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Tax Scams – Everything you need to know to keep your money and data safe

March 17, 2020 admin anti-malware, Anti-phishing, Antivirus, Consumer, identity protection, multi-factor authentication, password management, ransomware protection, tax scams

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 13:08:46 +0000

Tax season has always been a pretty nerve-wracking time for hard-working Americans. But over the years, technology advances have arrived to gradually make the process a bit easier. The bad news is that they can also introduce new cyber risks and even more stress. There are two things that cybercriminals are always on the hunt…

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Stealthy new Android malware poses as ad blocker, serves up ads instead

November 14, 2019 admin ads blocker, Android, Android malware, android trojan, android/trojan.fakeadsblock, anti-malware, fake ad blocker, fakeadsblock, mobile malware, stealth mobile malware, Trojan, trojans

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 19:51:58 +0000

Since its discovery less than a month ago, a stealthy new Android malware has already been detected on over 500 devices, and it’s on the rise. Learn how this clever threat pretends to be an ad blocker and then hides itself on mobile devices, all while serving up tons of ads.

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Sophos è orgogliosa di sostenere gli standard per i test dei prodotti anti-malware

July 16, 2018 admin anti-malware, security news, testing

Credit to Author: Tiziana Carboni| Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 15:55:09 +0000

Siamo elettrizzati all’idea di contribuire a quest’autentica svolta nella valutazione delle soluzioni anti-malware.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/ompgjVnpZ1A” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Sophos proudly supports anti-malware testing standards

June 4, 2018 admin anti-malware, Corporate, testing

Credit to Author: Editor| Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2018 13:49:58 +0000

We are thrilled to be a part of this exciting development in malware testing.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/07ocTTiFcPU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Mobile Menace Monday: Ransomware targets Tencent users

May 22, 2017 admin Android, anti-malware, cybercrime, Koler Trojan, malware, Mobile, ransomware, SLocker, triple m, Trojan

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 14:00:31 +0000

Because Android ransomware is on the raise, users should be extra cautious.

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Tags: Android Anti-Malware Koler Trojan malware Mobile ransomware SLocker triple m trojan

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Anti-malware is imperfect but still necessary. Here’s why

March 7, 2017 admin anti-malware, Antivirus, Corporate, Joe Levy

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 14:53:27 +0000

Doctors sometimes make mistakes that harm the patient. Police often fail to protect and serve. When that happens, people rightly demand the failures be analyzed and fixed. But no one ever calls for the elimination of all doctors and police. Why then, do some call for the end of antivirus and anti-malware when failures happen? It’s a question […]

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Two new Mac backdoors discovered

March 1, 2017 admin anti-malware, apple, cybercrime, iOS, iPhone, Mac, MacOS, malware, XAgent, XProtect

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 15:00:33 +0000

On Valentine’s Day, Mac users got a special “treat” in the form of new malware. Now, just a week later, there are signs of yet another piece of malware looming. This brings the count of malware (as opposed to adware or other threats) discovered for macOS this year up to 4, in only two short months.

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Tags: Anti-Malware Apple iOS iPhone mac macOS malware XAgent XProtect

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Don’t let this Black Friday/Cyber Monday spam deliver Locky ransomware to you

January 23, 2017 admin anti-malware, Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, JavaScript, JavaScript spam attachment, Locky, malware, MMPC, Nemucod, ransomware, research, spam, Windows Defender

We see it every year: social engineering attacks that take advantage of the online shopping activities around Black Friday and Cyber Monday, targeting customers of online retailers. This year, we’re seeing a spam campaign that Amazon customers need to be wary of. The fake emails pretend to be notifications from the online retailer that a purchase has…