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Malsmoke operators abandon exploit kits in favor of social engineering scheme

November 16, 2020 admin exploit kits, Exploits, Fallout, malsmoke, malvertising, smoke loader, Social engineering, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 18:00:06 +0000

Threat actors behind malsmoke, one of the largest malvertising campaigns we’ve seen in recent months, have switched malware delivery tactics.

Categories: Exploits Social engineering Threat analysis

Tags: exploit kits Fallout Malsmoke malvertising smoke loader Social Engineering

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QBot Trojan delivered via malspam campaign exploiting US election uncertainties

November 4, 2020 admin cybercrime, Elections, malspam, pinkslipbot, qakbot, Qbot, Social engineering, spam

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2020 20:10:22 +0000

Criminals won’t pass a unique opportunity to leverage current events to deliver malware.

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Tags: elections malspam Pinkslipbot Qakbot Qbot spam

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Fake COVID-19 survey hides ransomware in Canadian university attack

October 28, 2020 admin cybercrime, phish, phishing, ransomware, Social engineering, UBC, University, vaggen

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:00:00 +0000

Universities are a hot target for malware right now. In this latest attack, a threat actor was targeting the University of British Columbia with the goal of distributing ransomware.

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Tags: phish phishing ransomware UBC university vaggen

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Scammers are spoofing bank phone numbers to rob victims

October 28, 2020 admin 2fa, caller ID, cold callers, fake banksites, phishing, phone scammers, robocalls, Social engineering, spoofed, spoofing, traced act

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:06:18 +0000

Phone scammers are using spoofed caller ID numbers to convince their victims they are employees of your bank. Don’t fall for their tricks.

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Tags: 2fa caller id cold callers fake banksites phishing phone scammers robocalls spoofed spoofing traced act

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XSS to TSS: tech support scam campaign abuses cross-site scripting vulnerability

October 21, 2020 admin Cross Site Scripting, cybercrime, Social engineering, tech support scam, TSS, Vulnerability, XSS

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 20:41:32 +0000

This tech support scam is being spread via Facebook links and uses several redirection mechanisms to avoid detection.

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Tags: cross-site scripting tech support scam TSS vulnerability xss

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Deepfakes and the 2020 United States election: missing in action?

October 16, 2020 admin 2020 us election, AI, conspiracy, cybercrime, deepfake, deepfakes, disinformation, fake, manipulation, Social engineering, video

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:00:00 +0000

We look at whether the 2020 United States election will be plagued by deepfakes, or if it’s not the concern experts once thought it was.

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Tags: 2020 US election AI conspiracy deepfake deepfakes disinformation fake manipulation video

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FIFA 21 game scams: watch out for unsporting conduct

October 14, 2020 admin coins, cybercrime, EA, fake, FIFA, Football, fut, games, Origin, SCAM, Social engineering, social media, steam, VIDEO GAME

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 15:30:00 +0000

With the recent launch of the new FIFA 2021 video game, we look at some of the common scams to avoid.

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Tags: coins EA fake FIFA football FUT games origin scam social media steam video game

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Malvertising campaigns come back in full swing

September 15, 2020 admin ad networks, bad ads, exploit kit, exploit kits, Fallout EK, malvertising, malvertising campaigns, RIG EK, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2020 17:07:14 +0000

Threat actors monetize on adult traffic in several large malvertising campaigns.

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Social engineering

Tags: ad networks bad ads exploit kit exploit kits Fallout EK malvertising malvertising campaigns RIG EK

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