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How to avoid being scammed this Valentine’s Day

February 7, 2022 admin bbb, Better Business Bureau, child sexual abuse, e-cards, fake dating sites, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, john wallace, lockdown loneliness, malware, online scam, phishing, romance scam, SCAM, scams, sextortion, social media scams, social media shopping, survey scams, valentine's day, valentine's day scams, wymoo

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:06:14 +0000

From romance scams and sextortion, to fake dating sites and phishing campaigns, here’s how to avoid a sting in the tail this Valentine’s Day.

Categories: Scams

Tags: BBB Better Business Bureau child sexual abuse e-cards fake dating sites Federal Trade Commission FTC John Wallace lockdown loneliness malware online scam phishing romance scam scam sextortion social media scams social media shopping survey scams valentine’s day Valentine's Day scams Wymoo

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A week in security (January 20 – 26)

January 27, 2020 admin a week in security, apple, awis, blog recap, breach, facebook phishing, fake job listings, google, hiring scam, jhonerat, nest iot, pupyrat, ransomware, Rat, remote access trojan, sextortion, tech support scam, thsuite, TINDER, weekly blog roundup

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:17:14 +0000

A roundup of the previous week’s most notable security stories and events, including tech support scams, deepfakes, and the latest ransomware attack in Florida.

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A week in security

Tags: Apple awis blog recap breach facebook phishing fake job listings Google hiring scam JhoneRAT Nest IOT PupyRAT ransomware rat remote access Trojan sextortion tech support scam THSuite Tinder weekly blog roundup

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Independent Krebs

Nuclear Bot Author Arrested in Sextortion Case

December 17, 2019 admin Augustin Inzirillo, leparisien, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Nuclear Bot, sextortion, tinynuke

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 19:09:10 +0000

Last summer, a wave of sextortion emails began flooding inboxes around the world. The spammers behind this scheme claimed they’d hacked your computer and recorded videos of you watching porn, and promised to release the embarrassing footage to all your contacts unless a bitcoin demand was paid. Now, French authorities say they’ve charged two men they believe are responsible for masterminding this scam. One of them is a 21-year-old hacker interviewed by KrebsOnSecurity in 2017 who openly admitted to authoring a banking trojan called “Nuclear Bot.”

Kaspersky Security

Are scammers tired of bitcoin?

December 16, 2019 admin extortion, fraud, news, porn, sextortion, spam, Threats, Tips

Credit to Author: Maria Vergelis| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:12:30 +0000

Extorters are demanding ransom not in cryptocurrency, but in prepaid debit cards. All the same, you shouldn’t pay.

MalwareBytes Security

A week in security (October 28 – November 3)

November 4, 2019 admin a week in security, adobe creative cloud, Advanced persistent threats, american cancer society, Android, APT, blogger, cybersecurity challenges, data breach, disaster donation scam, emoji app, esports, Fancy Bear, fraud, FTC, gafgyt, internet, journalists, MaaS, Magecart, Malware-as-a-Service, messagetap, nuclear power corp of india, raccoon, retina-x, sextortion, SMB, stalkerware, US Federal Trade Commission, wordpress

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 16:37:57 +0000

A roundup of the latest cybersecurity news for the week of October 28 – November 3, including cyberattacks against SMBs, the Internet’s 50th birthday, stalkerware, donation scams, and more.

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A week in security

Tags: Adobe Creative Cloud advanced persistent threats American Cancer Society Android APT blogger cybersecurity challenges data breach disaster donation scam emoji app esports Fancy Bear fraud FTC Gafgyt internet journalists MaaS Magecart Malware-as-a-Service MessageTap Nuclear Power Corp of India Raccoon Retina-X sextortion SMB stalkerware US Federal Trade Commission wordpress

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A week in security (August 5 – 11)

August 12, 2019 admin a week in security, APT28, awis, backdoors, bitcoin, bmi, brain-machine interface, chrome incognito, CTNT report, dslr flaw, Facebook, Fancy Bear, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services, IRIS, mark zuckerberg, Messenger Kids, phishing, protonmail, ransomware, robocall, robocall scam, sextortion, smart homes, steam, Strontium, weekly blog roundup

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 15:38:31 +0000

The latest cybersecurity news for the week of August 5–11. We touch on problematic backdoors, the grim possibility of the Internet of Thoughts, and smart home improvement. We also released a retrospective report on ransomware.

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A week in security

Tags: a week in security APT28 awis backdoors bitcoin bmi brain-machine interface chrome incognito CTNT report dslr flaw facebook Fancy Bear IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services IRIS Mark Zuckerberg messenger kids phishing protonmail ransomware robocall robocall scam sextortion smart homes steam Strontium weekly blog roundup

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A week in security (June 10 – 16)

June 17, 2019 admin a week in security, ACLU, ad blockers, Adware, AI, American Civil Liberties Union, APT, Artificial Intelligence, breach, CBP, Customs and Border Protection, cyberbullying, disinformation campaign, fishwrap, Google Calendar notification abuse, Healthcare security, Maine, MuddyWaters, privacy, pups, push notifications, sextortion, trolling, twitter list abuse, VLC

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 17:09:19 +0000

A roundup of security news from June 10–16, including MegaCortex, the latest news on privacy, the abuse of Twitter’s Lists feature, and more.

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A week in security

Tags: ACLU ad blockers adware AI American Civil Liberties Union APT artificial intelligence breach CBP Customs and Border Protection cyberbullying disinformation campaign fishwrap Google Calendar notification abuse healthcare security Maine MuddyWaters privacy PUPs push notifications sextortion trolling twitter list abuse VLC

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Kaspersky Security

CIA sextortion — an old scam with a new twist

June 7, 2019 admin Cia, extortion, fraud, news, porn, ransom, sextortion, spam, Threats, Tips

Credit to Author: Tatyana Shcherbakova| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 10:00:59 +0000

Scammers posing as CIA agents demand ransom for alleged possession of child porn, threatening arrest.