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When fake dating profiles try the military approach

March 8, 2022 admin Army, dating, fake, Malwarebytes news, Military, PROFILES, romance, SCAM, social media, stolen image

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2022 10:33:11 +0000

We look at the problems faced by people whose images and life story are misused by criminals for the purpose of romance scams.

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A decade in cybersecurity fails: the top breaches, threats, and ‘whoopsies’ of the 2010s

December 19, 2019 admin ashley madison, Ashley Madison hack, awareness, badrabbit, cambridge analytica, cryptolocker, cryptolocker ransomware, Data Privacy, Edward Snowden, emotet, Exploits, Facebook, Hacktivism, Mat Honan, NotPetya, NSA, nsa spying, nsa surveillance, NSA tools, playstation breach, playstation hack, ransomware, ryuk, Ryuk Ransomware, security fails, Shadow Brokers, social media, Sony, sony pictures hack, SURVEILLANCE, target breach, target hack, trickbot, triple threat, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:03:33 +0000

As the 2010s come to a close, we take a snarky walk down memory lane, listing the craziest, most impactful, or simply just awful cybersecurity fails of the decade.

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Awareness

Tags: ashley madison ashley madison hack BadRabbit cambridge analytica cryptolocker cryptolocker ransomware Data privacy Edward Snowden emotet exploits facebook hacktivism mat honan NotPetya NSA nsa spying nsa surveillance NSA tools playstation breach playstation hack ransomware ryuk Ryuk ransomware security fails shadow brokers social media sony sony pictures hack surveillance target breach target hack trickbot triple threat WannaCry

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Facebook scams: Bad ads, bogus grants, and fake tickets lurk on social media giant

November 11, 2019 admin advertising reporting tool, cloned accounts, concert tickets scams, Facebook, facebook bad ads, facebook scams, grant, lottery, messenger grant scams, rogue ad campaigns, SCAM, scams, social media, social media scams, tickets

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:27:46 +0000

Despite the company’s efforts to clamp down on bad ads and bogus accounts, Facebook scams continue to run rampant. We highlight a few popular examples.

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Scams

Tags: advertising reporting tool cloned accounts concert tickets scams facebook facebook bad ads facebook scams grant lottery messenger grant scams rogue ad campaigns scam social media social media scams tickets

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A week in security (November 4 – November 10)

November 11, 2019 admin a week in security, awis, cyber, Facebook, fake news, hacking, Mobile, round up, social media, Twitter, Week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:38:19 +0000

A roundup of important security news from the week of November 4–10, including the release of Malwarebytes 4.0, vendor email compromise, fake news, robocalls, and more.

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A week in security

Tags: awis cyber facebook fake news hacking Mobile round up social media twitter week in security

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How to protect yourself from doxing

October 25, 2019 admin dox, doxer, doxing, How-tos, ip address, mobile vpns, Online privacy, password manager, personal data, personally identifiable information, privacy, Social engineering, social media, VPN, VPNs, WHOIS

Credit to Author: Osama Tahir| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:37:31 +0000

Doxing, or collecting and spreading private information about a user online, is a form of cyber harassment, stalking, and even a potential threat to physical safety. Here’s what you can do to protect yourself against it.

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How-tos

Tags: dox doxer doxing IP address mobile VPNs online privacy password manager personal data personally identifiable information privacy Social Engineering social media vpn VPNs WHOIS

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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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