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Stay away from the Bitcoin multiplier scam

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 18:30:00 +0000

Bitcoin multiplier scams: same old scam, different commodity. Scammers want your Bitcoins, and to get them, they promise to make you rich in less than an hour. Too good to be true? Absolutely.

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A week in security (October 30 – November 5)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 18:00:03 +0000

Learn what happened in the world of security during the week of October 30 through November 5. Data breaches, reports, vulnerabilities, and a look at the scariest malware monsters.

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Simple Banking Security Tip: Verbal Passwords

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 16:53:03 +0000

There was a time when I was content to let my bank authenticate me over the phone by asking for some personal identifiers (SSN/DOB) that are broadly for sale in the cybercrime underground. At some point, however, I decided this wasn’t acceptable for institutions that held significant chunks of our money, and I began taking our business away from those that wouldn’t let me add a simple verbal passphrase that needed to be uttered before any account details could be discussed over the phone.

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