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Credit to Author: Pavankumar Chaudhari| Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2017 12:38:25 +0000

jRAT (Java Based Remote Access Trojans) malware is not new but its activity has increased recently in the last few months and they are targeting various organizations. Per day, Quick Heal Security Labs identifies thousands of spam emails carrying weaponized JAR as attachments targeting users. These malicious JAR i.e., jRAT…

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September 11, 2017 admin

A week in security (September 4 – September 10)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:53:29 +0000

A compilation of security news and blog posts from the 4th – 10th September. We touched on threat surveys, Android patching, the Equifax breach and more!

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Tags: ddos hackers malvertising malware roundup spam week in security

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September 6, 2017 admin

Nigerian scams without the Nigerians

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2017 23:00:09 +0000

Many in the United States are familiar with Nigerian scams, but what kind of scams are going on in non-English countries? Take a look at the Chinese version – the seminar scam.

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Tags: 419 scam china Chinese scam fraud scam seminar scam spam

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August 29, 2017 admin

419 spam: 10 million US dollars, courtesy of “Rev. Goodluck Ebola”

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 17:10:55 +0000

A 419 email is currently doing the rounds with promises of $10.5m USD waiting to be sent your way. This is most definitely something you don’t want to get tangled up in.

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Tags: 419 fake phish phishing scam spam

Independent MotherBoard Security

August 28, 2017 admin

‘No-Reply’ Email Addresses Are a Plague

Credit to Author: Michael Byrne| Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 12:00:00 +0000

“If you’re allowed to send me an email, I’m allowed to send you an email.”

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July 20, 2017 admin

Terror EK actor experiments with URL shortener fraud

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 21:25:39 +0000

We catch up with a small player in the exploit kit scene.

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Tags: AdFly Angler EK Astrium EK exploit kits malware mlavertising spam tech support scam Terror EK

Security Sophos

July 7, 2017 admin

Weltweiter Spam sinkt um mehr als die Hälfte – was kommt jetzt?

Credit to Author: Jörg Schindler| Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2017 10:02:59 +0000

Die Menge an weltweit verschicktem Spam ist dramatisch gesunken. Wir reden hier nicht über Phishing Mails, billige Viagra-Pillen oder endlose Umfragen, bei denen man ein iPhone gewinnen kann – dieser Spam müllt nach wie vor unser Postfach voll. Nein, wir reden über eine andere Sorte von heimtückischen E-Mails: Versandinformationen über angebliche Paketlieferungen, falsche Lebensläufe in […]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=789&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/cAJZ7pmTdGk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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May 19, 2017 admin