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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 17:03:26 +0000

A roundup of the security news from September 17–23, including Android scams, massive WordPress compromises, and high fines for Equifax.

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Tags: Android emotet Equifax Equifax breach fine MagaCart malware phishing play ransomware round up. ukgov sasl vulnerability week in security

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September 21, 2018 admin

Emotet on the rise with heavy spam campaign

Credit to Author: Adam Kujawa| Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 22:55:12 +0000

Over the last few days, we’ve noticed a large increase in malicious spam spreading Emotet, as well as a higher number of detections from our customers. Looks like we’re in the middle of an active Emotet campaign.

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Tags: campaign emotet EternalBlue malicious documents malicious spam threat statistics trickbot WannaCry

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September 21, 2018 admin

Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0000

The Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) is an essential element of online authentication. But are you aware of all the known vulnerabilities? And, more importantly, have you patched them?

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Tags: authentication brute force denial of service exploits mailserver sasl Simple Authentication and Security Layer vulnerabilities

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September 20, 2018 admin

Mass WordPress compromises redirect to tech support scams

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:42:47 +0000

Thousands of WordPress sites have been injected with the same malicious redirection. We review the infection details and the malicious traffic leading to browser lockers.

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Tags: bitcoin Bitcoin Code browlock Indicators of compromise injections JavaScript tech support scams TSS wordpress Zues

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September 20, 2018 admin

6 sure signs someone is phishing you—besides email

Credit to Author: Kayla Matthews| Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Beyond the medium used to reach you (which is most often email), what are some of the common signs and behaviors of phishing? Conversations that focus on the inbox only leave users with an inadequate understanding of how to protect against this ubiquitous threat.

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Tags: iOS phishing phishing phishing scam smishing sms phishing Social Engineering vishing

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September 19, 2018 admin

A month of giveaway spam on Twitter

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:00:48 +0000

We’ve observed a low level spam campaign working its way through Twitter, with just under 2,000 posts visible on public search since September 1. What’re they trying to sell this time? Some CBD oil!

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Tags: free CBD oil giveaway spam invite spam tweets twitter

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September 17, 2018 admin

A week in security (September 10 – 16)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:56:14 +0000

A roundup of the security news from September 10–16, including omnichannel fraud, ways to get back at scammers, the security of 2FA, and partnerstrokas.

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Tags: 2fa a week in security Android android browser banking Trojan banking Trojans botnets hmrc phish microsoft omnichannel fraud phishing portable router project verify ram nit Ramnit Trojan ransomware recap recon malware scammer security of portable router tech support scam tech support scams tor trojan two-factor authentication weekly blog roundup

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September 14, 2018 admin

HMRC phish swipes email login, payment details

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0000

It isn’t tax season for UK (or US) residents, but that hasn’t deterred scammers from sending out an HMRC phish double whammy with a tight deadline attached.

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Tags: fraud fraud site HMRC hmrc fraud Outlook phish phishing scam Social Engineering tax tax fraud tax season UK fraud

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