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Beware of Fake Flash Player apps on Google Play

Credit to Author: Quick Heal Security Labs| Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2017 13:22:06 +0000

Quick Heal Security Labs has found 2 fraudulent apps pretending to be Adobe Flash Player on the Google Play Store. Presently, no official apps of Adobe Flash Player are available on the Play Store. The rest of the post will tell you more. Fake App #1. Plugin for Video Flash…

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Die Top 3 der aktuellen Sicherheitsgefahren: Malware, Menschen, Phishing

Credit to Author: Jörg Schindler| Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:56:20 +0000

Passwörter auf der Schreibtischunterlage notieren, Viren-verseuchte Anhänge öffnen oder einfach mal die Tastatur mit Kaffee fluten – Mitarbeiter können einem Unternehmen ganz schön zusetzen. Sophos hat sich erneut an der aktuellen Multi-Client-Studie der IDC zum Thema Next Gen Endpoint in Deutschland beteiligt. Und die  stellt klar: Die drei größten Sicherheitsrisiken im Unternehmen bleiben Malware, unbeabsichtigtes [&#8230;]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=40690&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/hRMemlx-dLs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Cos’è … il phishing

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2017 08:23:27 +0000

Phishing è la parola che viene usata quando un cybercriminale invia una sorta di messaggio elettronico per indurci a fare qualcosa che mina la nostra sicurezza. La metafora “phishing” si riferisce all’idea di farci abboccare all’amo e poi tirarci su come un pesce. I criminali che si nascondono dietro questo tipo di crimine, noti in [&#8230;]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=40478&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/r2JeIf99Lmo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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What is… phishing?

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 15:07:20 +0000

Welcome to our What is&#8230; series, where we turn technical jargon into plain English. Phishing is the word used when a cybercriminal sends you some sort of electronic message to trick you into doing something insecure. The &#8220;fishing&#8221; metaphor refers to the idea of getting you on the hook and then reeling you in. The [&#8230;]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=40299&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/jYAVEhKpqOI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Komm her, du Wurm! Die Google-Docs-Attacke – weit mehr als ein Phishing-Angriff

Credit to Author: Jörg Schindler| Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 13:20:44 +0000

Auf den ersten Blick erscheint die aktuelle Google Docs Attacke ein weiteres, klassisches Phishing-Beispiel zu sein. Tatsächlich aber handelt es sich aber um etwas ganz anderes: Zuallererst muss man diese Attacke als Missbrauch von Googles APIs verstehen, also der Schnittstelle, die die Google-Funktionalität sicherstellt. Auch wenn der Angriff zunächst als Phishing erscheint: man erhält eine [&#8230;]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=37051&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/JmCD52NKPwo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Petya ransomware is affecting users globally, here are things you can do

Credit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 03:18:54 +0000

Quick Heal Security Labs has come across a new strain of Petya Ransomware that is affecting users globally. This clearly looks like early signs of a new ransomware attack that is spreading fast across the globe. Currently we have seen multiple reports of this ransomware attack from several countries. Our…

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Petya ransomware is affecting users globally, here are things you can do:

Credit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 03:18:54 +0000

Quick Heal Security Labs has come across a new strain of Petya Ransomware that is affecting users globally. This clearly looks like early sings of a new Ransomware attack that is spreading fast across the globe. Currently we have seen multiple reports of this ransomware attack from several countries. Our…

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