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Mobile Menace Monday: FakeGift is the gift that keeps on frustrating

August 27, 2018 admin Android, cybercrime, fakegift, Google Play, Mobile, mobile menace monday, mobile riskware, PUP, triple m

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 20:29:05 +0000

Last spring, we found yet another piece of riskware on Google Play we call Android/PUP.Riskware.FakeGift. FakeGift does exactly what its name implies: gives its users fake gifts that can be redeemed for…absolutely nothing.

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Liar, liar, pants on fire! Barclays phish claims cards explode

August 17, 2018 admin barclays, credit card, cybercrime, fail, fake, LOL, phish, quality control, SCAM, snail mail, snail mail phish, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Adam McNeil| Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 16:00:02 +0000

We feel compelled to relay the dire warning from this Barclays snail-mail letter, which we acquired through social media, therefore it must be true.

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A week in security (August 6 – August 12)

August 13, 2018 admin Botnet, CTNT report, cybercrime, exploit kits, meltdown, ransomware, RDP, recap, Security world, true cost of cybercrime, Twitter bots, Week in security, weekly blog roundup, whatsapp. javascript

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:37:10 +0000

A round-up of the security news from August 6 – August 12, including ransomware, interesting talks during BlackHat, botnets, and the evils of JavaScript.

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Tags: botnet CTNT report cybercrime exploit kits Meltdown ransomware rdp recap true cost of cybercrime twitter bots week in security weekly blog roundup whatsapp. javascript

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MalwareBytes Security

A week in security (August 6 – 12)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:37:10 +0000

A round-up of the security news from August 6 – 12, including ransomware, interesting talks during BlackHat, botnets, and the evils of JavaScript.

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Tags: botnet CTNT report cybercrime exploit kits Meltdown ransomware rdp recap true cost of cybercrime twitter bots week in security weekly blog roundup whatsapp. javascript

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White hat, black hat, and the emergence of the gray hat: the true costs of cybercrime

August 8, 2018 admin black hat, Business, costs of cybercrime, cybercrime, data breaches, gray hat, Micahel Osterman, Osterman report, Security world, white hat

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2018 14:00:00 +0000

Osterman Research recently completed a major survey on behalf of Malwarebytes to determine the actual cost of cybercrime to businesses. Here’s what we discovered.

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A Look at Scan4You and the Counter Antivirus Service Landscape

August 2, 2018 admin Antivirus, cybercrime, cybercriminals, encryption, HawkEye, keylogger, law enforcement, Scan4You, Security

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 17:30:09 +0000

The concept of antivirus (AV) scanning within IT security is simple and effective. These programs, which have become part and parcel of typical infrastructure and data protection strategies, scan enterprise networks for known malware signatures and other processes associated with suspicious hacker activity. If and when these signatures or processes are detected, the antivirus program…

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