Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:00:48 +0000
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| We give some advice on how to steer clear of scams and other bad things on Valentine’s Day. Everything from social engineering and bots to revenge porn and money mules are covered. Categories: Tags: datingdating appsopsecsafetyscamssecuritySocial Engineeringvalentine’s day |
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| Macro malware have been around for quite some time, but have mostly just been a nuisance to Mac users. Unfortunately, that has now changed. Categories: Tags: ApplemacMacro malwaremalwareMicrosoft Office |
In the Trend Micro 2017 Security Predictions report, we cover many of the threats that organizations will have to deal with this year and none could be more challenging that a targeted attack. We recently saw a report from the Identity Theft Resource Center which said 2016 had the most data breaches in US history. Within…
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| Recently, among the payloads delivered by exploit kits, we often find Terdot.A/Zloader – a downloader installing on the victim machine a ZeuS-based malware. Categories: Tags: bankerbanking malwaremalwareterdotzbotZeus malwareZloader |
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| If you see ads claiming to offer up free games like Garry’s Mod or Minecraft, you may wish to think twice – you’ll definitely get an extension, you may receive an executable, but free Minecraft? Keep searching, intrepid gamer… Categories: Tags: childrenchromeextensionsgamesgaminggarrys modminecraft |
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| An increasing amount of mobile malware known as Android/Trojan.AndroRAT has been seen in the wild lately. AndroRAT is a contraction of Android and RAT (Remote Access Tool). This piece of malware is far from new, but has gradually become more evolved over the years. AndroRAT History As the story goes (according to its GitHub page),… Categories: Tags: AndroidAndroRATmalwareMobilemobile menace mondaymobile securitytriple m |
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| Verified Twitter accounts tend to be a little more secure than those belonging to non-verified users due to the amount of extra hoop jumping required to get one of those ticks in the first place. A number of security requirements, including providing a phone number and setting up 2FA, are all things a would-be verified Twitter user needs to do. Unfortunately, things can still go wrong… Categories: Tags: social mediaspamsponsored tweetstwitterverifiedVerified Twitter |
