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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.

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Sextortion Bitcoin scam makes unwelcome return

February 11, 2019 admin cybercrime, email, fake, pressure, SCAM, sextortion, Social engineering, spam, threat

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 18:38:53 +0000

A well-worn sextortion scam is back in user’s inboxes. We explain what to look for and why recipients shouldn’t panic.

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Anatova, A modular ransomware

January 28, 2019 admin Cyber crime, email, Email malware, Hacker, malware, phishing, ransomware, Security

Credit 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…

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GandCrab Ransomware along with Monero Miner and Spammer

January 24, 2019 admin Cryptojacking, Cyber crime, email, Hacker, malware, ransomware, spam

Credit 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…

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Malspam email – Jack of all malware, master of none.

January 21, 2019 admin email, Email malware, Fraudulent email, Hacker, malware, phishing, ransomware, Security

Credit 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…

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Australia’s Early Warning Network compromised

January 7, 2019 admin 2fa, compromise, cybercrime, danger, early warning network, early warning system, email, login, Pagasa, Phivolcs, phonemail, privacy, sms, two-factor authentication, Weather

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 17:59:03 +0000

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?

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Tags: 2fa compromise danger early warning network early warning system email login PAGASA PHIVOLCS phonemail sms two-factor authentication weather

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Christmas tech scams roundup

December 20, 2018 admin adverts, bitcoin, cybercrime, email, Facebook, hitman, phish, privacy, SCAM, tech scams, tech support scammers, tech support scams

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:30:14 +0000

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.

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