‘Fortnite’ Scams Are Even Worse Than You Thought
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:00:00 +0000
YouTube videos with millions of views. Nearly 5,000 bogus websites. V-Bucks scammers have gotten out of control.
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Month: October 2018
Mirai Co-Author Gets 6 Months Confinement, $8.6M in Fines for Rutgers Attacks
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 20:36:21 +0000
The convicted co-author of the highly disruptive Mirai botnet malware strain has been sentenced to 2,500 hours of community service, six months home confinement, and ordered to pay $8.6 million in restitution for repeatedly using Mirai to take down Internet services at Rutgers University, his former alma mater.
Read MoreHow Do You Fight a $12B Fraud Problem? One Scammer at a Time
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:11:57 +0000
The fraudsters behind the often laughable Nigerian prince email scams have long since branched out into far more serious and lucrative forms of fraud, including account takeovers, phishing, dating scams, and malware deployment. Combating such a multifarious menace can seem daunting, but in truth it calls for concerted efforts to tackle the problem from many different angles. This post examines the work of a large, private group of volunteers dedicated to doing just that.
Read MoreMac cryptocurrency ticker app installs backdoors
Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:20:00 +0000
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| A Mac application named CoinTicker has been found installing two different backdoors, capable of keylogging, data theft, execution of arbitrary commands, and more. Categories: Tags: backdoorcryptocurrencycryptominingevileggmacmac backdoormac cryptocurrency |
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Read MoreA week in security (October 22 – 28)
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:00:00 +0000
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| A roundup of security news from October 22 to October 28, including more headaches for airlines, how to avoid being a victim of a sextortion scam, and problems with search engines, browsers, and email. Categories: Tags: airlinebad adsBritish Airwayscathartic pacific breachCrypto scamsextortionmac malwaremalwareNorth Koreaphishingvulnerability |
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Read MoreSophos named among vendors with most comprehensive solutions in Gartner market guide
Credit to Author: Matthew Phillion| Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:20:38 +0000
We’ve got solutions in all eight methods of information-centric endpoint protection.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/BRsf0PjLAcI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read MoreApple y Samsung multados por ralentizar sus móviles más viejos
Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:26:33 +0000
Como Apple y Samsung acaban de descubrir, a costa de sus arcas, hay una forma correcta y otra incorrecta de ofrecer actualizaciones de software a sus clientes. Según investigadores del anti trust italiano AGCM, la forma correcta de proveer las actualizaciones a iOS y Android es añadir nuevas funciones que mejoren la experiencia del usuario […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/Ik0XswHr1XI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read MoreServidores SSH mal protegidos víctimas del botnet Chalubo
Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 12:46:40 +0000
SophosLabs ha detectado una nueva botnet DDoS que se centra en servidores SSH mal protegidos. Llamada Chalubo (o ChaCha-Lua-bot) en referencia al uso del cifrador de flujo ChaCha, el malware comenzó a circular en agosto antes de que se viera un pico en su actividad a comienzos de septiembre. El objetivo del malware es comprometer […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/rf6SexyPgsM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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