Hijacking online accounts through voicemail
Credit to Author: Alex Drozhzhin| Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 15:50:43 +0000
When it comes to online accounts, voicemail is a major security hole. Here’s why.
Read moreMomo, the horror from WhatsApp
Credit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 08:35:22 +0000
How a sculpture from Japan is scaring WhatsApp users around the world, and how to protect children from such spooks on the Internet.
Read moreBeware of the ‘Free Cycle Distribution Yojana’ WhatsApp message. It’s fake!
Credit to Author: Ganesh Lakariya| Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 09:24:29 +0000
As India’s Independence Day (15th of August) approaches, messages about free distribution schemes are doing the rounds on WhatsApp. Just recently, Quick Heal Security Labs detected a widespread circulation of one such message claiming that the Indian government will distribute free cycles to students on Independence Day, under the Free…
Read moreBeware of the Cadbury 70th anniversary scam on WhatsApp!
Credit to Author: Rajiv Singha| Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 10:35:58 +0000
If you have received (or receive) the below message on WhatsApp, then do not click on the link. It’s another of those ‘anniversary’ scams. First, some facts 1. Cadbury was founded in 1824. So, this year is its 194th anniversary (and not 70th) 2. Cadbury hasn’t announced any kind of…
Read moreTransatlantic Cable podcast, episode 42
Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:11:33 +0000
In this edition of the Kaspersky Lab podcast, we discuss the return of Olympic Destroyer, fake news spreading through WhatsApp, and more.
Read moreThis Week in Security News: ePrivacy and Hack Back
Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2018 14:16:27 +0000
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, the Council of the European Union reviewed a bill dubbed the “ePrivacy” Regulation, which targets message-sharing services like WhatsApp and Skype. Also, a failed Georgian cybersecurity bill…
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Read moreWe’re not going on a summer holiday
Credit to Author: Nadezhda Demidova| Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 13:49:49 +0000
Fake airline giveaways won’t win you a ticket, but they might steal your data.
Read moreMobile Menace Monday: Fake WhatsApp can steal info from your phone
Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2018 17:00:00 +0000
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Read moreBeware of the new WhatsApp message scam that promises Rs. 1000/- Paytm cash!
Credit to Author: Rajiv Singha| Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:49:04 +0000
WhatsApp currently has over 200 million monthly active users in India. No wonder it has become a popular tool for scammers. Just last night, I received the following message from one of my friends on WhatsApp. Fig 1 The message is in Hindi and loosely translates to this… Open this…
Read moreA massive security flaw discovered in Skype. Fix not coming anytime soon.
Credit to Author: Shriram Munde| Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 09:10:30 +0000
Quick Heal Security Labs has recently learned about a serious vulnerability in Skype’s update installer – that’s the bad news. The worse news is, Microsoft is not going to patch the vulnerability anytime soon as this would require the updater to go through a ‘large code revision’. What is this…
Read moreWhatsApp Scam Alert! Do not be fooled by this new scam
Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 08:00:43 +0000
This is a quick advisory to warn our readers about a new WhatsApp scam that is afoot. In this scam, a fake message is getting circulated which informs a user that their WhatsApp subscription has expired and that they can buy a lifetime service just for 99p by clicking on…
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