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Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 17:00:33 +0000
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| How do spammers know how to target you for scams? They use social media to produce the most convincing types of spam. Categories: Tags: login credentialsnigerianphishphishingPieter Arntzsocial mediaspam |
The post Social media: A treasure trove of spam and scams appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Tatyana Shcherbakova| Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 07:38:55 +0000
How scammers are exploiting the GDPR fuss to extract personal data.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| We take a look at Instagram story spam leading to a “free Apple Watch” giveaway on a recently compromised celebrity account. Categories: Tags: Apple WatchInstagramscamsocial mediasocial networkspamsurveysurveys |
The post Instagram story spam claims free Apple Watch appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Tatyana Shcherbakova| Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 07:38:55 +0000
How scammers are exploiting the GDPR fuss to extract personal data.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 16:00:09 +0000
Email, coupled with reliable social engineering techniques, continues to be one of the primary entry points for credential phishing, targeted attacks, and commodity malware like ransomware and, increasingly in the last few months, cryptocurrency miners. Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) uses a comprehensive and multi-layered solution to protect mailboxes, files, online storage, and applications
Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 03 May 2018 17:44:18 +0000
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| The Necurs gang tries out a new trick to load malware and bypass security defenses. Categories: Tags: botnetmalspamnecurssambaSMBspam |
The post Internet Shortcut used in Necurs malspam campaign appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| Adding to Facebook’s burden are two spam campaigns. One is aimed at Finnish users and the other was quickly terminated, but we expect both to resurface in one form or another. Categories: Tags: facebookFacebook Messengerfinnishmessengerspamyoutube |
The post Facebook spammers making things worse appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:51:08 +0000
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| Scammers are using the good name of the recently deceased scientist Stephen Hawking to lure potential victims into a 419 scam, complete with a quiz and large cash prize for the winner. Categories: Tags: 419fakemailquizscamspamStephen HawkingStephen Hawking scam |
The post “Celebrating Stephen Hawking” with a 419 scam appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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