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A week in security (May 2 – 8)

May 9, 2022 admin a week in security, airdrop phishing, apple, Business Email Compromise, cyberpunk ape executives, declaration for the future of the internet, discord, Facebook, get rich with bitcoin, google, google pixel, instagram, microsoft, nigerian tesla, opensea, ransomware, rEvil

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 10:20:30 +0000

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

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Craft fair vendors targeted by fake event scammers on Facebook

May 3, 2022 admin bogus, Facebook, fair, fake, Illinois, New Jersey, scams, stall, Trade, vendor, Wyoming

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 03 May 2022 13:34:03 +0000

Scammers are targeting sellers of hand-crafted goods with bogus craft fair invitations.

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Hackers fool major tech companies into handing over data of women and minors to abuse

April 28, 2022 admin Alex Stamos, Allison Nixon, Alphabet, child exploitation, discord, doxxing, Facebook, google, harassment, juvenile hackers, meta, Social engineering, SWATting, teen hackers, Twitter

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 15:01:36 +0000

Law enforcement believes that these hackers duping major tech companies are teenagers. But they are causing severe harm.

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Facebook phishers threaten users with Page Recovery Help Support

April 28, 2022 admin compromised, Facebook, phishing, recovery, scams

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:11:47 +0000

We take a look at a wave of compromised facebook pages claiming your account is going to be closed in 12 hours.

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Beware tragic “my daughter died…” Facebook posts offering free PS5s

April 20, 2022 admin daughter, death, died, dog, Facebook, giveaway, image reuse, photos, privacy, PS4, ps5, seller group, son

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 13:11:47 +0000

We take a look at multiple posts made to Facebook claiming to offer up a PS5 after the death of a loved one.

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Credential-stealing malware disguises itself as Telegram, targets social media users

April 11, 2022 admin cookies, credentials, Facebook, ffdroider, instagram, social media, spyware, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 14:14:23 +0000

Spyware.FFDroider is an information stealer that exfiltrates browser data in an attempt to steal credentials and valid session cookies.

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Fake Emergency Search Warrants Draw Scrutiny from Capitol Hill

March 31, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, apple, Bloomberg, bug, discord, Facebook, instagram, lapsus$, meta, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Sen. Ron Wyden, snapchat, Twitter, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 22:54:45 +0000

On Tuesday, KrebsOnSecurity warned that hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies. Today, one of the U.S. Senate’s most tech-savvy lawmakers said he was troubled by the report and is now asking technology companies and federal agencies for information about the frequency of such schemes.

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A week in security (March 21 – 27)

March 28, 2022 admin a week in security, avoslocker, elden ring, esports, Facebook, hp printer vulnerability, lapsus$, microsoft exchange server, Okta, phishing, protestware, ransomware, rootkit, White House

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:17:58 +0000

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

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