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Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Sextortion scams are back on the radar, and many say they’re on the uptick. We investigate an email campaign to see how lucrative the business of sextortion can be.

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QuickHeal Security

September 4, 2019 admin

Teacher’s Day Special – Things that teachers must know about their students to make them cyber safe

Credit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:37:31 +0000

A good teacher is not just someone who is good with academics. They are more of a role model and mentor, who can share the right knowledge with their students, to help them choose and perceive between the good and bad of the society they live in. Given the increasing…

ComputerWorld Independent

September 4, 2019 admin

How to disable basic or legacy authentication to set up MFA in Office 365

Microsoft recommends setting up multi-factor authentication in Windows 10 for better security, but you have to disable basic or legacy authentication first.

Independent Krebs

September 3, 2019 admin

‘Satori’ IoT Botnet Operator Pleads Guilty

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 04:14:18 +0000

A 21-year-old man from Vancouver, Wash. has pleaded guilty to federal hacking charges tied to his role in operating the “Satori” botnet, a crime machine powered by hacked Internet of Things (IoT) devices that was built to conduct massive denial-of-service attacks targeting Internet service providers, online gaming platforms and Web hosting companies.

Independent Krebs

September 3, 2019 admin

Spam In your Calendar? Here’s What to Do.

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 18:56:07 +0000

Many spam trends are cyclical: Spammers tend to switch tactics when one method of hijacking your time and attention stops working. But periodically they circle back to old tricks, and few spam trends are as perennial as calendar spam, in which invitations to click on dodgy links show up unbidden in your digital calendar application from Apple, Google and Microsoft. Here’s a brief primer on what you can do about it.

MalwareBytes Security

September 3, 2019 admin

A week in security (August 26 – September 1)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:02:14 +0000

A roundup of the latest cybersecurity news for the week of August 26-September 1 including xHelper Trojan, Nextdoor app, clickjacking problem, investing cybersecurity, and iPhone malware

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Kaspersky Security

September 3, 2019 admin

Our fan club is a teenager already!

Credit to Author: Eugene Kaspersky| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 18:17:39 +0000

Who are the fans of Kaspersky, and why is the fan club beneficial to the company as well as to the members of the fan club itself?

Security TrendMicro

September 3, 2019 admin

This Week in Security News: Ransomware Campaigns Persist with WannaCry as Most Common

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 17:36:02 +0000

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about how a total of 118 new ransomware families emerged in the first half of 2018, but only 47 new ones debuted in the first six…

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