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A week in security (March 7 – March 13)

March 14, 2022 admin a week in security, autowarp, azure autowarp, Brave, brute force, bug-fixing time, dirty pipe, docs, extortion, Facebook, fake dating profile, formbook, google docs, HBO, Patch Tuesday, privacy, ragnarlocker, ransomware, RDP, Tor, Twitter, Ukraine

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:52:34 +0000

The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.

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Extortion scheme impersonates government officials, law enforcement

March 10, 2022 admin data theft, erick kron, extortion, FBI, fbi psa, fraud, PSA, scams, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:31:14 +0000

The FBI has warned the public about a new fraud scheme that involves impersonating law enforcement and government personnel in order to steal money and data.

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Are scammers tired of bitcoin?

December 16, 2019 admin extortion, fraud, news, porn, sextortion, spam, Threats, Tips

Credit to Author: Maria Vergelis| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:12:30 +0000

Extorters are demanding ransom not in cryptocurrency, but in prepaid debit cards. All the same, you shouldn’t pay.

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Encrypted cities

June 28, 2019 admin Business, city administration, enterprise, extortion, ransomware

Credit to Author: Marvin the Robot| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 15:59:13 +0000

Lake City, Florida, joins the list of ransomware victims — and decides to pay.

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Radiohead’s ransom response shows novel approach for ransomware victims

June 25, 2019 admin Amazon, baltimore, bella thorne, Blackmail, City of Baltimore, coveware, Extinction Rebellion, extortion, Hail to the Thief, jeff bezos, Jonny Greenwood, Kara Swisher, National Enquirer, OK Computer, Radiohead, ransom, ransomware, robbinhood, ryuk, Ryuk Ransomware, Thom Yorke

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 17:20:30 +0000

Last week, British rock bank Radiohead thwarted an attempted digital ransom, in which unnamed hackers stole roughly 18 hours of unreleased music dating back to the band’s recording of its studio album OK, Computer, revealing some less-than-ok computer security (sorry).

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