Blog | International Investigative Group

9 January 2020

Even though polygraphs may not be admissible at trial, understanding the science behind them is of value to all legal practitioners. On Friday, May 10th, 2019, Daniel Ribacoff, P.I. and Lisa Ribacoff will be speaking at the New York State Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers CLE Seminar at New York Law School. The seminar that we will be teaching is called “Detecting Deception at Trial, Litigation and During Cross Examination”.

More information about this event can be found at: https://nysacdl.site-ym.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?alias=CTK19SC

On Wednesday, June 5th from 6:00pm-8:00pm, the same presentation will also be presented at the New York County Lawyers Association. This will be taking place at the NYCLA in Lower Manhattan.

More information can be found at: https://www.nycla.org/NYCLA/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=CLE060519A&WebsiteKey=80d9b981-d8fc-4862-bcde-1e1972943637

On Wednesday, June 12th from 1:00pm-2:00pm, Lisa Ribacoff will be lecturing for CLE credits at the Nassau County Bar Association. The title of this program is called, “Spotting a Lie: Advanced Deception Detection Techniques”. Previously, we have been able to work with various bar associations for attendees to receive CLE credits for the in-house program. If this is of interest to you, please contact Lisa Ribacoff at lisa@iigpi.com.

9 January 2020

Almost 1 out of every 2 Americans are vulnerable to Tax Return fraud due to the Equifax breach

About 143 million Americans—nearly half of the country—face risks after the Equifax breach was identified several days ago. The breach has exposed personal data such as personal identifiers, social security numbers, employment information, credit card information and more.

Dan Ribacoff states that this exposure gives way for scammers and fraudsters to capitalize once tax season comes around.

It is worthwhile to file your tax returns as soon as possible this upcoming year.

Michael Lai, CEO of Sitejabber, reaffirms this in saying: “Once your return is filed, nobody else can file a second return without raising some red flags, so the scammers will simply move on to the next victim,”

Should you have any concern at the Federal Level, you can call the IRS and request to see what tax filings have been made under your name. Click Here to Learn More

9 January 2020

Major Security Vulnerability Discovered For iPhones and iPads running iOS 10.3.2 or lower.

Apple patches–and in turn Recognizes—a major threat to iOS devices. Dan Ribacoff strongly recommends that you upgrade your iPhones and iPads to iOS version 10.3.3 immediately.

Apple patches–and in turn Recognizes—a major threat to iOS devices. We strongly recommend that you upgrade your iPhones and iPads to iOS version 10.3.3 immediately.

An exploit was recently discovered where an attacker could execute commands on your device if it was in a certain proximity. More so, this attack could be executed from greater distances and/or remotely if your Wi-Fi router is compromised.

Affected Devices

iPhone 5 and newer
4th Generation iPads and newer
6th Generation iPod Touch and newer
What happens next will shock you

Execute Arbitrary Code
Full or Partial Device Takeover
Data Leaks
Loss of Privacy

What is this Hack Actually?

“ Broadpwn, a vulnerability in Broadcom’s Wi-Fi chipsets which affects millions of Android and iOS devices, and can be triggered remotely, without user interaction. The Broadcom BCM43xx family of Wi-Fi chips is found in an extraordinarily wide range of mobile devices – from various iPhone models, to HTC, LG, Nexus and practically the full range of Samsung flagship devices. ”