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Social Security Number scammers are at it again

January 10, 2019 admin 0 Comments cybercrime, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, robocall scam, Security Disability, Social engineering, Social Security Administration, social security number scam, social security scam, SSA, ssa scam, SSD, ssd vulnerability, SSN, ssn scam

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 21:05:26 +0000

The Federal Trade Commission recently released a warning about a sharp increase in Social Security Number scammers. Have you gotten one of their robocalls? Here’s how to recognize the scam and what to do about it.

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Beware! Your website might be delivering Emotet malware

January 2, 2019 admin banking Trojan, data breach, emotet, Hacker, malware, phishing, Social engineering, Uncategorized, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Bajrang Mane| Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 08:28:45 +0000

In 2018, we saw a surge in Emotet activity. Emotet started as a banking trojan but this blog will shed light on how it has also become a “threat distributor”. We will also discuss server-side and client-side activity and how it spreads. Its self-propagation makes it all the more challenging…

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The complete story of EMOTET: Most prominent Malware of 2018

December 29, 2018 admin banking Trojan, data breach, emotet, Hacker, malware, phishing, Social engineering, Uncategorized, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Bajrang Mane| Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 08:28:45 +0000

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This online quiz is now confirmed to be a phishing scam

December 20, 2018 admin a new era in phishing, cybercrime, phishing quiz, phishing scam, quiz-based phishing scam, Social engineering, survey scam, three question quiz scam, typosquatting

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 18:30:00 +0000

It’s dubbed the ‘Three Questions Quiz’ scam, and not only are people letting their guard down, but they’re also freely sharing it on social media, too. Do you think you have been duped by this before? Read on.

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Tags: a new era in phishing phishing quiz phishing scam quiz-based phishing scam survey scam three question quiz scam typosquatting

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Tackling phishing with signal-sharing and machine learning

December 20, 2018 admin cybersecurity, Office 365 ATP, PDF attachment, phishing, phishing attacks, Social engineering, Windows Defender ATP, Windows SmartScreen

Credit to Author: Windows Defender Research| Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:00:11 +0000

Across services in Microsoft Threat Protection, the correlation of security signals enhances the comprehensive and integrated security for identities, endpoints, user data, cloud apps, and infrastructure. Our industry-leading visibility into the entire attack chain translates to enriched protection thats evident in many different attack scenarios, including flashy cyberattacks, massive malware campaigns, and even small-scale, localized

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Ghost Has Arrived

December 17, 2018 admin database, Dotnet, email, encryption, Kill Switch, malware, ransomware, Security, Social engineering, spam, user files

Credit to Author: Ghanshyam More| Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 11:58:50 +0000

On the back of an upswing in Ransomware activity, we decided to carry out an in-depth analysis of Ghost Ransomware. Interesting fact about this malware is that it uses multiple components to encrypt user files. Technical Analysis : Main malware executable (Ghost.exe) is compiled using the DotNet Framework. The infection…

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Flurry of new Mac malware drops in December

December 11, 2018 admin backdoors, Mac, mac malware, macros, Microsoft Word, Social engineering, Threat analysis, Word

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Multiple new pieces of Mac malware have appeared in December, all distributed through different means, but all opening backdoors on infected computers.

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Humble Bundle alerts customers to subscription reveal bug

December 4, 2018 admin 2-Step Verification, 2fa, breach, bug, cybercrime, games, Gaming, humble bundle, phish, phishing, Social engineering, spear phishing, two-factor authentication, video games

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2018 17:20:27 +0000

Humble Bundle is sending emails to subscribers due to information being revealed by a bug. How bad it is? We take a look.

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Tags: 2-Step Verification 2fa breach bug games gaming humble bundle phish phishing spear phishing two-factor authentication video games

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Spoofed addresses and anonymous sending: new Gmail bugs make for easy pickings

November 21, 2018 admin Bleeping Computer, cybercrime, eli gray, gmail bug, phisher, Social engineering, tim cotten, ux flaws

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 17:53:50 +0000

This isn’t the first time that Gmail, an email service used by billions, is found to have flaws. One security researcher discovered two in less than a week; another revealed a weakness that still leaves Android users open to phishing.

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Are Deepfakes coming to a scam near you?

November 21, 2018 admin AI, ceo fraud, coinminers, deep fake, deep learning, deepfake, deepfakes, machine learning, SCAM, Social engineering, Technology

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 16:00:40 +0000

Deepfake is a machine learning technique that is capable of perfect imitations of facial expressions in videos. Will adding voice imitations to them lead to the perfect scam?

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