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A week in security (June 20 – June 26)

June 27, 2022 admin 311, 7-zip, a week in security, APT28, catfishing, chrome, conti, conti ransomware, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency scam, cybersecurity emergency, ddos, ddos-for-hire, dfscoerce, FBI, internet safety month, LinkedIn, linkedin scam, Magecart, mark of the web, MEGA, ntlm relay attack, phishing, Powershell, ransomware, vacation cybersecurity, vacation privacy, voicemail phishing

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:30:06 +0000

The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

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MEGA claims it can’t decrypt your files. But someone’s managed to…

June 22, 2022 admin ciphertext, curve25519, ed25519, encryption, MEGA, reports

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 15:52:41 +0000

Swiss researchers debunked MEGA’s claims that anyone that would be able to take over MEGA’s infrastructure would still not have access to your information and files.

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How to remove Google from your life

May 9, 2022 admin Android, apple, carey parker, de-google, DuckDuckGo, fastmail, fitbit, gcal, Gmail, google, Google Chrome, google docs, google fiber, google hangouts, google slides, google spreadsheets, iPhone, MEGA, Nest, pixel, privacy, protonmail, skiff, skiff.org, startpage, swiss transfer, sync.com, waze, Youtube

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 14:35:14 +0000

Google and all its products can dominate the average person’s life. Here’s an in-depth guide on how to remove yourself from their ecosystem.

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Security Sophos

Attackers linger on government agency computers before deploying Lockbit ransomware

April 12, 2022 admin anydesk, lockbit ransomware, MEGA, Mimikatz, ransomware, rdp brute forcer, rdp multi tool, ScreenConnect, security operations, threat research

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:30:45 +0000

Threat actors spent more than five months remotely googling for tools from the target’s machines

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Collection 1 data breach: what you need to know

January 18, 2019 admin 101, breaches, Brian Krebs, Collection #1, data breach, data dump, extortion, hack, hacking, haveibeenpwned, How-tos, MEGA, passwords, PPI, Troy Hunt, user awareness

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 18:33:40 +0000

In what’s being dubbed one of the largest data dumps in history, Collection 1 contains the data of over 770 million people. But is it really as bad as it sounds? We take a closer look and let users know what to do if their info is caught up in the mix.

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Tags: breaches Brian Krebs collection 1 data breach data dump extortion hack hacking haveibeenpwned MEGA passwords PPI Troy Hunt user awareness

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