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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:37:10 +0000

A round-up of the security news from August 6 – August 12, including ransomware, interesting talks during BlackHat, botnets, and the evils of JavaScript.

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Tags: botnet CTNT report cybercrime exploit kits Meltdown ransomware rdp recap true cost of cybercrime twitter bots week in security weekly blog roundup whatsapp. javascript

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August 13, 2018 admin

A week in security (August 6 – 12)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:37:10 +0000

A round-up of the security news from August 6 – 12, including ransomware, interesting talks during BlackHat, botnets, and the evils of JavaScript.

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Tags: botnet CTNT report cybercrime exploit kits Meltdown ransomware rdp recap true cost of cybercrime twitter bots week in security weekly blog roundup whatsapp. javascript

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August 8, 2018 admin

White hat, black hat, and the emergence of the gray hat: the true costs of cybercrime

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2018 14:00:00 +0000

Osterman Research recently completed a major survey on behalf of Malwarebytes to determine the actual cost of cybercrime to businesses. Here’s what we discovered.

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Tags: black hat business costs of cybercrime cybercrime data breaches gray hat Micahel Osterman Osterman report white hat

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August 2, 2018 admin

A Look at Scan4You and the Counter Antivirus Service Landscape

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 17:30:09 +0000

The concept of antivirus (AV) scanning within IT security is simple and effective. These programs, which have become part and parcel of typical infrastructure and data protection strategies, scan enterprise networks for known malware signatures and other processes associated with suspicious hacker activity. If and when these signatures or processes are detected, the antivirus program…

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August 2, 2018 admin

Social engineering attacks: What makes you susceptible?

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Cybercriminals will do what it takes to get what they want, whether that’s breaching a corporate network or stealing credentials with malware. But what do we do if hackers are hacking us instead of our computers? Here’s how to tell if you’re susceptible to social engineering attacks, and what to do to combat them.

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Tags: 419 scam blackmail catfishing cold call scams crytocurrency scam fraud phishing ransomware rogue software seo poisoning sextortion Social Engineering social engineering attacks

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July 31, 2018 admin

What’s in the spam mailbox this week?

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:00:27 +0000

We take a look at a few of the most notable spam emails in circulation over the last week, including a money muling scam, Apple phishes, and a sexploitation message featuring old, but real, passwords.

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Tags: Apple email malspam phishing sexploitation spam

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July 27, 2018 admin

New Android P includes several security improvements

Credit to Author: Gleb Malygin| Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 19:12:28 +0000

With its release around the corner, we take a close look at the Android P security improvements and how the newest version of Android will better protect the privacy and data of its users.

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Tags: Android Android P Google Mobile privacy security