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Sandbox in security: what is it, and how it relates to malware

September 24, 2020 admin 0 Comments AI, awareness, containerization, maze, ML, sanboxes, Sandboxing, security perimeter, Virtual Machines

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 17:00:00 +0000

Sandboxes and virtual machines are tools that security researchers use to determine whether samples are malicious and what their payload is.

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Awareness

Tags: AI containerization Maze ML sanboxes sandboxing security perimeter Virtual Machines

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Phishers spoof reliable cybersecurity training company to garner clicks

September 23, 2020 admin 0 Comments Cofense, cybersecurity training, knowbe4, phishing, phishing scam, Rat, remote access trojan, scams

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 17:00:00 +0000

In a recent campaign, phishers were seen taking advantage of user trust on KnowBe4 and stealing their work email credentials.

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Scams

Tags: Cofense cybersecurity training KnowBe4 phishing phishing scam rat remote access Trojan

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A week in security (September 14 – 20)

September 21, 2020 admin 0 Comments a week in security, apt41, blurtooth, charities, Chinese, chrome extensions, danny palmer, DDos attack, domain name abuse, Fintech, ransomware, tax scam, us department of the interior, web-phishing, zerologon

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 16:16:34 +0000

A round up of cybersecurity news from September 14 – 20, including the Zerologon exploit, BLURtooth vulnerability, APT41, and phishing scams.

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A week in security

Tags: apt41 blurtooth charities Chinese chrome extensions danny palmer DDos attack domain name abuse fintech ransomware tax scam us department of the interior web-phishing zerologon

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Is domain name abuse something companies should worry about?

September 18, 2020 admin 0 Comments abuse, Business, cctld, DNS, domain, domain name, Hijacking, registrar, takeover, tld, typosquatting, webserver

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 16:57:09 +0000

Should you worry about domain name abuse? For the most part it depends on what kind of company you are and what you expect to encounter.

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Business

Tags: abuse cctld dns domain domain name hijacking registrar takeover tld typosquatting webserver

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Charities and the advertising industry: data ecosystems and privacy risks

September 17, 2020 admin advertising, adverts, charities, consent, cookies, donation, ethics, Marketing, privacy, rtb, tracking, units

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 16:59:59 +0000

We take a look at a study which dives into the connection between popular UK based charity organisations and tracking, Real Time Bidding, and data analysis

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Privacy

Tags: advertising adverts charities consent cookies donation ethics marketing RTB tracking units

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Fintech industry developments, differences between Europe and the US

September 15, 2020 admin brexit, Business, Fintech, GDPR, Legislation, online shopping, pci dss, Regulation, web skimmers

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 15:00:00 +0000

The developments in fintech differ between regions due to legislation. How does that effect the industry and the safety of their customers?

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Business

Tags: brexit fintech gdpr legislation online shopping pci dss regulation web skimmers

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Lock and Code S1Ep15: Safely using Google Chrome Extensions with Pieter Arntz

September 15, 2020 admin Advanced persistent threats, APT, center for public health research, charming kitten, covid-19, data breach, ddos, DDos attack, distributed denial-of-service attack, election interference, Elections, lugar centre, malvertising, netflix scam, pandemic, podcast

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 14:49:08 +0000

This week on Lock and Code, we talk to Pieter Arntz, malware intelligence researcher for Malwarebytes, about Google Chrome extensions.

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Podcast

Tags: advanced persistent threats APT Center for Public Health Research Charming Kitten covid-19 data breach ddos DDos attack distributed denial of service attack election interference elections Lugar Centre malvertising Netflix scam pandemic

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The informed voter’s guide to election cyberthreats

September 15, 2020 admin 2020 general election, 2020 presidential election, awareness, computational propaganda, discourse manipulation, election discourse manipulation, Election Hacking, electoral fraud, examples of election interference, foreign election interference, propaganda warfare, sim intercept attack, sim swap attack, SIM swapping

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 15:00:00 +0000

One of the most important elections in history will take place in less than two months. What election cyberthreats should voters be aware of to help ensure their vote counts?

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Awareness

Tags: 2020 general election 2020 presidential election computational propaganda discourse manipulation election discourse manipulation election hacking electoral fraud examples of election interference foreign election interference propaganda warfare SIM intercept attack SIM swap attack SIM swapping

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