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Researchers have uncovered a supply chain attack that tricked app and website developers into using copies of popular npm packages that contained malicious code to steal form data.

The post IconBurst software supply chain attack offers malicious versions of NPM packages appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Rudy Giuliani’s Twitter mishaps invite typosquatters and scammers

February 19, 2020 admin Adware, browser extensions, cybersecurity czar, giuliani, Hacktivism, malvertising, malvertising schemes, political targets, rudy giuliani, scams, tweets, Twitter, typo, typosquatting

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:21:08 +0000

Rudy Giuliani’s Twitter account contains many typos that lead to the wrong website—and scammers and typosquatters are taking advantage.

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Buon Nat…ahi! Ci sono 4 volte più siti di vendita fasulli che reali

November 28, 2019 admin Attualità, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, malware, typosquatting

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 07:49:40 +0000

Mancano due settimane al Cyber Monday!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/awFDSVRSeOA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A week in security (May 13 – 19)

May 20, 2019 admin Android, bloatware, breaches, crysis ransomware, DDos attack, dharma, hacking, healthcare cybersecurity, mds, meltdown, microsoft, ransomware, Security world, server vulnerabilities, spectre, typosquatting, VPN, vulnerabilities, Week in security, WhatsApp

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 15:57:29 +0000

A roundup of security news from May 13–19, including ransomware attacks on the upswing, website hacking, pseudo-VPNs, bloatware, and more.

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Tags: Android bloatware breaches crysis ransomware DDos attack dharma hacking healthcare cybersecurity mds Meltdown microsoft ransomware server vulnerabilities Spectre typosquatting vpn vulnerabilities whatsapp

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This online quiz is now confirmed to be a phishing scam

December 20, 2018 admin a new era in phishing, cybercrime, phishing quiz, phishing scam, quiz-based phishing scam, Social engineering, survey scam, three question quiz scam, typosquatting

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 18:30:00 +0000

It’s dubbed the ‘Three Questions Quiz’ scam, and not only are people letting their guard down, but they’re also freely sharing it on social media, too. Do you think you have been duped by this before? Read on.

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Tags: a new era in phishing phishing quiz phishing scam quiz-based phishing scam survey scam three question quiz scam typosquatting

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