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Credit to Author: Adam McNeil| Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 15:00:43 +0000

We’ve detected an uptick in USPS-themed malspam walloping users with a 1-2-3 knock-out of nasty malware designed to infiltrate your system and steal all your most valuable information. This malware-laced email is actively being distributed with various Subject and Body messages containing references to missing and/or late USPS parcels.

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Tags: JavaScript malspam malware trojan Trojan.Boaxxe Trojan.Kovter USPS

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April 8, 2017 admin

The top 5 dumbest cyber threats that work anyway

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2017 15:00:23 +0000

The common conception of cyber attacks is kind of like bad weather: ranging from irritating to catastrophic, but always unpredictable. Hackers are simply too sophisticated to draw any reliable judgments on and we shouldn’t try. As it turns out, some hackers are fairly predictable in their successful use of really dumb attacks.

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Tags: Business Email Compromise cyber attack cyber threats ddos malware ransomware scam sql

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April 6, 2017 admin

Malvertising on iOS pushes eyebrow-raising VPN app

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 17:10:49 +0000

A malvertising campaign on iOS is pushing a scareware page tricking Apple users into installing a free VPN app that comes with serious privacy implications.

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Tags: Apple iOS iPhone malvertising malware MyMobileSecure scareware vpn

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April 6, 2017 admin

Diamond Fox – part 2: let’s dive in the code

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 15:00:30 +0000

In a previous post we made an initial analysis of a Diamond Fox bot delivered by the Nebula Exploit Kit (more about the campaign can be found here). We described the way to unpack the protection layer in order to get the core, written in Visual Basic, that can be decompiled. In this second part of…

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Tags: Diamond Fox EK exploit kit Nebula Nebula Exploit Kit

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April 4, 2017 admin

A week in security (Mar 27 – Apr 02)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 15:00:17 +0000

A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from March 26th to April 2nd. This week, we look back at phishing campaigns, adware, ransomware, and more.

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Tags: adware GitHub malware phishing ransomware recap Sage ransomware weekly blog roundup world of warcraft

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Kaspersky Security

April 4, 2017 admin

Three ways to rob an ATM: Remote, almost remote, and physical

Credit to Author: John Snow| Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2017 19:44:21 +0000

We investigated three cases of ATM robbery — involving remote-controlled malware, a Bluetooth keyboard, and a drill.

QuickHeal Security

March 31, 2017 admin

10 Internet Security Tips to Keep Hackers Away

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 08:00:28 +0000

The Internet is a fun place to be, but it is also riddled with hackers, online scammers, and malware artists. These notorious entities are out there, waiting for you to falter so that they can latch onto you like parasites to feed on your money and identity. Scary huh? But…

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March 31, 2017 admin

Quick Heal Total Security (Windows) gives 100% zero-day protection | Latest AV-Test results

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 07:24:12 +0000

The AV-Test institute is an independent organization that evaluates and rates antivirus software solutions, benchmarking them against various criteria. These evaluations are run for Windows and Android operating systems. During January and February 2017, AV-Test evaluated Quick Heal Total Security for Windows. Here are the results: Category A: PROTECTION Protection…

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