these arrests, while they are painful, they do send a strong message that police ineptness and police corruption will never be tolerated and won't go unpunished." Cele said police in the Western Cape were investigating 32 cases of kidnapping between March and September. "It remains encouraging that the SAPS in the province continue to make inroads regarding kidnapping cases. A total of 15 kidnapping suspects have been arrested. This includes the court appearance of five suspects who appeared at the Wynberg Magistrate's Court on 12 September 2022. The five-member gang appeared on charges of conspiracy to commit a kidnapping and other charges related to the failed kidnapping of a business women of Chinese nationality." He said the judiciary was also intensifying the fight against corruption within its ranks. This included magistrate's courts that had turned into bail "wholesales" in some parts of the country. "The Correctional Service Department has also made strides in the fight against alleged corruption in its correctional facilities. This includes allegations of prison warders who are colluding with criminals while behind bars," Cele said. Cele also gave an update on attacks on public transport vehicles. He said the Western Cape transport sector had been recently marred by violence, intimidation and acts of sabotage, placing commuters' and drivers' lives at risk. "Thirty-eight cases were registered of attacks on Intercape, Golden Arrow, Mavumisa buses, as well as taxis... from 1 August to 31 August 2022. Sixteen people have been arrested, charged with public violence and malicious damage to property. Interventions to stop the attacks and violence in this sector have included investigative task teams reliant on early warnings from Crime intelligence to make arrests and prevent further attacks." Officials from the Eastern and Western Cape had been meeting to address challenges in both provinces, and increased police deployment on bus routes had also yielded encouraging results, Cele said. Meanwhile, Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said Cele must establish an extortion and kidnapping task force for the city.

This joint Cybersecurity Advisory highlights continued malicious cyber activity by advanced persistent threat actors affiliated with the Iranian Government's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The IRGC-affiliated actors are actively targeting a broad range of entities, including entities across multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors as well as Australian, Canadian, and United Kingdom organizations.  AA22-257A Alert, Technical Details, and Mitigations AA22-257A.stix CISA's Iran Cyber Threat Overview and Advisories FBI's Iran Threat webpage. Iranian Government-Sponsored APT Cyber Actors Exploiting Microsoft Exchange and Fortinet Vulnerabilities in Furtherance of Malicious Activities Technical Approaches to Uncovering and Remediating Malicious Activity All organizations should report incidents and anomalous activity to CISA's 24/7 Operations Center at central@cisa.dhs.gov or (888) 282-0870 and to the FBI via your local FBI field office or the FBI's 24/7 CyWatch at (855) 292-3937 or CyWatch@fbi.gov.

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August 6th, 2011. Wardak Province, Afghanistan. 15 SEAL Team 6 operators and 23 allied personnel traveled on board a helicopter with call sign “Extortion 17”. Tragically, the aircraft was struck by a Taliban-fired rocket-propelled grenade and crashed. Moments later, an urgent rescue mission was launched. HBH is honored to welcome the man who led that mission: author and retired US Army Ranger Sergeant First Class Nicholas Moore.Every mission and movement of SEAL Team 6, the Navy's most elite special forces unit, is classified. However, when Extortion 17 went down, all available personnel were alerted to their position.Nicholas and his team rushed to the location, contending with potential improvised explosive devices along the way. They hoped to help survivors among the 38 passengers of the twin-rotor Boeing CH-47 'Chinook' helicopter, including a service dog and its handler.The crash of Extortion 17 was the largest single loss of life in the history of both SEAL Team 6 and the Afghan War.We highly recommend Nicholas Moore's book, ‘Run to the Sound of the Guns: The True Story of an American Ranger at War in Afghanistan and Iraq'.

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Joining the show this week is Alex Casey from Streets of Hate. Originally starting as a zine, Alex and his wife Nicole evolved into a label that put out some of the first releases from bands such as Mindforce, Dead Heat, Pillars of Ivory, Gridiron, Choice to Make, Soul Blind, and have done cassettes for Ekulu, Warfare, No Pressure and Terror. As usual, we talk through the label and some of the more recent releases that SOH has dropped. Tracks played:1. End of One - "Immortal"2. New World Man - "Neuro-Tomb"3. Gridiron - "What Can You Do?"4. Dead Last - "What You Have To Offer"5. Nothin' But Enemies - "Punishment Awaits"6. Invoke - "The Ultimate Evil"7. Despize - "Detonate"8. Killing Pace - "Extortion"

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From American patriot to an East Florida Ranger for Britain, Col. Daniel McGirth played both sides of the American Revolution while amassing riches and building a fortune for himself. In this week's episode, we explore this intriguing slice of Florida and American history.

Extortion is the practice of obtaining benefit through coercion. In most jurisdictions it is likely to constitute a criminal offense; the bulk of this article deals with such cases. Robbery is the simplest and most common form of extortion, although making unfounded threats in order to obtain an unfair business advantage is also a form of extortion. Extortion is sometimes called the "protection racket" because the racketeers often phrase their demands as payment for "protection" from (real or hypothetical) threats from unspecified other parties; though often, and almost always, such "protection" is simply abstinence of harm from the same party, and such is implied in the "protection" offer. Extortion is commonly practiced by organized crime. In some jurisdictions, actually obtaining the benefit is not required to commit the offense, and making a threat of violence which refers to a requirement of a payment of money or property to halt future violence is sufficient to commit the offense. Exaction refers not only to extortion or the demanding and obtaining of something through force, but additionally, in its formal definition, means the infliction of something such as pain and suffering or making somebody endure something unpleasant. The term extortion is often used metaphorically to refer to usury or to price-gouging, though neither is legally considered extortion. It is also often used loosely to refer to everyday situations where one person feels indebted against their will, to another, in order to receive an essential service or avoid legal consequences. Neither extortion or blackmail requires a threat of a criminal act, such as violence, merely a threat used to elicit actions, money, or property from the object of the extortion. Such threats include the filing of reports (true or not) of criminal behavior to the police, revelation of damaging facts (such as pictures of the object of the extortion in a compromising position), etcetera. In law extortion can refer to political corruption, such as selling one's office or influence peddling, but in general vocabulary the word usually first brings to mind blackmail or protection rackets. The logical connection between the corruption sense of the word and the other senses is that to demand bribes in one's official capacity is blackmail or racketeering in essence (that is, "you need access to this resource, the government restricts access to it through my office, and I will charge you unfairly and unlawfully for such access"). Extortion is also known as shakedown, and occasionally exaction. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/law-school/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/law-school/support

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This Week on Grunt Work… Trouble ‘s a-brewin' on the line between York and Maksville Counties. Murder. Extortion. Drugs. Ne'er do-wells! Luckily, the sheriffs of the two counties are best friends and are willing to go beyond the law to bring down the baddies. This week on Grunt Work: Nights… Grunt Work Bites Truman is […] The post Bonus: County Line first appeared on Grunt Work Podcast.

A 30-year-old man thought he was meeting someone from a dating app when he was kidnapped, extorted, and forced to strip naked.  A man called the Pierce County Sheriff's Office on Saturday, Aug. 20, to report he had been kidnapped and robbed, according to a statement. He allegedly stated that he went to an apartment in Parkland to meet with a woman he met on the dating app Plenty of Fish, and the woman "presented herself as being similar in age to the victim."  After about five minutes, a man allegedly walked into the room, pointed a gun at the victim, and "ordered the victim to remove his clothes and give the suspect his money."  The female suspect allegedly began photographing the naked victim. The two allegedly instructed the victim to transfer $6,000 via a cash app, but the transaction was rejected because it was flagged as a potential fraudulent charge. The suspects, on the other hand, persisted.  "The suspects made the victim attempt numerous other transactions via various apps and even posed as the victim over the phone to try to get an account unlocked," according to the statement.  After three hours, the male and female suspects allegedly "threatened to send the nude photos to everyone on the victim's contact list if he told anyone what happened."  The victim approached authorities and collaborated with them to identify the two suspects.  The following day, on Aug. 21, Pierce County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a domestic violence assault call at the same address provided by the dating app victim from his incident. Deputies reportedly recognized the male suspect, and as they attempted to handcuff him, he allegedly reached into his pocket for a gun. He was apprehended before he could get the weapon.  The man allegedly broke the door panel inside the patrol car while attempting to flee after moving the handcuffs to the front of his body. He is also said to have broken the seatbelt fastener.  The male suspect was booked into the Pierce County Jail for first-degree robbery, kidnapping, extortion, unlawful possession of a firearm, and malicious mischief. His bail is set at $125,000 dollars.  The female suspect, who is reportedly 19 years old, was arrested and charged with robbery, kidnapping, and extortion, with bail set at $50,000.  When it comes to online dating, the Pierce County Sheriff's Office advises residents to "do your research and trust your instincts."  If you like TRUE CRIME TODAY - Be sure to search and subscribe wherever you download podcasts! Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-a-true-crime-podcast/id1504280230?uo=4 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0GYshi6nJCf3O0aKEBTOPs Stitcher http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/real-ghost-stories-online-2/dark-side-of-wikipedia-true-crime-disturbing-stories iHeart https://www.iheart.com/podcast/270-Dark-Side-of-Wikipedia-Tru-60800715 Amazon https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/565dc51b-d214-4fab-b38b-ae7c723cb79a/Dark-Side-of-Wikipedia-True-Crime-Dark-History Google Podcasts https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hdWRpb2Jvb20uY29tL2NoYW5uZWxzLzUwMDEyNjAucnNz Or Search "True Crime Today" for the best in True Crime ANYWHERE you get podcasts! Support the show at http://www.patreon.com/truecrimetoday

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Cyberespionage around the South China Sea. Oktapus and the Twilio compromise. Montenegro works to recover from a Russian cyber offensive. A big Russian streaming platform sustains a data leak. Ann Johnson of the Afternoon Cyber Tea podcast speaks with Dave DeWalt of NightDragon and Jay Leek of both Syn Ventures and Clear Sky Security about cyber capital investment. Mr. Security Answer Person John Pescatore examines the allure of the healthcare industry for ransomware operators. And the LockBit gang looks beyond double extortion. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing: https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/167 Selected reading. Rising Tide: Chasing the Currents of Espionage in the South China Sea (Proofpoint)  Why the Twilio Breach Cuts So Deep (WIRED) Tentacles of ‘0ktapus' Threat Group Victimize 130 Firms (Threatpost) Hackers used Twilio breach to intercept Okta onetime passwords (SiliconANGLE) Okta Impersonation Technique Could be Utilized by Attackers (SecurityWeek) Ukraine launches counter-offensive to retake Kherson from Russia (The Telegraph) Russia-Ukraine war: Kremlin insists invasion going to plan despite counterattacks; first grain ship docks in Africa – live (the Guardian) Montenegro says Russian cyberattacks threaten key state functions (BleepingComputer) Montenegro struggles to recover from cyberattack that officials blame on Russia (The Record by Recorded Future) Leading Russian streaming platform suffers data leak allegedly impacting 44 million users (The Record by Recorded Future)  LockBit ransomware mulls triple extortion following DDoS attack (SC Media)

French football journalist Philippe Auclair joined Will O'Callaghan on Tuesday's Off The Ball to discuss Paul Pogba, Kylian Mbappe and allegations of extortion. In association with Sky

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Remember, we welcome comments, questions and suggested topics at thewonderpodcastQs@gmail.com   S3E29 TRANSCRIPT:----more----   Mark: Welcome back to the wonder science based paganism. I'm Mark. Yucca: And I'm Yucca. Mark: And today we're here to talk about a situation that really. Affects many of us in the pagan community generally. And in the nontheist pagan community specifically, which is what do we do about longtime friends or members of our family who are hostile to. Our way of being they, they disapprove of, of atheism or they disapprove of paganism, Or they disapprove of both because as we were saying before we started recording, we kind of get it from both ends. So, This is something that many of us struggle with. And especially those who have left more authoritarian kinds of religious contexts. It's not uncommon for parents or relatives or friends to be to be caught up in this idea that you must be the way that they want you to be, or or there's something wrong with. Yucca: Right, right. Or just the, the programming that you know, in, in some beliefs that, you know, they love and care about you, but they're really worth, you're gonna go to hell. Right. And they truly believe that the stuff that you're doing is gonna make you suffer for eternity or, you know, something like that. Mark: right. Which is in theory, that's a. of generous and charitable thing to think about someone else, but when you really get down to it, Yucca: That's pretty patronizing. Mark: it, it, it is. And it's also I mean, it's something that. I would think, well, okay. I, I have the perspective of having been raised with no religion. So I can't really, I can't speak with any authority about this, but it seems to me that it it's an additive to the health of a person to get out from under that. Extortion right. To get out from under that, the threatening nature of the story of heaven and hell. And I think that there is a lot of resentment that happens on the part, particularly of parents who raised you a particular way. And then you say, well, I'm not that way. Some other way. And. They as, as people that are in an authoritarian framework because they practice an authoritarian religion, the fact that you've rebelled can lead to a lot of anger. It's, it's not just about wanting, what's good for you. It's about wanting them to be obeyed. Yucca: yeah, it's a commentary for them on, on their self worth and, and you know, how good a job they did and, and all of that. Mark: Right. Right. So it's a tangled web and in some cases, more reasonable parents can be talked with parents, siblings, relatives, whatever they are. In more reasonable cases. You, we can talk with them. We can explain that we are following a path that makes us happy and that we see as fulfilling and that we really just need them to let us do that. Yucca: Right. Mark: In other cases, things are so bad that you really need to distance yourself. And that I can speak with, with some authority because my parents were incredibly toxic people, both of them. And I they're both dead now, but my mother, I hadn't seen for 16 years before she died and my father for more than 20. So, I just didn't have anything to do with them. Yucca: Well, and, and you, you split or you cut that off. Long before the, the pagan part of your life began even right. Mark: Yes. Yes. But, and, and I don't know, I mean, going into the specifics of my particular situation, aren't important, but one of the ironies to me is that I was raised in this non. context. And then my father married, my stepmother, who was a devout Catholic, and suddenly he was a Catholic, even though he was a scientist. Yucca: mm-hmm. Mark: And I don't know, I could go on for some time about hypocrisy and my father, but rather than do that, because it won't be of interest to anyone but me. The, the disapproval of the pagan stuff definitely did creep in late. You know, when I made a couple of sporadic attempts to try to get along with them but there clearly was no interest on their part to engaging me at all. All they wanted me to do was a reflective mirror. To the glory of their narcissism and I wasn't gonna do that. So, so I cut it off and it can be very hard because particularly for parents, because we carry with us a, a societal archetype about mom and dad, we an idealized vision of what mom could be like, what dad. Coming to grips with the fact that, that ain't, what you've got is a long, slow and painful process. Because you know, deep inside us, everybody wants a mother. Right. And if you figure out that you don't really have one, that's super painful. Yucca: right. So I think a, a good place to start and we can circle back around. There's so much to talk about in this, but is thinking about your own needs in a relationship. And being able to really reflect on that and see what your needs and what your boundaries are because we're. And, and I think some of this is, is more, there's a lot of gender issues going on as well. But I know at least for, for my side is, is being a woman that we're not really supposed to have boundaries, right. We're supposed to give, give, give, and a relationship is about what you can give and you're not, and you're selfish and that, I don't think this is true, but this is what we are taught is that we're selfish to, to. And stand by those boundaries. And at the end of the day, I think that's very unhealthy. Right. I don't think that that's gonna serve us very well, and you've got to, to be able to take care of yourself. Mark: right, Yucca: And so that's the first thing to figure out is what do you, what do I need? Mark: And it's particularly challenging in those authoritarian contexts where the parents are very, you know, power over dominant, because what they will tell you is you don't have any rights. You don't have a right to privacy. We, we have the right to know everything about you. We have Yucca: for your own good Mark: Yeah for your, for, for your own good. We, you know, we have the right to search your room. We have the right to read your diary. We have the right to do whatever we wanna do. However, invasive, it may seem because we have the right to own. You. In effect. And especially once if you come out of that context as an adult, it can be incredibly challenging to tell your parents, you know, my religious life, not really your business, you don't need to go into great detail about your non theist pagan, worldview and practice. If you know that it's gonna send them ballistic, you can just tell them. Sorry. I, I'm not interested in talking with you about that. Let's talk about something where we can connect, Yucca: Right. And so hopefully, hopefully they'll be able to leave it. There will be sometimes for some people, the, the case where they, they can't right where the, the parent or, and we're saying parent, but it may be somebody else. Right. But, but often it's gonna be a parent just because of that, that power dynamic there, but that they might not be able to, to let go of that. And that might just be something that, that you'll need to draw firmer Bo boundaries with. Mark: Right. Particularly, I'm thinking about going to church. Yucca: Right Mark: You know, there may come a time when you do now. I mean, you may decide that discretion is the better part of valor, and you'll just kind of suck it up and go to church with them when you visit them or whatever that is. But you can also very legitimately decide. I don't want to put any more energy into this institution that I find toxic. And sorry, mom, I'm not going to church with you this week. I don't do that anymore. Yucca: Right. Or if you've got your own kids, that's gonna especially be an issue with parents or parents in laws that, you know, they have a very strong idea about how you should be raising your family or whatever it is. And you may not wanna put your, put your kids through the same thing that you were put through or that your partner was put through. Mark: Right. Yucca: And Mark: there's harm. There's potential harm there. If you're trying to raise your kids, you know, with body positivity and a sense of gender equality and, and inclusiveness for lots of different kinds of people and sex positivity and all those kinds of good progressive values that will make them healthier people as adults. may very well have to say, no, I'm not gonna let you take my kid to Sunday school. I'm not gonna do it. That's gonna fill their head with stuff that I don't want 'em to have. And you know, maybe, maybe this is a deal breaker for you, but if you wanna see your grandkids, we have to have some agreements about how you will talk with them about these things. Yucca: Right. And that can be a really tricky thing when it is the, your partner's parents and the partner, and you have different approaches to the boundaries with those. With those parents. And that can be a big issue even when there aren't kids involved. Right. As you know, how do you dealing with the other person's family? Mark: Well, that then is a, an issue in your relationship, Yucca: yes, right. And that's Mark: it's not just a thing about your relationship with the in-laws, it's a thing in your relationship, you know, how are you gonna stick up for me? In relation to your parents' disapproval of whatever, because you're my partner and I expect you to stick up for me. Yucca: right. So those are, those are things to, to figure out. Right. And, and it sounds like mark you and I share a lot of views on. Where those boundaries might be, but for the listener, that's a, that's a personal thing to figure out, right. Maybe we seem kind of extreme to you or, or like we're taking it too easy, but really starting by figuring out how do you really feel about it now? How do you think you should feel? How do you really feel and is that what you do want to feel? Right. And if it isn't, do you wanna work on. On practice, a ritual to try and shift that right. And to try and change what, what some of your positions are, but you gotta figure out where you're at and be clear about where you're at, Mark: and what you want. Yucca: what you want. Yeah. To be fair to yourself and to the other people in the relationships, right. To be clear with them. So that it's, you know, they're not guessing about what your boundaries. Mark: Right. Yucca: Today it's okay. But tomorrow it's not. Okay. You know, you gotta be clear. Mark: that sends a terrible signal to everybody. If you're kind of, Kneely mouthed about these things and sort of trying to walk a knife edge for one thing, no one will thank you for it. You know, the people that you're trying to protect will think that you're insufficiently, you know, Viewing to their line and the people whose, whose boundary setting, you know, who need you to set boundaries are gonna see you as weak and ineffectual and not very committed to what you say you're committed to. So it's important. It really is very important to understand, okay, this is my life. What do I want? What do I want out of this relationship? Is that possible? Out of this relationship. And if it's not, then maybe you have to make some hard decisions about ending communication or, or strongly controlling communication. I know people who will not let their in-laws go off with their kids, Yucca: Mm-hmm Mark: they will only let the in-laws visit when they are present. Yucca: sure. Right. Mark: And. That's just how it is for them and the in-laws aren't happy about it. I, yeah, I Yucca: see the grandkids. Mark: right. Yeah. Yucca: That's the condition. Yeah. Mark: yeah. And maybe that's. You know, and this takes courage. It bears saying, you know, drawing these kinds of boundaries takes courage and, you know, you can end up getting a screening voice on the other end of the phone. You can end up getting long screened emails that tell you what a terrible person you are, because you're, you know, trying to deprive them of their grandchildren or whatever the is. Especially when you're a parent, you have to think not only for yourself, but for your kids. And think about the wounds that, that religious background put in you, that you're working to transcend what a favor you can do for your children by not letting them be wounded that way. Or, or buffering them as much as possible from the, the messages that the society gives them about, about their sexuality, about their gender, about their body shape, about their color, about Yucca: whatever it is. Yeah. And, and we do know that with. With our kids one day, they, they will be exposed to those Mark: mm-hmm Yucca: but but that buffering could give them some time to develop and have some literal brain development and self esteem and all of those things to develop first before some of they have to be, you know, smacked in the face with somebody being racist or sexist or whatever it is to them. Mark: Right. And they know that you're in their corner. Yucca: Yeah, Mark: Because you're affirming who they are in all ways. So when they are confronted with that kind of bigotry, they can come back to you for support Yucca: right. And maybe have some tools to deal with it that they wouldn't have had when they were five or when they were nine or whatever it is yeah. That they can deal with. There's another component that I think is really important to bring in, in this piece of the, the self-reflection and the drawing your boundaries is to really be mindful about what is actually in your control and what isn't in your control. And when you're setting those boundaries, are you actually setting boundaries for yourself or are you trying to control somebody else's behavior? Mark: Mm-hmm. Yucca: And just be, just be mindful and clear about that because that's something that can be a little bit slippery sometimes. Mark: And people can use things that are in their control in very subtle ways to make it hard for you to draw a boundary or stand up for yourself. One of the things that my parents did is I had to go to their house. It was the only, the only way that I could ever see them or my siblings cuz I'm the oldest of seven was to go to their territory, a house that ran by their rules, where they were the authorities Yucca: Mm-hmm. Mark: and it became quite clear. That, that was one of the many ways in which they were deliberately disempowering me as well as, you know, bad mouthing me to my siblings and all that kind of stuff. Yucca: Right. Hmm. Mark: So, you know, maybe. You know, maybe you set some conditions on the relationship, you know, if you want, see me, come see me. Right.  Yucca: Or neutral territory, Mark: yeah. Well, we'll, we'll, we'll meet at the aquarium and look at fish. Yucca: yeah. Well, that that actually leads to kind of the second part that I, that I wanted to talk about which we've started with the, what do you do when the relationship actually is very toxic, right? That's what we've been talking about, but there's also, and I hope this is gonna be a little bit more common of a situation than what we've been talking about, the situation where it's just uncomfortable. They have a particular set of beliefs and you have a different set of beliefs and you don't really kind of agree with each other and maybe you don't really wanna talk about it, but how do you still be able? So you've, you've set boundaries and they're respecting those boundaries. How do you then get to still have a meaningful relationship and share things with them without, without this your choices and their choices about. You're religious and, and personal lives being a relationshiper. And when you brought up the aquarium, that was one of the things that I was thinking about. You know, I have some siblings who are not pagan, right? My family's very split. We have half of us who are pagan and the other half who are, are quite Christian. Right. And you know, we still love each other deeply and share things, find things that we both value. And share those particular things. And they are things that I think are, are pretty pagan personally. Right. Let's go look at the fish together. Let's go on a nature walk like to me, like, yeah, that's, that's super pagan, but they're not gonna frame it that way. I'm gonna frame it that way, but I'm not gonna rub it in their face. Right. I, I'm not gonna be like, oh yeah, you know, we're gonna go do our pig, anything. Also speaking of query, you've got an aquarium shirt on don't you Mark: Oh, oh, I do Monterey bay aquarium. Yeah. It's Monterey bay aquarium a collection of sharks, Yucca: Ah, sharks are great. So, Mark: know, that sharks predate trees. Isn't that amazing. Yucca: It makes sense when you say it, but wow. Yeah, we went to the aquarium. I took the kids to the aquarium recently, and this week we went to the zoo. And they, they lost their minds with light, with all of the animals. Mark: Mm-hmm Yucca: So, but their favorite though, were the PFO. So there was a P H with her little chicks following behind. And even though it was like there's lions and polar bears, they got to actually like interact with the, with the peacocks and they just were so happy. So anyways, Mark: Cool. Yucca: Yeah. Mark: So, yeah. I think really understanding, maybe even drawing a Venn diagram, you know, what, what are we sharing common? What are our common interests and passions? You know, if we both really love gardening, we can do some gardening together and you know, that doesn't, or, or, you know, or hunting. Yucca: mm-hmm Mark: Um, I'm not trophy hunting. I would hope because that's. Awful, but you know, food hunting going out and, you know, getting, getting stuff to eat what, whatever it is Yucca: That was my brother. Yeah. Mark: Whatever it is that you share an interest in and are willing to kind of meet them in the middle, Yucca: Mm-hmm. Mark: then you can build a relationship around those kinds of things. It's so much harder to build a relationship that's spending all of its time, dealing with stuff where you don't meet eye to eye. Yucca: Yeah. Or trying to prove things to each other, Mark: Right. Yucca: right. I mean, if you both, if, what you're, if what if your Vinn diagram has debate club in the middle, maybe that's different. Right. But , but otherwise, you know, that you can spend your energy, you've got a limited amount of energy to spend on things. So what's it gonna be, right? Is it gonna be those shared things that you, that you love and can you have a relationship with this person without needing to, to agree on. Certain things. And I think that that's a good approach for not just family members or close friends, but also the community at large. Right. Are you in a community that, that generally has a different take than you do? Well, what, what is it that you do share together? Right. And connecting with each other on that really human level makes it so that that's a wonderful experience to have. First of all, but also later on, when you have a disagreement, you see each other as human, because you had that connection about, you know, the park or the gardening or the library or whatever it is. Mark: right. Yeah. And to me that also brings up the, the necessity of finding support for yourself. Yucca: Mm-hmm, Mark: Because when you have these kinds of challenges in your family, finding support from people of common values and views, and also potentially from professional therapists, right. Becomes really important. As you're working to kind of emerge from the shadow of a family that. In most cases has felt like it can tell you what to do and what to believe and who to be and all that kind of stuff. It's really important that you find people that are gonna help you stay strong in your boundaries. Stay clear about your priorities and enable you to be yourself, right? People who affirm you in who you are.  Yucca: We've already been waving it in a little bit, but do we wanna talk about some strategies and activities? Mark: Sure let's do that. Yeah. Why don't you start. Yucca: yeah, so, I mean, we mentioned things like the, the zoo and aquariums and parks and all of that, but For the, the family members that, that you can have that more accommodating relationship with. What are some activities that you would suggest Mark: Well, what comes to mind immediately to me is, you know, finding, finding neutrally. Posed places like a zoo, for example, doesn't really have a whole ideological piece to it other than animals are cool, Yucca: Yeah. Mark: which is something that generally, you know, people can agree on whether or not they're pagans or Christians or whatever it is. What's more challenging is when. There isn't a choice of, of venue. Like, you know, being invited over for Christmas, Yucca: Mm-hmm Mark: you know, what do you do there obviously? I mean, especially if you have children, the children are gonna be really amped about the presence and probably the sweets and you know, all the other things that tend to go along with celebrating Christmas and it can be very hard. To be in that context, if somebody starts, you know, saying grace over dinner or, you know, going on about Jesus Yucca: Mm-hmm Mark: and my take on that has always been it's similar to my take on, you know, going to theist pagan rituals. It's like your house, your rules. I'm not gonna pray with you, but I will sit quietly. I'm not going to protest. And that is kind of the strategy that I encourage. Now, if somebody gets all bent outta shape at you, because you don't close your eyes and bow your head or say amen, then they probably are more controlling than you can deal with in that way. Yucca: Right. Yeah. Then we're kind of back to the, the start of the conversation. Mark: Right. Yucca: Yeah. Another thing to, to consider when you are going to say like the Christmas situation. And especially if there, if there are kids involved is making a list, a priority list, right. Of what, what is your top thing that you're gonna have your boundary? Right. Is, are you going to be, you know, do you have certain dietary restrictions? That is the thing that you need to be just really vigilant about, and then you kind of let the other stuff slide because you're a guest, right? Or, but, or what is it? The, what is the, what are the things and how important are they to you in this situation, right? Where are you willing to be giving a little bit in this, this situation where you. in their space, in their home versus what is the big picture of overall Mark: Right. And the other thing you can do of course, is you can invite people to come have Christmas at your house, Yucca: mm-hmm Mark: and then you can maybe make your statement of gratitude to the earth for all the wonderful things that spring from it and keep us alive. And. Sort of leave it in the lap of the people who have come over as guests, if they feel a need to jump in with a statement about Jesus. Well, maybe that's okay. Maybe you can have both varieties of invocation. It seems as though in many cases, accommodation can be made unless. Unless the primary orientation of the people that you're negotiating these boundaries with is about control and anger at lack of control, because you're an adult, you don't need somebody else to control you. Maybe they haven't got their mind around the fact that you're an adult yet. But it's time, right? You're an adult, especially, you know, you got your own kids, like, come on. Yucca: Yeah. Mark: I'm I'm not 10 anymore. It's time. It's time for you to respect that. I can have my own opinions about things and live my own life. Yucca: Right. Well, and this gets into other philosophies, but, and with mine, They don't need to be controlling the 10 year old either. Mark: Mm-hmm Yucca: They, they are people too and get their own opinions. Now, do you need to keep them safe from not burning themselves on that stove or, you know, that's, there's levels there, but, but you don't magically become a person when you turn 18. You've been a person the whole time, right? Yeah. Mark: right. As soon as you're old enough to have. Tastes and opinions, which probably means by the time you're six months old, something like that. Then it's time for those Yucca: before. Mark: tastes and opinions to be respected. Right. And they don't have to be explained, you know, it's like, if you don't like strained carrots, you just don't like strained carrots. We're not gonna feed you strained carrots anymore. And This is something that for, for parents of previous generations, particularly can be very hard to get their mind around because the traditional parenting model in our society is quite authoritarian. And in patriarchal, it's very much about, you know, the man ruling the roost and. being in a power hierarchy where the children are at the bottom Yucca: Right. Mark: and if Yucca: And even a hierarchy within the children based on age and gender and all of that. Yeah. Mark: Right, right. Absolutely. So, so hopefully that's dying out at least in some places. But. Those places are not everywhere, you know, and we certainly see plenty of toxic masculinity around us expressing itself in that same sort of outraged way of, you know, how dare you have your own opinion, how dare you be your own person? How dare you not count how to my wishes. Yucca: yeah. Mark: And so once again, it, it really comes down to this thing where you have to balance out what do I get out of this relationship versus what am I being what's being demanded of me? Because I mean, that was really, that was really what. What settled it for me, all I was getting from my relationship was with my parents was criticism and anger and efforts at control and gas, lighting and mockery. And it had been that way since I was a little tiny kid. Yucca: Hmm. Mark: And it was like, you know what? You don't have anything good to offer me. I don't, I'm gonna stop drinking from this particular tap because it tastes really bad. Yucca: Right. And you didn't know him anything. Mark: Nope. Yucca: Right. And that, that's one of the stories that is, well, you know, we, we raised you and sacrificed for you and guilt, guilt, guilt, guilt, guilt. But it at really at. They are responsible for their emotions and you're responsible for yours Mark: mm-hmm yeah. Yucca: you know, it's, you don't have to be, and you probably wouldn't have ever been able to make them happen anyways, Mark: Oh Yucca: it's a choice on their part. Right. No matter what you do. Mark: they were miserable people and that, I mean, that's part of. I think what infuriated them so much about me is that I was not interested in being miserable. You know, I just didn't wanna be the way they were. So, you know, getting away from my example, particularly, I think. Especially in, you know, some of the, like really conservative, evangelical versions of Christianity. It's like the default position is sort of moral superiority and anger at everybody who doesn't follow along. That's that's not a particularly healthy. Thing to draw from, if that's, what, if that's what you're getting from your parental relationship, then maybe it's time not to have that relationship. Yucca: Yeah. Mark: Or to distance it a lot and say, you know, I'll visit you once a year or, you know, I'll talk with you on the phone every six months or whatever it is. There are gradations of estrangement, right? But what I found was that I came away from every communication feeling, yucky feeling really devalued and gaslit to the degree of being told that I was crazy and all that kind of stuff, it was just like, no, I don't need this. I got better use for my time. Life is short. Yucca: right. Mark: And it doesn't mean that I haven't gone through lots of pain over that loss over time. And I, even though they're dead, I can still, you know, have pain over the loss of the idealized parent. You know, the dad that actually valued me, the mom that actually loved me, you know, I can still grieve those ideas. I'm not, sorry. I don't think I missed out on anything by not communicating with them over all those years before they died. Yucca: Hmm. Yeah. Mark: So remember, it's your life? Yucca: Right. Mark: Yeah, it's your life and you get to live it. You get to make the decisions that seem to be best to you. And some of them are gonna be fuckups, but that doesn't matter, you know, that's, that's the nature of being a human. Having someone else tell you how you're supposed to think and act is not something you need in your life. Yucca: right. Because they're not in your shoes. They're not you. Mark: Nope. Yucca: actually, nobody really knows what they're doing. Mark: yeah. Yeah. Yep. Yucca: It might seem like it. But I think about this a lot. Do you remember being a kid and looking at adults and thinking that they knew what the hell they were doing and now that you're adult an adult. Do you feel like, you know what you're doing? Nobody does. Right. Mark: well, I mean, Yucca: to some degree, but Mark: But, but parents often represent themselves as these competent authority figures to their children, because that's where they get the authority to say, don't do that. Right. And. Yeah, it's all affront. And you, you talk with any parent that will be honest with you about it, and they'll tell you it's all affront it's like, I Yucca: terrified. I dunno what the hell I'm doing? Mark: right, right, Yucca: I'm messing them up. That's what? That, what we all worry. Mark: right. Yucca: Yeah. Mark: Well, In my experience, the thing that somebody needs more than anything else as they're growing up is the sense that there is some adult somewhere who finds them valuable and lovable and is in their corner. No matter what if there's one such person, whether it's an uncle or a grandparent or a family friend, just one such person, it makes all the difference in the world. Yucca: Yeah. Mark: So be that for your kids. Yucca: Mm-hmm or your niece or your nephew, or Mark: Right? Yucca: right. And for yourself too, Mark: Yeah. Yucca: right? Mark: Yeah. And that can be the hardest of all of those challenges because we hold ourselves to such impossible standards. And that internal critic voice that we've talked about before, it can be so incredibly cruel. Yucca: Mm-hmm Mark: Just really over the top cruel, you would never talk to another person the way that that voice will talk to you. So it's a good idea to find ways to curb it, get it, to get it to calm down and shut up. Yucca: Yeah, well, you know, this was really fun. We, we went kind of all over the place with this and it was a, it was a great conversation. Mark: Yeah, I think so too. I really appreciate it. Thank you, Yucca. Yucca: Yeah. Likewise. Mark: Okay. We'll be back next week. 

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In recent months, press reports have emerged about individuals in multiple countries falling victim to extortion and fraud schemes enabled by often highly rated lending apps downloaded from Google's Play Store. Last week, Diana Baptista and Avi Asher-Schapiro, journalists at the Thomson Reuters Foundation, https://news.trust.org/item/20220810164211-uomxq/ (told the story) of how a man fell prey to one of these apps operating in Mexico. In this podcast episode, Baptista describes the man's experience, the broader phenomenon and the surrounding context.

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In this week's reviewIPFS The New Hotbed of PhishingHow Threat Actors Are Adapting to a Post-Macro WorldPalo Alto 2022 Incident Response Threat ReportFewer Ransomware Victims Pay As Medium Ransom Falls in Q2 2022Blog: https://offsec.blog/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCWmudG_CTNAFBaV48vIcfwTwitter: https://twitter.com/cyberthreatpovWork with Us: https://securit360.com

In this episode, we welcome Eddie Penney back to the show. Eddie is a retired Navy SEAL that spent 12 years in the SEAL Teams with 6 of those years being with the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU). He is also the CEO/Founder of Contingent Group, a worldwide security and risk mitigation consulting company, as well as the creator of the Unafraid Mindset brand. Additionally, he is the author of an autobiography called Unafraid: Staring Down Terror as a Navy SEAL and Single Dad. In this interview, we discuss how to deal with real evil, what it was like losing one of his best friends in combat, when he had to choose between becoming a single father and his career as an elite Navy SEAL, where he was when Adam Brown was killed, how a single decision kept him from being killed on Extortion 17, the moment President Barack Obama gained his respect forever. when he met Kyle at a Christian event and how that changed his spiritual life, when he decided to leave the military, his battle with thoughts of suicide, his outlook on manliness inside the Christian church, and much more. Let's get into it… Episode notes and links HERE Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness Today's sponsor: KC CATTLE COMPANY Wagyu steaks, wagyu roasts, pasture raised chicken, pasture raised Berkshire pork, wagyu bacon cheeseburger bratwurst, world famous wagyu gourmet hot dogs, and more. www.kccattlecompany.com Use the promo code KYLE to get 15% off your order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Re-uploaded on July 22, 2022 to fix audio issues — We're back from RSA, Cisco Live and COVID breaks (yes, those things are all absolutely related). Paul Eubanks joins the show to talk about his recent blog post on unmasking ransomware actors on the dark web. He'll go over several different tactics he and his team use to remove actors' anonymity that's so important when actors are working on these websites. Liz provides her take on this from an Incident Response perspective, and Matt semi-pays attention as he ponders how much he hates The Carpenters.

This week, Juliet and Jacoby follow-up on their favorite gum heist, discuss the woman fined for not declaring half of her Subway sandwich, and wonder what went wrong in a viral Instacart TikTok. For this week's Taste Test, they try the Finnish Long Drink and Cutwater Lime Tequila Margarita. They close by sharing their Personal Food News. Hosts: Juliet Litman and David Jacoby Associate Producer: Mike Wargon Musical Elements: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Carole Theriault sits down to talk with Paul Ducklin from Sophos on extortion scams targeting LGBTQ+ communities. Joe and Dave share multiple pieces of listener follow up, the first from Matt and Kevin, who write in to share a Wikipedia link regarding N.B. (Nota Bene, or note well) and an ad from 1801. The second one is a write in from someone who is referred to as "P," who shares more information on the Facebook link shortener discussion. Finally, Joe and Dave get a great piece of listener feedback from listener and friend of the show Jonathan, who writes in about resist fingerprinting and how Firefox doesn't block fingerprinting. Dave's story is on trafficking victims being forced to scam people. Joe's story is on a credit union being targeted for phone scams. Our catch of the day comes from listener Ian, who shares how his son was trying to get college housing accommodations and went through Facebook, only to find out that not everyone is as trustworthy as they seem. Links to stories: From Industrial-Scale Scam Centers, Trafficking Victims Are Being Forced to Steal Billions Don't fall for a scam targeting Ent Credit Union customers Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at hackinghumans@thecyberwire.com or hit us up on Twitter

Your hosts @curlemd(Nygel) and @jaydelnegro(Jay) are back for episode 140. Only Crunch I Sold Was Cinnamon Toast and in this episode we get into: - [ ] 175$ holds at Gas Stations - [ ] $45 Extortion plot - [ ] Rapper raps about being pillars of the community and cap'in on scams and schemes - [ ] a voicemail - [ ] Man lights firework on head, guess the results. All of that and a bunch of other filth flarn filth with a dash of concern including “YAS” “For Why” “Shooting Ppl Bail” & “Gentle Judgement” So join us in judgement and listen out for another fantastic episode of the Don't Jude Me Podcast, just as long as you Don't Judge Me for judging you. Support the show for as little as $1 per month: https://anchor.fm/dontjudgepod/support *Email us at DontJudgePod@gmail.com *Leave us a voicemail at 410-834-1562 *Follow us on IG @dontJudgePod *Visit our YouTube page by searching for Dont Judge Me Podcast Comment and Rate us on iTunes, Soundcloud, AnchorFM or wherever you're listening to us at. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dontjudgepod/message

On this day in the mob, July 20th, 2001 The eccentric and flashy Philly Mob Boss Joey 'Skinny Joey" Merlino is about to find out his fate in his 2001 racketeering trial. He faces charges of Murder, Attempted Murder, Extortion, Gambling and more. Listen to todays episode to see the fate of skinny Joey!--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/this-day-in-the-mob/support

A variety episode that includes topics of conversation such as DJK coming on the show as a guest, the Patreon heating up, 'Every Kick Counts' and how tory Taylor and other specialists around the area are using their performance on the field to help out a charitable cause, an event put on by Keith Duncan that Kluver attended, Estella's and their 5 star food, and Penn St players being extorted by some random chick, Drake's own 'What's in the golf bag', some discussion about his trip to Gatlinburg, Crumbl Flavors of the week, and a whole lot more.

Over the past year, we've seen more buzz develop around attack surface management. In fact, major analyst firms Forrester and Gartner recently released research about this topic. But what exactly is it? In this segment, join Mark St. John, LookingGlass's SVP of Product, to learn more about how to define your attack surface, how to manage it, and how it can help your organization improve its cybersecurity. This segment is sponsored by LookingGlass Cyber. Visit https://securityweekly.com/lookingglass to learn more about them!   As the push toward digital transformation continues, every organization is having to choose: Security or experience first? We are entering an era where Security and Identity professionals work together to eliminate tradeoffs and rapidly evolve from technical experts to experience artists. Using solutions that customize, code, and integrate for you while boosting security through MFA, passwordless logins, and risk modernizes your identity experience. This segment is sponsored by Ping. Visit https://securityweekly.com/ping to learn more about them!   PCI DSS v4.0 was released on March 31st, 2022 and we've got Jeff Man joining us today to discuss some of the more notable changes that folks should be aware of. Some great resources from Jeff and his employer on PCI 4.0: https://info.obsglobal.com/pci-4.0-resources And the PCI Council's own summary of changes between PCI 3.2.1 and 4.0: https://securityweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PCI-DSS-Summary-of-Changes-v3_2_1-to-v4_0.pdf   Extortion, business disruption, and monumental payouts. We'll cover trends in attacker “innovation” and role of identities and credentials. This segment is sponsored by CyberArk. Visit https://securityweekly.com/cyberark to learn more about them!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly  Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw279

Some restaurants have begun receiving one-star reviews — but not from people who have ever visited the venue. Food writer Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio to explain this new extortion scheme is affecting restaurants. “After a series of mysterious one star reviews, they [restauranteurs] get a letter from India saying, ‘$75 gift card, please, if you want these reviews to come down,'” Kummer said. “It's straight up extortion.” Kummer explained that Google is taking down reviews in some cases, but in other situations Google rules the review legitimate. “I think the solution is for Google to improve its system and figure out how to monitor when these things are happening,” Kummer said. “They say that they've got guardrails in place, but in this case, they're not working. It's a new scam.” Kummer is executive director of the Food and Society policy program at the Aspen Institute, a senior editor at The Atlantic and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.

High-end and low-end extortion. Vehicles from Honda may soon be rolling off the lot. Social media and open-source intelligence. Russian cyberattacks spread internationally. Joe Carrigan surveys items for sale in dark web markets. Our guest is Jonathan Wilson of AU10TIX to discuss consumer sentiment around data privacy. Preparing for cyber combat. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing: https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/132 Selected reading. BlackCat (Aka ALPHV) Ransomware Is Increasing Stakes Up To $2,5M In Demands (Resecurity) Ransomware gang now lets you search their stolen data (BleepingComputer) Luna Moth: The Actors Behind the Recent False Subscription Scams (Sygnia) 'Luna Moth' Group Ransoms Data Without the Ransomware (Dark Reading) Hackers can unlock Honda cars remotely in Rolling-PWN attacks (BleepingComputer) Hackers Say They Can Unlock and Start Honda Cars Remotely (Vice) Rolling PWN (PWN)  Russia launches attack on Poland as hackers declare war on 10 countries, including UK (Express) Vice Minister: cyber attacks are aimed at seeking publicity and raising tensions (DELFI) How one Ukrainian ethical hacker is training 'cyber warriors' in the fight against Russia (The Record by Recorded Future) The Biggest Threat to the Military May Not Be What You Think (ClearanceJobs)

Lithuania sustains a major DDoS attack. Lessons from NotPetya. Conti's brand appears to have gone into hiding. Online extortion now tends to skip the ransomware proper. Josh Ray from Accenture on how social engineering is evolving for underground threat actors. Rick Howard looks at Chaos Engineering. US financial institutions conduct a coordinated cybersecurity exercise. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing: https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/122 Selected reading. Russia's Killnet hacker group says it attacked Lithuania (Reuters) The hacker group KillNet has published an ultimatum to the Lithuanian authorities (TDPel Media)  5 years after NotPetya: Lessons learned (CSO Online)  The cyber security impact of Operation Russia by Anonymous (ComputerWeekly) Conti ransomware finally shuts down data leak, negotiation sites (BleepingComputer) The Conti Enterprise: ransomware gang that published data belonging to 850 companies (Group-IB) Fake copyright infringement emails install LockBit ransomware (BleepingComputer) NCC Group Monthly Threat Pulse – May 2022 (NCC Group) We're now truly in the era of ransomware as pure extortion without the encryption (Register) Wall Street Banks Quietly Test Cyber Defenses at Treasury's Direction (Bloomberg)