Mobile Menace Monday: Facebook Lite infected with Spy FakePlay

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 16:00:28 +0000

A lite version of the popular mobile app Facebook has been infected with Android/Trojan.Spy.FakePlay.

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Coachella-gate: fire in the disco

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 19:09:02 +0000

If you’re registered on the Coachella website, you may have been swept up in a data breach hawking user details for sale on the Dark Web…

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Australians beware: myGov phishing on the prowl

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 16:00:57 +0000

We look at a myGov phish which has been doing the rounds recently. There’s even some peculiar antics going on late into the phish – shall we take a look?

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Two new Mac backdoors discovered

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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Decrypting after a Findzip ransomware infection

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 16:00:47 +0000

The Findzip ransomware was discovered on February 22, 2017. At that time, it was thought that files would be irreversibly encrypted by this ransomware, with no chance of decryption. Turns out, that’s not quite true.

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New Neutrino Bot comes in a protective loader

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 19:30:31 +0000

We take another look at the Neutrino bot, known for its diverse feature set ranging from snooping on victims to performing DDos attacks. This latest version includes a hardened protective layer aimed at defeating sandboxes and hiding the bot from discovery.

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Fake FBI mail: “Send us $112 or we’ll lock your iCloud account”

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 20:12:36 +0000

Steer clear of this fake FBI message regarding your “locked” iCloud account. It’s nothing more than a get rich quick scam, and the people behind it are looking to cash in at your expense.

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How do I secure my social media profile?

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 14:00:07 +0000

Quitting social media entirely can be unrealistic, or at least seriously unfun. So it’s important to take a moment to check out account settings before you start, to make absolutely sure you’re okay with the service’s default settings.

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