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A week in security (September 2 – 8)

September 9, 2019 admin a week in security, back to school, back to school cybersecurity, Capital One data breach, China, cyber insurance, deepfake, deepfake for voices, Facebook, iphone compromise, Paige Thompson, ransomware, remote workers, romance scam, scammers, Social engineering, spear phishing, Targeted Attacks, trickbot, Uyghur Muslims

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:01:30 +0000

A roundup of the latest cybersecurity news for the week of September 2 – 8, including TrickBot’s new trick, a social engineering toolkit, and how to keep remote workers safe.

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A week in security

Tags: back to school back to school cybersecurity Capital One data breach china cyber insurance deepfake deepfake for voices facebook iphone compromise Paige Thompson ransomware remote workers romance scam scammers Social Engineering spear phishing targeted attacks trickbot Uyghur Muslims

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New social engineering toolkit draws inspiration from previous web campaigns

September 3, 2019 admin Domen, eitest, FakeUpdates, hoeflertext, NetSupport, Rat, SocGholish, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:15:33 +0000

We discovered a web social engineering toolkit that allows crooks to create fake update notification campaigns on both desktop and mobile in up to 30 different languages.

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Tags: Domen eitest FakeUpdates hoeflertext NetSupport rat SocGholish Social Engineering

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QR code scam can clean out your bank account

July 31, 2019 admin banking phish, login credentials, malicious websites, payment, QR code, QR code scam, SCAM, scams, Social engineering, URL

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:05:40 +0000

QR code scams are still popular. We should learn to treat QR codes like we do any other unrecognizable URL: with suspicion on where it will take us.

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Scams

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Good Twitter Samaritans accidentally prevent shoeshine scam

July 26, 2019 admin India, SCAM, shoe shine, Social engineering, social media, Travel, travelling, Twitter

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 16:45:12 +0000

We take a look at how a shoeshine scam nearly took place in real life—until people online trying to help in one way, ended up assisting in quite another.

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Social engineering

Tags: india scam shoe shine social media travel travelling twitter

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Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 investigation shows Russian disinformation campaigns have global reach

July 23, 2019 admin bellingcat, buk, disinformation, fake news, IRA, JIT, malaysia airlines, mh17, Russia, russian disinformation, russian propaganda, Social engineering, social media, Twitter, Ukraine

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:54:56 +0000

In June, investigators released a warrant to arrest Russian and Ukrainian nationals for shooting down Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. However, Russian disinformation campaigns have spread about the true cause of the fight’s demise. How can we separate fact from fiction and protect against fake news?

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Social engineering

Tags: bellingcat buk disinformation fake news IRA JIT malaysia airlines mh17 russia russian disinformation russian propaganda social media twitter ukraine

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Remote access — for a scammer

July 8, 2019 admin fraud, personal data, privacy, remote access, SCAM, Social engineering, Threats

Credit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 10:42:15 +0000

Using persuasion instead of viruses: How scammers talk people into granting remote access to their computers.

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Beware! Email attachments can make you victim of spear phishing attacks

June 25, 2019 admin Cyber safety, email, malware, phishing, Security, Social engineering, spam

Credit to Author: Prashant Tilekar| Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2019 09:15:28 +0000

In the last few months, we’ve seen a sudden increase in Spear Phishing attacks. Spear phishing is a variation of a phishing scam wherein hackers send a targeted email to an individual which appears to be from a trusted source. In this type of attack, the attacker uses social engineering tricks and some…

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Fresh “video games” site welcomes new users with Steam phish

June 25, 2019 admin account hijack, ev certificate, fake steam login, Gaming, gaming security, phishing, Social engineering, steam, steam phishing, steam scam, Valve, video games, zombie account

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2019 16:51:22 +0000

A recent Steam phishing campaign caught our eye, but looking deeper, we found it’s been around for a few months. We investigate the phish to show users how to spot the telltale signs of social engineering.

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Social engineering

Tags: account hijack ev certificate fake steam login gaming gaming security phishing steam steam phishing steam scam valve video games zombie account

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Trolls abuse Twitter Lists to collate their targets

June 14, 2019 admin block together, cyberbullying, online harassment, Social engineering, trolling, twitter block chain, twitter list abuse

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 19:09:39 +0000

Twitter, like any social network, is faced with the challenge of addressing cyberbullying. And trolls have been abusing the platform’s Lists feature to home in on targets. But have no fear: There are ways to protect users from social attacks, and Twitter is moving to make itself a safer place.

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Social engineering

Tags: block together cyberbullying online harassment trolling twitter block chain twitter list abuse

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