Report: Cybercrime climate shifts dramatically in first quarter

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 09:00:09 +0000

The first quarter of 2017 brought with it some significant changes to the threat landscape and we aren’t talking about heavy ransomware distribution either. Threats which were previously believed to be serious contenders this year have nearly vanished entirely, while new threats and infection techniques have forced the security community to reconsider collection and analysis efforts.

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Twitter app spams Fappening bait and Amazon surveys

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 13:37:07 +0000

With news of another so-called Fappening (nude photos of celebrities distributed without permission) doing the rounds, it was inevitable that scammers would look to take advantage. We’ve already seen message board aficionados warn others of dodgy download links and random Zipfiles claiming to contain stolen nude photos and video clips, but today we’re going to look…

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