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A conversation with America Geeks

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 16:00:00 +0000

We first published on tech scammers America Geeks back in 2015 and again in 2016. This time, they opened a help ticket with us, requesting we take down our blog post—which warranted a phone call. Read on to learn how our conversation with America Geeks went.

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Instagram story spam claims free Apple Watch

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 15:00:00 +0000

We take a look at Instagram story spam leading to a “free Apple Watch” giveaway on a recently compromised celebrity account.

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Researchers discover vulnerabilities in smart assistants’ voice commands

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 16:59:51 +0000

Security researchers have now found new ways to exploit voice recognition weaknesses in your favorite home device: smart assistants. You may want to listen in.

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SEO poisoning: Is it worth it?

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 19:12:09 +0000

Is SEO poisoning a thing of the past or are there still effective ways to fool Google’s algorithms and rank high in the search results using black hat methods?

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A week in security (May 21 – May 27)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 20:26:03 +0000

A roundup of security news from May 21 – May 27, including Mac cryptominer, the results of the crackme, bad coding habits, Emotet analysis, and much more.

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Malware analysis: decoding Emotet, part 1

Credit to Author: Vishal Thakur| Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 15:00:00 +0000

In the first part of this two-part analysis of Emotet, we look at the VBA code, where you’ll learn how to recognize and discard “dead” code thrown in to complicate the analysis process.

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