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419 scammer offers USD $60 million—and a free child

October 18, 2017 admin 419, cybercrime, fake, phish, phishing, SCAM, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 18:46:18 +0000

419 scammers offering up untold riches are nothing new. But untold riches and an adopted child for good measure? How could we not explore this one further?

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Floridians Are Coping With Irma Using Memes and Fake Facebook Events

September 8, 2017 admin coping, disaster, Facebook, fake, Florida, Hurricane, internet, magick, memes, Naruto

Credit to Author: Steven Wright| Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 18:30:00 +0000

The authors of the pages say they’re just trying to make the best of a bad situation.

MalwareBytes Security

419 spam: 10 million US dollars, courtesy of “Rev. Goodluck Ebola”

August 29, 2017 admin 419, cybercrime, fake, phish, phishing, SCAM, Social engineering, spam

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 17:10:55 +0000

A 419 email is currently doing the rounds with promises of $10.5m USD waiting to be sent your way. This is most definitely something you don’t want to get tangled up in.

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MalwareBytes Security

A stolen version of DMA Locker is making the rounds

May 29, 2017 admin cybercrime, decryptor, DMA Locker, fake, malware, Malwarebytes news, xptlock

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 14:21:41 +0000

Pirated versions of DMA-locker are doing the rounds, but there is some good news. All the encrypted data can be decrypted with the same key and we can give it to you.

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MalwareBytes Security

A stolen version of DMA-locker is making the rounds

May 29, 2017 admin cybercrime, decryptor, DMA Locker, fake, malware, Malwarebytes news, xptlock

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 14:21:41 +0000

Pirated versions of DMA-locker are doing the rounds, but there is some good news. All the encrypted data can be decrypted with the same key and we can give it to you.

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Kaspersky Security

International Tinfoil Hat Day 2017

March 31, 2017 admin April 1, fake, protection, Security, Special Project, tinfoil, tinfoil hat, tinfoilhatday2017

Credit to Author: Albert Einstein| Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2017 04:02:23 +0000

Thanks to Tinfoil Hat Day, people all over the world have learned how to shield their brains from invisible foes.

MalwareBytes Security

“Federal Ministry of Agriculture” 419 spam

March 8, 2017 admin 419, cybercrime, email, fake, SCAM, Social engineering, spam

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:55:56 +0000

We quickly shakedown a 419 spam mail currently in circulation.

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MalwareBytes Security

A multi-purpose fake online scanner

March 7, 2017 admin advance-system-care, cybercrime, fake, MacKeeper, malware, online scan, Pieter Arntz

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 16:00:14 +0000

Just to show you that behind some PUPs there are threat actors that are too lazy to be bothered, we offer you a fake online scanner that was used to promote the infamous MacKeeper and a Windows system optimizer called Advance-System-Care.

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