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A week in security (July 18 – July 24)

July 25, 2022 admin a week in security, Compliance, cryptocurrency, extortionists, Facebook, google, GPS, Paypal, ring, roblox, wordpress

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 08:44:00 +0000

The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

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Facebook gets round tracking privacy measure by encrypting links

July 20, 2022 admin ads, Brave, Facebook, Firefox, links, privacy, query parameter stripping, tracking

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 14:35:37 +0000

Facebook is reportedly switching out click identifiers for encryption, making it harder (if not impossible) to strip tracking from the URL.

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A week in security (June 6 – June 12)

June 13, 2022 admin 4Chan, a week in security, apple passkeys, asyncrat, b&q father's day contest 2022, blackbasta, blog recap, cloud data breach, Decryption Tool, dridex, emotet, esxi, Facebook, FBI, federal bureau of investigations, linux, Linux Malware, makemoney, malvertising, meeting owl, microsoft, phishing, prometheus, prometheus ransomware, ransomware, ransomware task force, ssndob, trickbot, Ukraine, Virtual Machines, VM, WhatsApp, whiteboard owl, windows autopatch

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:29:57 +0000

The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

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Facebook users targeted in massive phishing campaign

June 9, 2022 admin Facebook, fake, malvertising, phishing, rogue link, SCAM, scams, stolen login, survey

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 14:07:24 +0000

We take a look at a large-scale Facebook phishing operation, reputedly generating millions in ill-gotten gains.

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Tor’s (security) role in the future of the Internet, with Alec Muffett

June 5, 2022 admin Buzzfeed, Facebook, https, Networking, onion networking, podcast, Security, tcp/ip, The Guardian, The New York Times, the onion router, Tor, Twitter

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 05:51:33 +0000

This week on Lock and Code, we talk about the often-undiscussed security benefits of Tor networking, also called onion networking.

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A week in security (May 16 – 22)

May 28, 2022 admin a week in security, airtag, apple, Facebook, iphone malware, MRG Effitas, ransomware, recaptcha, sysrv, VMware, Zero-Day

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 23 May 2022 10:02:50 +0000

The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last seven days.

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Gmail-linked Facebook accounts vulnerable to attack using a chain of bugs—now fixed

May 17, 2022 admin CAPTCHA, csrf, Exploits and vulnerabilities, Facebook, Gmail, iframe, linked accounts, myopenid, OAuth, sandbox, sop, unlink, XSS, youssef sammouda

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 19:37:25 +0000

A researcher has combined a chain of bugs into an attack method that makes it possible to take over Facebook accounts linked to Gmail.

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“Look what I found here” phish targets Facebook users

May 17, 2022 admin bad link, chat, contacts, Facebook, family, FRIENDS, look what i found, messenger, phish, phishing, scams

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 10:54:33 +0000

A Facebook Messenger phish is asking would-be victims to “take a look”. But what lies in wait for eager clickers?

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