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Ho, ho, no! Scams to avoid this festive season

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Categories: News

Tags: FBI

Tags: scams

Tags: xmas

Tags: christmas

Tags: festive season

Tags: social media

Tags: cryptocurrency

Tags: bitcoin

Tags: app

Tags: android

Tags: fake job

Tags: offer

Tags: whatsapp

Tags: telegram

Tags: interview

Tags: resume

Tags: gift cards

Tags: survey

We take a look at a list of popular scams compiled by the FBI to avoid this festive season, and offer our own insights.

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The post Ho, ho, no! Scams to avoid this festive season appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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MalwareBytes Security 

A week in security (October 10 – 16)

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Categories: News

Tags: a week in security

Tags: week in security

Tags: AI Bill of Rights

Tags: Final Fantasy XIV

Tags: Lock and Code S03E21

Tags: Meta

Tags: WhatsApp

Tags: ransomware

Tags: tax scam

Tags: Chinese APT

Tags: Android

Tags: Chrome

Tags: iOS

Tags: managed detection response

Tags: MDR

Tags: disinformation

Tags: FBI

Tags: CISA

The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

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MalwareBytes Security 

Critical WhatsApp vulnerabilities patched: Check you’ve updated!

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Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Categories: News

Tags: WhatsApp

Tags: CVE-2022-36934

Tags: CVE-2022-27492

Two RCE vulnerabilities were patched in WhatsApp. Both vulnerabilities were video related and could be used to compromise your device.

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Don’t share the WhatsApp ‘Martinelli’ phone hacking alert: It’s a hoax

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Categories: News

Tags: WhatsApp

Tags: Martinelli

Tags: hack

Tags: hoax

Tags: fake

Tags: facebook

We take a look at a persistent hacking hoax which has been bouncing around for a few years. Who, or what, is Martinelli?

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Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’

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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 16:35:28 +0000

U.S. state and federal investigators are being inundated with reports from people who’ve lost hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in connection with a complex investment scam known as “pig butchering,” wherein people are lured by flirtatious strangers online into investing in cryptocurrency trading platforms that eventually seize any funds when victims try to cash out.

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