Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2020 19:02:02 +0000
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| Guess who’s back right for the holidays? Emotet of course. Categories: CybercrimeMalware Tags: Christmascome backemotetransomwarereturnryuktrickbot |
The post Emotet returns just in time for Christmas appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2020 14:04:00 +0000
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| Social networks are rife with scams leading up to Christmas. We shine a light on some of the worst offenders. Categories: CybercrimePrivacy Tags: fakescamscammersSocial Engineeringsocial networks |
The post Beware: not so festive social media scams appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2020 13:14:43 +0000
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| IoT toys will be big sellers this festive season. We give a few ideas for improving smart toy security. Categories: CybercrimePrivacy Tags: Christmasconnectedfestiveholiday seasoninternetIoTserversmarttoysWi-Fixmas |
The post Smart toy security: How to keep your kids safe this Christmas appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 11:11:07 +0000
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| We look at some of the more recent spam mails taking up space in mailboxes. Categories: CybercrimeSocial engineering Tags: emailmailphishphishingroundupspam |
The post November spam roundup: Stalkers, property tips, porn, stern words and PayPal appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:59:36 +0000
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| HTTPS and iframe containers augment security, but are not a panacea for online shoppers and merchants. Categories: Cybercrime Tags: e-commerceHTTPSiframeMagecartmerchantpadlocksecurityskimmerskimming |
The post Demystifying two common misconceptions with e-commerce security appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2020 20:10:22 +0000
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| Criminals won’t pass a unique opportunity to leverage current events to deliver malware. Categories: Tags: electionsmalspamPinkslipbotQakbotQbotspam |
The post QBot Trojan delivered via malspam campaign exploiting US election uncertainties appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 20:31:28 +0000
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| A Finnish psychotherapy practice suffered a data breach (or two). Now its patients are receiving extortion messages. Categories: Tags: data breachextortiongdprpatient recordsvastaamo |
The post Vastaamo psychotherapy data breach sees the most vulnerable victims extorted appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:00:00 +0000
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| Universities are a hot target for malware right now. In this latest attack, a threat actor was targeting the University of British Columbia with the goal of distributing ransomware. Categories: Tags: phishphishingransomwareUBCuniversityvaggen |
The post Fake COVID-19 survey hides ransomware in Canadian university attack appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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