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Categories: News Tags: romance scammer Tags: android vulnerabilities Tags: SQL servers Tags: Data Access Agreement Tags: bogus job offers Tags: Kim Kardashian Tags: TikTok Tags: smishing Tags: ransomware review Tags: BitBucket The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week. |
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Read MoreCategories: News Categories: Scams Tags: IRS Tags: smishing The Internal Revenue Service has issued a warning for taxpayers over a recent increase in IRS-themed smishing scams. |
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 11:38:31 +0000
The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 12:39:42 +0000
Smishing attacks, or phishing attempts via SMS, are on the rise, and Americans are fighting off billions of spam messages each month.
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 12:55:25 +0000
The message reads “Free Msg: Your bill is paid for March. Thanks, here’s a little gift for you”, but it appears to come from your own number.
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:23:04 +0000
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| The BRATA Android RAT has some alarming new capabilities. Categories: Android Tags: Android banking Trojanandroid malwareandroid ratBRATABrazilian Remote Access Tool AndroidCleafyGPS trackingkeyloggingpersistent C2 communicationphishingsmishingvnc |
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 18:50:01 +0000
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| We look at the threat of spear phishing, why it’s such a problem, and what organizations can do to lessen the chance of a successful attack. Categories: Tags: 101businessmalspamorganisationorganizationorganizationsphishphishingscamsmishingSocial Engineeringspamspear phishspear phishingwhaling |
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 15:00:56 +0000
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| Phishing is more problematic on smartphones than on desktops. Not only that, approaches to handling phishing attacks on mobile are quite different because their techniques are also different. So, how can users sniff out a mobile phish? Let us count the ways. Categories: Tags: ad-networking phishinghomograph attacksHTTPSiOSMobilephishingphishing appsPunycodesmishingSocial Phishingunicodeurl paddingvishing |
The post Something else is phishy: How to detect phishing attempts on mobile appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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