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Coronavirus Bitcoin scam promises “millions” working from home

March 26, 2020 admin bitcoin, british celebrities scam, coronavirus, coronavirus bitcoin, coronavirus bitcoin scam, coronavirus scams, covid-19, covid-19 bitcoin, covid-19 scams, email, scams, spam

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:05:13 +0000

We look at a set of Coronavirus Bitcoin scam emails promising vast sums of cryptocash that can be made working from home—but drains users accounts instead.

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Threat spotlight: RobbinHood ransomware takes the driver’s seat

February 20, 2020 admin .enc_robbinhood, Anti-Ransomware, baltimore, bitcoin, greenville, Malwarebytes, ransom, ransom note, ransomware, ransomware rollback, robbinhood, Robbinhood ransomware, rollback, threat spotlight

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:09:03 +0000

RobbinHood a is a ransomware family that specifically targets organizations using a vulnerable kernel driver to prepare systems for encryption. Learn how to protect against it.

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Threat spotlight

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Kaspersky Security

Snow White, the Seven Cryptominers, and the targeted attacks

January 4, 2020 admin bitcoin, Business, cryptomalware, fairy tales, ransomware, SMB, Targeted Attacks, truth

Credit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 11:19:06 +0000

The Brothers Grimm fairy tales are deep source of object lessons in information security — not just for children, but also for adults.

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4 types of cryptohacks, explained

December 10, 2019 admin bitcoin, BlockChain, Business, cryptocurrencies, ethereum, SMB

Credit to Author: Alexey Malanov| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 17:29:36 +0000

We look at the ridiculous reasons behind four recent cryptohacks.

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Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 117

November 7, 2019 admin bitcoin, cheats, Fortnite, Gaming, GReAT, Mining, news, podcast, privacy, Threats

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 16:02:39 +0000

Dave and Jeff take a look at Bitcoin mining in Georgia, Fortnite bans, the latest on gaming cheats, and more.

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Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 116

October 31, 2019 admin bitcoin, Facebook, google, news, podcast, privacy, stalkerware, Threats

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 16:18:08 +0000

Dave and Jeff chat about the week’s top cybersecurity news, including whether you should put your license plates online, FTC crackdowns on stalkerware, Aussie cops making bank on Bitcoin, and more.

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The lucrative business of Bitcoin sextortion scams (updated)

September 4, 2019 admin 163qcNngcPxk7njkBGU3GGtxdhi74ycqzk, 1KE1EqyKLPzLWQ3BhRz2g1MHh5nws2TRk, 3HXdb3HAw1wVzU9b7ZSigvGaStd8KoZ3zJ, bitcoin, Bitcoin sextortion, Blackmail, CCC, Chaos Computer Club, ChaosCC, Digital Shadows, eff, Electronic Frontier Foundation, scams, sextortion email, sextortion scams

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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Scams

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