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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 18:30:00 +0000

It’s dubbed the ‘Three Questions Quiz’ scam, and not only are people letting their guard down, but they’re also freely sharing it on social media, too. Do you think you have been duped by this before? Read on.

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Tags: a new era in phishing phishing quiz phishing scam quiz-based phishing scam survey scam three question quiz scam typosquatting

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December 20, 2018 admin

Christmas tech scams roundup

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:30:14 +0000

What’s under the Christmas tree? It’s worse than lumps of coal, it’s a not very festive assortment of tricks and scams designed to give you a festive season hangover.

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Tags: adverts bitcoin email facebook hitman phish scam tech scams tech support scammers tech support scams

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Flaw in Twitter form may have been abused by nation states

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Twitter announced in a blog post Monday that they discovered and addressed a security flaw in one of their support forms. The discovery was made on November 15—more than a month ago—and promptly fixed the next day. So why are we only hearing about it now?

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Tags: botnet bug bounty china DIY DIY botnet kit saudi arabia stenography support twitter Twitter form

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Yes, Chromebooks can and do get infected

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 15:00:57 +0000

We’ve heard people say Macs don’t get viruses for years, but we know that to be false. But what about Chromebooks? They’re totally safe, right? Think again.

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Tags: Android Chromebook antimalware Chromebooks antivirus Chromebooks malware Chromes OS Google Google Play mac malware

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All the reasons why cybercriminals want to hack your phone

Credit to Author: Kayla Matthews| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Why would a criminal want to hack your phone? Perhaps the better question may be: Why wouldn’t they? We take a look at all the reasons hackers have for breaking into your most precious device—and what you can do to stop it.

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Tags: Android apps cryptomining hack your phone hacking iOS loapi mining cryptocurrency Mobile mobile phones mobile ransomware mobile security ransomware ransomware attack

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December 17, 2018 admin

Mobile Menace Monday: Is Fuchsia OS the end of Android?

Credit to Author: Gleb Malygin| Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 20:10:25 +0000

The next major Android version will be Android Q and not Android 9.1 Pie. In parallel, Google is also developing a new operating system based on its own microkernel called Fuchsia. Will this be the OS that replaces Android? Read on to find out.

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Tags: Android flutter fuchsia Google mobile menace monday operating system triple m Zircon

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December 17, 2018 admin

A week in security (December 10 – 16)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:58:31 +0000

A roundup of last week’s security news from December 10–16, including facial recognition technology, abandoned USB sticks, even more trouble at Facebook, Google bugs, and more.

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Tags: Android Bitcoin bomb threat bug facebook mac malware passwords SMB vulnerabilities USB sticks windows 10

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How threat actors are using SMB vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0000

SMB vulnerabilities have been so successful for criminals that they’ve been used in some of the most devastating ransomware and Trojan attacks of the last two years. Learn how they work and how your organization can protect against them.

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Tags: EternalBlue EternalChampion EternalRomance exploits NSA tools ShadowBrokers SMB vulnerabilities vulnerabilities

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