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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2018 16:07:39 +0000
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| A roundup of the security news from July 30 – August 5, including cryptomining, big data, social engineering, and more. Categories: Tags: big databreachcryptominingfacebookmalwarerecapredditSocial Engineeringspamsteam cryptominerweekly blog roundup |
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:00:27 +0000
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| We take a look at a few of the most notable spam emails in circulation over the last week, including a money muling scam, Apple phishes, and a sexploitation message featuring old, but real, passwords. Categories: Tags: Appleemailmalspamphishingsexploitationspam |
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Credit to Author: Jason Zhang| Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 15:08:01 +0000
Spammers increasingly use PDF’s ability to embed hyperlinks into documents to direct recipients of malicious PDFs to open malicious Web sites. We’ve discovered a spam campaign using internationalized URLs embedded in PDF document attachments.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/m7P5mGmCiUk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read MoreCredit to Author: Ganesh Lakariya| Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 09:24:29 +0000
As India’s Independence Day (15th of August) approaches, messages about free distribution schemes are doing the rounds on WhatsApp. Just recently, Quick Heal Security Labs detected a widespread circulation of one such message claiming that the Indian government will distribute free cycles to students on Independence Day, under the Free…
Read MoreCredit to Author: Aniruddha Dolas| Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 13:40:33 +0000
Emotet malware campaign has been existing for a long time. It comes frequently in intervals with different techniques and variants to deliver malware on a victim. Attackers are smart and they use complex techniques to avoid detection. At the start of 2017, we had seen the emotet campaign spreading through…
Read MoreCredit to Author: Julia Glazova| Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2018 13:00:26 +0000
Password-based love? Sites that ban humans? In this post, we look at five fun and slightly bizarre projects to get you thinking about security.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 21:11:28 +0000
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| A website belonging to an eatery currently making waves in the news has been compromised with SEO spam. We take a look at what’s happened, and explain what the hackers are up to. Categories: Tags: blackhatcompromisehackedSEOSEO spamspamwordpress |
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| What should you check for to determine if an email is spam or malicious? Here are five red flags to look for—and what to do with those malicious emails when you find them. Categories: Tags: emailmalspamphishingred flagssafe practicesspamspotting |
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