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Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 15:00:33 +0000

On Valentine’s Day, Mac users got a special “treat” in the form of new malware. Now, just a week later, there are signs of yet another piece of malware looming. This brings the count of malware (as opposed to adware or other threats) discovered for macOS this year up to 4, in only two short months.

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February 28, 2017 admin

Decrypting after a Findzip ransomware infection

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 16:00:47 +0000

The Findzip ransomware was discovered on February 22, 2017. At that time, it was thought that files would be irreversibly encrypted by this ransomware, with no chance of decryption. Turns out, that’s not quite true.

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Tags: Apple Filecoder Findzip Findzip ransomware mac macOS ransomware

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February 27, 2017 admin

New Neutrino Bot comes in a protective loader

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 19:30:31 +0000

We take another look at the Neutrino bot, known for its diverse feature set ranging from snooping on victims to performing DDos attacks. This latest version includes a hardened protective layer aimed at defeating sandboxes and hiding the bot from discovery.

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Tags: exploit kit malvertising malware neutrino bot neutrino ek packer

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February 24, 2017 admin

Fake FBI mail: “Send us $112 or we’ll lock your iCloud account”

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 20:12:36 +0000

Steer clear of this fake FBI message regarding your “locked” iCloud account. It’s nothing more than a get rich quick scam, and the people behind it are looking to cash in at your expense.

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Tags: Apple bitcoin email fbi icloud phish scam

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February 23, 2017 admin

How do I secure my social media profile?

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 14:00:07 +0000

Quitting social media entirely can be unrealistic, or at least seriously unfun. So it’s important to take a moment to check out account settings before you start, to make absolutely sure you’re okay with the service’s default settings.

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February 14, 2017 admin

Staying safe online on Valentine’s Day

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:00:48 +0000

We give some advice on how to steer clear of scams and other bad things on Valentine’s Day. Everything from social engineering and bots to revenge porn and money mules are covered.

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Tags: dating dating apps opsec safety scams security Social Engineering valentine’s day

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February 10, 2017 admin

Microsoft Office macro malware targets Macs

Macro malware have been around for quite some time, but have mostly just been a nuisance to Mac users. Unfortunately, that has now changed.

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Tags: Apple mac Macro malware malware Microsoft Office

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January 31, 2017 admin

Threat Actors will come up with new Targeted Attack Tactics that Circumvent Current Anti-evasion Solutions

In the Trend Micro 2017 Security Predictions report, we cover many of the threats that organizations will have to deal with this year and none could be more challenging that a targeted attack. We recently saw a report from the Identity Theft Resource Center which said 2016 had the most data breaches in US history. Within…