Steam spammers have a night at the movies

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 15:00:17 +0000

We take a look at a spammer pushing what are claimed to be free movies on Steam’s videogame artwork section. Spoiler: they’re not movies, and you may want to get a refund for those tickets.

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Tech support scammers and their banking woes

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:00:54 +0000

We all know about tech support scams by this point. Unfortunately for the scammers, banks know this as well, making it quite difficult at times to maintain an account to store the criminal’s ill-gotten gains. So how does the enterprising criminal cash out with your money? Let’s take a look.

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Websites compromised in ‘Decimal IP’ campaign

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 23:00:52 +0000

This URL is quite probably unlike anything you’ve ever seen before and yet still works and redirects to malware.

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World of Warcraft phish campaign lures victims with free pet

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:00:14 +0000

We take a look at a World of Warcraft phish doing the rounds which could stand to do a spot of updating where it’s branding is concerned.

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Mobile Menace Monday: Preinstalled adware and sometimes worse

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 16:00:52 +0000

BLU manufactured mobile devices have been discovered with preinstalled adware known as Android/Adware.YeMobi.

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Explained: Packer, Crypter, and Protector

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 15:00:38 +0000

In this article we will try to explain the terms packer, crypter, and protector in the context of how they are used in malware.

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Advanis tech support screenlocker

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 15:00:05 +0000

We briefly show you the workings of a tech support scammers lockscreen and introduce you to the person behind the scenes.

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Hackers threaten to wipe Apple devices

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 15:00:40 +0000

According to a report from Motherboard, a group of hackers calling themselves “Turkish Crime Family” is threatening to remotely erase devices belonging to hundreds of millions of Apple customers. They will do this on April 7, they say, if Apple doesn’t pay them a ransom.

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