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Emotet on the rise with heavy spam campaign

September 21, 2018 admin campaign, cybercrime, emotet, EternalBlue, malicious documents, malicious spam, malware, threat statistics, trickbot, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Adam Kujawa| Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 22:55:12 +0000

Over the last few days, we’ve noticed a large increase in malicious spam spreading Emotet, as well as a higher number of detections from our customers. Looks like we’re in the middle of an active Emotet campaign.

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Tags: campaign emotet EternalBlue malicious documents malicious spam threat statistics trickbot WannaCry

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Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) vulnerabilities

September 21, 2018 admin authentication, brute force, cybercrime, denial of service, Exploits, mailserver, sasl, Simple Authentication and Security Layer, vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0000

The Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) is an essential element of online authentication. But are you aware of all the known vulnerabilities? And, more importantly, have you patched them?

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Tags: authentication brute force denial of service exploits mailserver sasl Simple Authentication and Security Layer vulnerabilities

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A month of giveaway spam on Twitter

September 19, 2018 admin cybercrime, free CBD oil, giveaway spam, invite, privacy, spam, tweets, Twitter

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:00:48 +0000

We’ve observed a low level spam campaign working its way through Twitter, with just under 2,000 posts visible on public search since September 1. What’re they trying to sell this time? Some CBD oil!

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Tags: free CBD oil giveaway spam invite spam tweets twitter

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HMRC phish swipes email login, payment details

September 14, 2018 admin cybercrime, fraud, fraud site, HMRC, hmrc fraud, Outlook, phish, phishing, SCAM, Social engineering, Tax, tax fraud, tax season, UK fraud

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0000

It isn’t tax season for UK (or US) residents, but that hasn’t deterred scammers from sending out an HMRC phish double whammy with a tight deadline attached.

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Tags: fraud fraud site HMRC hmrc fraud Outlook phish phishing scam Social Engineering tax tax fraud tax season UK fraud

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Partnerstroka: Large tech support scam operation features latest browser locker

September 13, 2018 admin Blogger redirects, browlock, browlocks, browser locker, browser lockers, cybercrime, Decoy sites, GoDaddy, HTTP authentication, Indicators of compromise, IOC, IOCs, malicious pop-ups, malvertising, Malwarebytes Browser Extension, Malwarebytes Browser Extensions, Partnerstroka, rogue tech support ads, Social engineering, stroka, tech support, tech support scams, TSS

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Tech support scammers belonging to the Partnerstroka group are once again abusing browsers, this time with a new browlock feature to reel in more victims, in one of the biggest campaigns we’ve ever tracked.

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Tags: Blogger redirects browlock browlocks browser locker browser lockers Decoy sites GoDaddy HTTP authentication Indicators of compromise IOC IOCs malicious pop-ups malvertising Malwarebytes Browser Extension Malwarebytes Browser Extensions Partnerstroka rogue tech support ads stroka tech support tech support scams TSS

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Fortnite’s Google Play rebuff sparks security concerns for Android users

September 6, 2018 admin Android, Android apps, APK, cybercrime, Epic, external storage, Fake Fortnite, Fortnite, Google Play, install, Mobile, mobile malware, open platform

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0000

We take a look at what’s going with gaming juggernaut Fortnite’s decision to snub the Google Play store, why allowing installs from unknown sources on Android is a bad idea, and what the future might bring if such a setup ever catches on.

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Tags: Android Android apps APK Epic external storage Fake Fortnite fortnite Google Play install Mobile mobile malware open platform

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When spyware goes mainstream

September 5, 2018 admin 101, android spying, Android spyware, CFAA, computer fraud and abuse adct, consumer spyware, cybercrime, cydia app, find my friends, FYI, internet spy prevention act, ios spying, malware, mspy, spyware, stalkerware, stealware, surveillanceware, the i-spy act, trusted contacts

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Considering using spyware to surveil a cheating partner or keep an eye on the kiddos? Think again. Not only is it an invasion of privacy, but it’s illegal. Learn the telltale signs of spyware and why this suddenly mainstream malware needs to go back underground.

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Tags: android spying Android spyware cfaa computer fraud and abuse adct consumer spyware cydia app find my friends internet spy prevention act ios spying mspy spyware stalkerware stealware surveillanceware the i-spy act trusted contacts