Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| Over the past few days, fans of singer Cardi B noticed her website was slowly filling up with spam. We take a look at what happened. Categories: Tags: blog commentscardi bcardibdevelopersgdprmoderationonline privacyprivacyspamspammersvideoswebsite. spamyoutube |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 20:29:05 +0000
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| Last spring, we found yet another piece of riskware on Google Play we call Android/PUP.Riskware.FakeGift. FakeGift does exactly what its name implies: gives its users fake gifts that can be redeemed for…absolutely nothing. Categories: Tags: AndroidfakegiftGoogle Playmobile menace mondaymobile riskwarePUPtriple m |
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Read moreCredit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| Most online scams depend on two things: a legitimate entity that has a complicated or broken process, and a desperate target population. With immigration, you get both, which results in an environment ripe for green card scams. Categories: Tags: fraudgreen card scamimmigrantscams |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Adam McNeil| Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 16:00:02 +0000
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| We feel compelled to relay the dire warning from this Barclays snail-mail letter, which we acquired through social media, therefore it must be true. Categories: Tags: barclayscredit cardfailfakeLOLphishquality controlscamsnail mailsnail mail phish |
The post Liar, liar, pants on fire! Barclays phish claims cards explode appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read moreCredit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:00:00 +0000
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| We know what cybercriminals do. We know how they do it. Now we ask: why? This in-depth profile examines what makes hackers turn to cybercrime, and what could change their minds. Categories: Tags: criminal profilecybercrimecybercriminalshackerspsychological profile |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:37:10 +0000
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| A round-up of the security news from August 6 – August 12, including ransomware, interesting talks during BlackHat, botnets, and the evils of JavaScript. Categories: Tags: botnetCTNT reportcybercrimeexploit kitsMeltdownransomwarerdprecaptrue cost of cybercrimetwitter botsweek in securityweekly blog roundupwhatsapp. javascript |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:37:10 +0000
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| A round-up of the security news from August 6 – 12, including ransomware, interesting talks during BlackHat, botnets, and the evils of JavaScript. Categories: Tags: botnetCTNT reportcybercrimeexploit kitsMeltdownransomwarerdprecaptrue cost of cybercrimetwitter botsweek in securityweekly blog roundupwhatsapp. javascript |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2018 14:00:00 +0000
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| Osterman Research recently completed a major survey on behalf of Malwarebytes to determine the actual cost of cybercrime to businesses. Here’s what we discovered. Categories: Tags: black hatbusinesscosts of cybercrimecybercrimedata breachesgray hatMicahel OstermanOsterman reportwhite hat |
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