IRS Cybercrime Agent Lurks Dark Web Subreddit Looking For Hackers
Credit to Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai| Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 21:35:06 +0000
Even the taxman lurks on r/DarkNetMarkets.
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Yet more mobile adware found in Google Play
Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 07:25:29 +0000
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| Two new mobile adware variants were found in the Google Play store—all in one week. Categories: Tags: adwareAndroidandroid adwareMobilemobile adwarepotentially unwanted programs |
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Read MoreMobile Menace Monday: despicable adware
Credit to Author: Gleb Malygin| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 17:00:16 +0000
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| Are you wondering how that mysterious icon ended up on your Android phone’s start screen? Annoyed at the ads clogging your notification bar? It’s adware, and you aren’t alone. Categories: Tags: adwareAndroidandroid adwareMobilepotentially unwanted programs |
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Read MoreLabs report: summer ushers in unprecedented season of breaches
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:00:27 +0000
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| In this edition of the Malwarebytes Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques report, we saw a number of high profile breaches targeting the personal information of hundreds of millions of people. We also observed shifts in malware distribution, the revival of some old families, and found cases of international tech support scams. Categories: Tags: 3rd quarterandroid malwareastrumbreachcerbercybercrimecybercrime tactics and techniquesemotetEquifaxexploit kitfrancophonefruitflyglobeimposterLockymac malwaremalicious spammalspamMalwarebytesmalwarebytes labsnational health serviceNHSoceanlotusq3 2017reportRIGsmartscreensonictech support scamstrickbottrojan.clicker.hyjwhole foods |
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Read MoreA new kind of Apple phishing scam
Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 17:15:19 +0000
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| A new method for phishing Apple ID passwords on iOS would be indistinguishable from a real iOS password request—what are the ramifications? Categories: Tags: Appleapple phishingiOS phishingmac malwaremac phishingphishing |
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Read MoreBargains and brotherhood: The underground Digital Souks of the Middle East
Credit to Author: Rik Ferguson (VP, Security Research)| Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 12:00:29 +0000
The release of our report “Digital Souks: A glimpse into the Middle Eastern and North African underground” marks the 12th in our Cybercriminal Underground Economy Series (CUES). Having previously published several papers covering the Japanese, French, German, North American, Chinese, Russian and Brazilian undergrounds this is the first report of its kind focusing on this…
BlueBorne – Bluetooth’s airborne influenza
Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:00:11 +0000
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| Armis Labs has discovered a new attack vector that targets any device that has Bluetooth capability. Categories: Tags: AndroidArmis LabsbluebornebluetoothMobileUbertooth |
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Read MoreKeychain vulnerability in macOS
Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 18:11:06 +0000
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| On Monday, Patrick Wardle, a respected security researcher at Synack and owner of Objective-See, sent a tweet about a keychain vulnerability he had found in macOS High Sierra. As his tweet showed, it is possible for a malicious app to extract, and then exfiltrate, keychain data from High Sierra, with passwords clearly exposed in plain text. Categories: Tags: AppleHigh SierramacmacOSmalwarePatreon |
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