Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 20:50:29 +0000
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| German users are being targeted with a rogue patch for the recently announced Meltdown and Spectre flaws. Categories: Tags: germanmalwareMeltdownphishingsmoke loaderSmoke Loader MalwaresmokeloaderSpectre |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:43:44 +0000
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| A 28-year-old Ohio programmer is charged with creating the Fruitfly malware to spy on thousands of unsuspecting victims and produce child pornography. Categories: Tags: child pornographyfruitflyfruitfly creator indictedmalware |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 18:44:17 +0000
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| More and more people around the world are sending fake Nigerian Prince emails and getting involved in 419 scams. The most recent Nigerian Prince arrest proves why getting involved is risky business, even for those who aren’t the masterminds. Categories: Tags: 419419 scamsmoney mulenigeriaNigerian princescam |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2018 17:22:31 +0000
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| Hunting for information on Malwarebytes, including blog posts or researcher names on Google’s search engine? Be wary of websites stuffed with keywords designed to send you into an ad blizzard. Categories: Tags: adadsadvertsredirectsearch engine |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 16:00:00 +0000
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| Facebook phishers link from bogus landing pages hosted on sites(dot)google(dot)com URLs. What do they want? Your data. Categories: Tags: facebookFacebook phishersfakeGooglephishphishing |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 16:00:00 +0000
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| This year saw a handful of spectacularly bad security fails that resulted in massive sets of compromised data. Here are the most colossal data breaches of 2017. Categories: Tags: data breachesdata breaches of 2017EdmodoEquifaxUberVerizon |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:29:26 +0000
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| Closing tech support scam pop-ups is becoming more challenging as crooks come up with more tricks for browser lockers. Categories: Tags: browlockbrowser lockerpopundertech support scamsTSS |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 18:43:17 +0000
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| Loapi Trojan discovered on Android devices—a downloader, dropper, adware app, and SMS Trojan all in one—could literally blow up your phone. Read on to learn how to protect against it. Categories: Tags: AndroidloapiMobiletrojan |
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