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A week in security (January 29 – February 4)

February 5, 2024 admin bruce schneier, chatgpt, children online, Ivanti, news, nitrogen, robocalls

A list of topics we covered in the week of January 29 to February 4 of 2024

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Decline in robocalls is encouraging, efforts seem to be working

January 31, 2024 admin FCC, FTC, itg, news, personal, robocalls, tracebacks

Actions by the FCC and FTC have led to a decrease in unsollicited and scammy calls

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A week in security (May 30 – June 5)

June 6, 2022 admin a week in security, confluence vulnerability, dns filtering, edr for linux, fake covid alert, follina, internet safety month 2022, intuit phish, malwarebytes dns filtering, parental controls, phishing, quadrilateral security dialogue, quantum teleportation, ransomhouse, robocalls, Runescape, runescape phish, school breach, the quad, trustpid, whatsapp hijack, Zero-Day

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 11:50:23 +0000

Posts from the last week on Malwarebytes Labs describing all the latest news, exploits, scams, and more.

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Here are the most popular robocall scams and how to avoid them

November 6, 2019 admin banks, chinese robocalls, chinese scams, chinese student scams, fake kidnapping scams, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Immigration, irs, phones, robocall, robocall scams, robocalls, SCAM, scams, Social Security, Tax, visas

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 18:52:11 +0000

We dip back into robocall scams, exploring some of the most popular tricks and tactics used to part people from their money and personal information.

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Scams

Tags: banks chinese robocalls chinese scams chinese student scams fake kidnapping scams Federal Trade Commission FTC immigration IRS phones robocall robocall scams robocalls scam social security tax visas

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A week in security (October 21 – 27)

October 28, 2019 admin AVAST!, ccleaner, doxing, edps, Magecart, NordVPN, privacy protection, robocalls, SQL Server, stalkerware, Week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 16:05:10 +0000

A look at the cybersecurity news from October 21 – 27 including Magecart, robocalls, doxing, stalkerware, ransomware, breaches, and much more.

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Week in security

Tags: avast ccleaner doxing edps Magecart NordVPN privacy protection robocalls sql server stalkerware

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Growing rate of robocalls threatens user privacy

October 23, 2019 admin Data Privacy, Do Not Call registry, FCC, FTC, high-risk calls, nuisance calls, privacy, robocall, robocall scam, robocalling, robocalls, scam calls, scammers, tcpa, user privacy

Credit to Author: Kayla Matthews| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:43:07 +0000

Robocalls aren’t just a nuisance—they’re a threat to personal data and privacy. And they’re on the rise. Learn which new tactics scammers are using and how to protect against them.

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Privacy

Tags: Data privacy do not call registry FCC FTC high-risk calls nuisance calls privacy robocall robocall scam robocalling robocalls scam calls scammers TCPA user privacy

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Who Owns Your Wireless Service? Crooks Do.

August 7, 2019 admin A Little Sunshine, Aaron Mackey, Andy Greenberg, AT&T, eff, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Federal Communications Commission, Gigi Sohn, Google Voice, Nicholas Truglia, robocalls, SIM swapping, The Coming Storm, wired

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 22:43:58 +0000

Incessantly annoying and fraudulent robocalls. Corrupt wireless company employees taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to unlock and hijack mobile phone service. Wireless providers selling real-time customer location data, despite repeated promises to the contrary. A noticeable uptick in SIM-swapping attacks that lead to multi-million dollar cyberheists. If you are somehow under the impression that you — the customer — are in control over the security, privacy and integrity of your mobile phone service, think again. And you’d be forgiven if you assumed the major wireless carriers or federal regulators had their hands firmly on the wheel.

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Phone spampocalypse: fighting back in the age of unwanted calls

September 27, 2018 admin 101, Berkley, call-blocking act, CNA, DNO, DNO list, FYI, Mitigate, Nigel Guest, phone spam, RAY BAUM'S Act, robocalls, ROBOCOP Act, spam, spampocalypse, unwanted calls

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 18:58:27 +0000

US telecommunications companies have the technology to protect customers against the rising tide of unwanted calls—they just haven’t done it yet. So it’s up to lawmakers and consumers themselves to fight back against phone spampocalypse. Here’s how they’re doing it.

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Tags: Berkley call-blocking act CNA DNO DNO list Mitigate Nigel Guest phone spam RAY BAUM’S Act robocalls ROBOCOP Act spam spampocalypse unwanted calls

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