Hey listeners, Scotty here, your go-to scam slayer with the tech chops to keep you one step ahead of these digital dirtbags. Buckle up, because the past week has been a wild ride of cyber crooks getting sloppy and sloppy getting caught—straight from the headlines as of late January 2026.
Picture this: I'm scrolling my feeds, and bam—ShinyHunters, that notorious extortion crew linked to the Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters Telegram gang, is back with a vengeance. ZeroFox just dropped a flash report on their slick vishing campaign hitting SSO logins from Okta, Google, and Microsoft. These phonies call you up, walk you through fake sites for MFA approvals in real-time, all to snag your creds for big orgs. Their leak site now brags about breaching Crunchbase—which confirmed the hack—plus Panera Bread, Betterment, Edmunds, CarMax, and SoundCloud. Betterment admitted some social engineering punk impersonated identities on January 9 to hit their marketing systems, no core breach though. SoundCloud spotted weirdness in their dashboard back in December 2025. Pro tip, listeners: If a caller pushes live login help, hang up and dial the real support. These kits are as-a-service now—anyone with a few bucks can play.
Over in Singapore, the police just wrapped a massive two-week sweep from January 16 to 29, nabbing 217 scammers and money mules—78 women, 139 men, ages 16 to 83. Singapore Police Force says they're tied to over 700 scams like e-commerce fakes, job hustles, investment traps, and government impersonations, sucking victims dry for $7.67 million SGD. Cheating charges carry up to 10 years, money laundering even harsher, and since December 30, 2025, scammers face mandatory caning—six to 24 strokes. Mules get up to 12 discretionary. Harsh, but effective. Listeners, if you're mules handing over SIMs or Singpass, you're next—check ScamShield.gov.sg.
Stateside, ghost tapping is exploding, per cybersecurity whiz Brian Ledbetter from GuidePoint Security. Crooks wave phones or gadgets near your NFC-enabled credit card or Apple Pay in crowds at airports or events, skimming data without touch. Fraud's up 100-150% yearly—silent robbery. Stay vigilant: Monitor accounts daily, use RFID blockers in wallets, and prefer chip inserts over taps in sketchy spots.
Don't sleep on social media either—17.5 million Instagram users got phony password reset emails from "security@mail.instagram.com" this month, per Ekaru reports and TikTok buzz. Instagram says no breach, just panic bait. Verify in-app security logs, enable 2FA, never click links. Oh, and Microsoft Teams phishing is fresh—UCL warned January 29 of fake "Technical Support" chats pushing device updates.
Arrests? Michael Milke, 28 from Cicero, Illinois, that Rolex road warrior, got nabbed in Springfield, Tennessee, after scamming Gray and Sons Jewelers in Surfside, Florida, with a fake GMT-Master II for $11,000 back on January 2, 2025. Linked to busts in St. Petersburg, Michigan, Maryland, Texas—facing organized fraud on $100K bond.
ATM skimmers hit Chelmsford ATMs too—inspect for loose readers, cover PINs, stick to lit indoor machines. And Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre's yelling about spear phishing: Fake supplier invoices urging urgent wire swaps via spoofed domains.
Listeners, arm up: Strong unique passwords, 2FA everywhere, verify payments by phone on separate lines, hover links, report to cops or hotlines like 1-888-495-8501 in Canada. Scammers thrive on rush—slow down, you're the boss.
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