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Tech support scammers and their banking woes

March 30, 2017 admin cybercrime, fraud, SCAM, Social engineering, tech support, tech support scams, TSS

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:00:54 +0000

We all know about tech support scams by this point. Unfortunately for the scammers, banks know this as well, making it quite difficult at times to maintain an account to store the criminal’s ill-gotten gains. So how does the enterprising criminal cash out with your money? Let’s take a look.

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Websites compromised in ‘Decimal IP’ campaign

March 29, 2017 admin 1760468715, cybercrime, EK, Exploits, malware, RIG EK, RIG exploit kit, site hacks

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 23:00:52 +0000

This URL is quite probably unlike anything you’ve ever seen before and yet still works and redirects to malware.

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World of Warcraft phish campaign lures victims with free pet

March 28, 2017 admin battle, blizzard, cybercrime, phish, phishing, Social engineering, world of warcraft

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:00:14 +0000

We take a look at a World of Warcraft phish doing the rounds which could stand to do a spot of updating where it’s branding is concerned.

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Mobile Menace Monday: Preinstalled adware and sometimes worse

March 27, 2017 admin Adware, Android, cybercrime, Google Play, Mobile, preinstalled, system app, triple m

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 16:00:52 +0000

BLU manufactured mobile devices have been discovered with preinstalled adware known as Android/Adware.YeMobi.

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Explained: Packer, Crypter, and Protector

March 27, 2017 admin crypter, cybercrime, malware, packer, protector, ransomware, virtualization

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 15:00:38 +0000

In this article we will try to explain the terms packer, crypter, and protector in the context of how they are used in malware.

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Advanis tech support screenlocker

March 24, 2017 admin advanis, brgs, cybercrime, installreports.com, malware, screenlocker, tech support, tech support scam, TSS

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 15:00:05 +0000

We briefly show you the workings of a tech support scammers lockscreen and introduce you to the person behind the scenes.

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Hackers threaten to wipe Apple devices

March 23, 2017 admin apple, Apple ID, cybercrime, data breach, icloud, iOS, iPhone, Mac Cybercrime, phishing

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 15:00:40 +0000

According to a report from Motherboard, a group of hackers calling themselves “Turkish Crime Family” is threatening to remotely erase devices belonging to hundreds of millions of Apple customers. They will do this on April 7, they say, if Apple doesn’t pay them a ransom.

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Hackers Attempt To Extort Apple

March 22, 2017 admin apple, Current News, cybercrime

Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:42:55 +0000

Cybercrime is a business. Professional criminals refine their processes, measure performance, and regularly evaluate the return on their investments. Every move is strategic. We see this time and time again with ransomware campaigns and throughout the underground. Which is why the latest report from Joseph Cox at Motherboard is mind boggling. Joseph brings us the…