Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 15:57:07 +0000
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| The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center have released their 2018 report about online crime. Which attacks are most popular? Where are the victims located? And how much money has been lost in the process? Categories: Tags: becfbifraudphishingreport |
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 19:32:39 +0000
In 2013, the FBI exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Firefox to seize control over a Dark Web network of child pornography sites. The alleged owner of that ring – 33-year-old Freedom Hosting operator Eric Eoin Marques – was arrested in Ireland later that year on a U.S. warrant and has been in custody ever since. This week, Ireland’s Supreme Court cleared the way for Marques to be extradited to the United States.
Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2018 17:06:04 +0000
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| A roundup of last week’s security news from November 26 until December 2, including the Marriott breach, AV testing, 2019 security predictions, and an ad fraud botnet takedown. Categories: Tags: 2019 predictionsav testingDellESTAfbifingerprintsfraud botnetsLinkedInmarriotNodeJSnodjspredicitimroot certificatesUberwebcams |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:00:54 +0000
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| Malwarebytes joins the fight against ad fraud in one of the largest take down operations. Categories: Tags: 3vead fraudfbiMalwarebyteswhite ops |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:00:54 +0000
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| Malwarebytes joins the fight against ad fraud in one of the largest take down operations. Categories: Tags: 3vead fraudfbiMalwarebyteswhite ops |
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:11:57 +0000
The fraudsters behind the often laughable Nigerian prince email scams have long since branched out into far more serious and lucrative forms of fraud, including account takeovers, phishing, dating scams, and malware deployment. Combating such a multifarious menace can seem daunting, but in truth it calls for concerted efforts to tackle the problem from many different angles. This post examines the work of a large, private group of volunteers dedicated to doing just that.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:54:40 +0000
Citing “extraordinary cooperation” with the government, a court in Alaska on Tuesday sentenced three men to probation, community service and fines for their admitted roles in authoring and using “Mirai,” a potent malware strain used in countless attacks designed to knock Web sites offline — including an enormously powerful attack in 2016 that sidelined this Web site for nearly four days.
Read moreCredit to Author: David Buxton| Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:55:04 +0000
This week’s episode of the Kaspersky Podcast looks at Google tracking (and possible lawsuits as a result), Gatwick screen fails and Trello board fails.
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