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Hookup site targeted by typo-squatters

September 19, 2022 admin advertising, extensions, fake AV, news, pup.optional.admax, screen locker, sniffies, typosquatting

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A researcher found a list of over 50 shady domains based on spelling variations of the brand name Sniffies.

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300 shades of gray: a look into free mobile VPN apps

September 10, 2019 admin Android, anonymity, Apple App Store, black mirror, CDT, centennials, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, CSIRO, dark web, DNS hijacking, DNS leak, emerging markets, encryption, fake AV, free, free VPN, Global Web Index, GlobalWebIndex, google play store, Guideline 5.4, Hotspot Shield, Hotspot Shield complaint, Innet VPN, iOS, IPv6 leak, KilpVip, Luminati, malvertising, millenials, mobile VPN apps, motivations for VPN usage, MyMobileSecure, NETFLIX, onion browser, privacy, Queen Mary University of London, risk-free, Rob Mardisalu, rogueware, Sapienza University of Rome, Secnet VPN, Simon Migliano, TheBestVPN, top 20 VPN apps, Top10VPN, transparency, UC Berkeley, University of South Wales, virtual private networks, VPN

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:41:45 +0000

Mobile VPN apps are one of the best tools for protecting user privacy. Unfortunately, a notable number of are deemed unsafe. Read on to find out how to assess the best mobile VPN for you.

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CyberByte steals Malwarebytes’ intellectual property

March 21, 2018 admin CyberByte, fake AV, Mac, Malwarebytes for Mac, Malwarebytes news, potentially unwanted programs, pups

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 17:42:15 +0000

CyberByte has stolen Malwarebytes’ intellectual property, and has been using our data without permission in their CyberByte Antivirus software.

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Alleged Spam King Pyotr Levashov Arrested

April 9, 2017 admin Alan Ralsky, fake antivirus, fake AV, Kelihos botnet, Mikhail D. Prokhorov, New York Times, Other, Peter Ivashov, Peter Levashov, Peter Severa, Pyotr Levashov, Reuters, ROKSO, Spam Nation, spamdot.biz, spamhaus, Spamit, Viktor Sergeevich Ivashov, Vladimir Putin, waledac

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 04:17:09 +0000

Authorities in Spain have arrested a Russian computer programmer thought to be one of the world’s most notorious spam kingpins. Spanish police arrested Pyotr Levashov under an international warrant executed in the city of Barcelona, according to Reuters. Russian state-run television station RT (formerly Russia Today) reported that Levashov was arrested while vacationing in Spain with his family. According to numerous stories here at KrebsOnSecurity, Levashov was better known as “Severa,” the hacker moniker used by a pivotal figure in many popular Russian-language cybercrime forums. Severa was the moderator for the spam subsection of multiple online communities, and in this role served as the virtual linchpin connecting virus writers with huge spam networks that Severa allegedly created and sold himself.