Facebook clickbait leads to money scam for users

Categories: Threat Intelligence

Tags: facebook

Tags: posts

Tags: google

Tags: cloud run

Clickbait posts on Facebook can lead to malicious websites. In this campaign, crooks are redirecting Facebook victims to scam pages hosted on Google’s infrastructure.

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A week in security (April 17 – 23)

Categories: News

Tags: fake Chrome update

Tags: AirBnb scam

Tags: fake IRS tax email

Tags: Ransomware in Germany report

Tags: Living Off The Land

Tags: LOTL attack

Tags: ALPHV ransomware

Tags: ransomware

Tags: spring cleaning your browser

Tags: lost injured dog Facebook hoax

Tags: Facebook hoax

Tags: swatting-as-aservice

Tags: LockBit ransomware

Tags: Instagram scam

Tags: Domino Backdoor

Tags: Malwarebytes Admin

Tags: Fancy Bear

Tags: tech support scam

Tags: QBot

Tags: Chrome zero-day

Tags: Facebook

Tags: Cambridge Analytica settlement claim

The most interesting security related news from the week of April 17 – 23.

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US Facebook users can now claim Cambridge Analytica settlement cash

Categories: News

Tags: Facebook

Tags: class action lawsuit settlement

Tags: Cambridge Analytica

Tags: Lauren Price

Tags: Meta

In December, Facebook decided to pay $725 million to settle a class action lawsuit. Facebook users in the US can now claim their slice of the pie.

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A week in security (April 3 – 9)

Categories: News

Tags: TikTok

Tags: Super FabriXss

Tags: Twitter

Tags: macOS malware

Tags: ransomware

Tags: 2023 State of Malware

Tags: Western Digital

Tags: Android

Tags: endpoint security

Tags: ChatGPT

Tags: K-12

Tags: IoT

Tags: Facebook

Tags: targeted advertising

Tags: Google

Tags: data theft

Tags: e-file

Tags: tax

Tags: Uber breach

The most interesting security related news from the week of April 3 – 9.

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A week in security (March 13 – 19)

Categories: News

Tags: Becky Holmes

Tags: Lock and Code S04E06

Tags: ransomware

Tags: WhatsApp

Tags: AI chatbot

Tags: investment fraud

Tags: Clop

Tags: Microsoft zero-day

Tags: Microsoft

Tags: STALKER 2

Tags: Facebook

Tags: Microsoft OneNote

Tags: LockBit

Tags: Rubrik

The most interesting security related news from the week of March 13 to 19.

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Sued by Meta, Freenom Halts Domain Registrations

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2023 23:19:26 +0000

The domain name registrar Freenom, whose free domain names have long been a draw for spammers and phishers, has stopped allowing new domain name registrations. The move comes just days after the Dutch registrar was sued by Meta, which alleges the company ignores abuse complaints about phishing websites while monetizing traffic to those abusive domains.

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