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Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 16:56:00 +0000
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| A hacker managed to compromise, and entirely destroy, a popular email service and all of its backups. What happened? Categories: Tags: backupsdestroyemailhackhackingmail |
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:54:28 +0000
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| If your organization doesn’t have an anti-phishing plan in place, it’s time to start thinking about one. Here’s what to tell your employees and customers about phishing attacks. Categories: Tags: anti-phishingbusinessemailmailmicrosoftoffice 365organisationphishingscamspam |
The post Businesses: It’s time to implement an anti-phishing plan appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 18:38:53 +0000
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| A well-worn sextortion scam is back in user’s inboxes. We explain what to look for and why recipients shouldn’t panic. Categories: Tags: emailfakepressurescamsextortionspamthreat |
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Shriram Munde| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 06:09:49 +0000
While everyone was engaged in new year celebrations, malware authors were busy creating new ransomware for 2019. Quick Heal Security Labs has discovered the first ransomware of 2019 — Anatova ransomware. During our analysis, we found that Anatova is not just ransomware but a modular one. By modular ransomware we…
Read MoreCredit to Author: Prashant Tilekar| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 11:54:00 +0000
Recently we saw a new campaign through spam mail attachment- zip file. It contains JavaScript file which delivers a bundle of GandCrab Ransomware, Monero miner and Spammer. This bundle of multiple malware variants is nothing new, it is common for ransomware to be paired with miner and spammer. This type…
Read MoreCredit to Author: Shriram Munde| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 07:37:49 +0000
Malspam email or malicious spam emails are considered to be one of the favorite malware delivery channels for the attackers to deliver the malware to targeted victims. Attackers also run spam email campaigns to distribute their malware to a large number of users. For attackers to succeed, two things are…
Read MoreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 17:59:03 +0000
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| An Australian Early Warning System notifying subscribers of severe weather alerts was compromised over the weekend, with messages sent across a variety of formats. What did the hackers get up to? And why did they do it? Categories: Tags: 2facompromisedangerearly warning networkearly warning systememailloginPAGASAPHIVOLCSphonemailsmstwo-factor authenticationweather |
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:30:14 +0000
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| What’s under the Christmas tree? It’s worse than lumps of coal, it’s a not very festive assortment of tricks and scams designed to give you a festive season hangover. Categories: Tags: advertsbitcoinemailfacebookhitmanphishscamtech scamstech support scammerstech support scams |
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