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Roblox Beamers steal items from kids

February 16, 2022 admin compromise, discord, gamers, Gaming, phish, phishing, privacy, roblox, Robux, SIM swap, video games

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 16:51:24 +0000

We take a look at a story regarding so-called “Beamers”, who use a number of techniques to compromise and then sell Roblox items.

Categories: Privacy

Tags: compromise discord gamers gaming phish phishing roblox Robux SIM swap video games

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Beware bogus OperaGX sponsorship offers

February 3, 2022 admin opera, operagx, phish, phishing, SCAM, Social engineering, Youtube

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 15:36:45 +0000

We look at a scam targeting YouTubers, via an entirely fictitious sponsorship and promotional deal for OperaGX

Categories: Social engineering

Tags: opera operagx phish phishing scam youtube

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Apply those updates now: CVE bypass offers up admin privileges for Windows 10

February 2, 2022 admin CVE, cve-2022-21882, exploit, hack, Malwarebytes news, microsoft, patch, phish, update, Windows 10

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:07:29 +0000

A CVE bypass offers up the possibility of admin privileges on Windows 10 machines. Find out what’s happened, and how you can avoid it.

Categories: Malwarebytes news

Tags: CVE CVE-2022-21882 exploit hack microsoft patch phish update windows 10

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Spear phishing 101: what you need to know

January 29, 2020 admin 101, Business, malspam, organisation, organization, organizations, phish, phishing, SCAM, smishing, Social engineering, spam, spear phish, spear phishing, whaling

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 18:50:01 +0000

We look at the threat of spear phishing, why it’s such a problem, and what organizations can do to lessen the chance of a successful attack.

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Social engineering

Tags: 101 business malspam organisation organization organizations phish phishing scam smishing Social Engineering spam spear phish spear phishing whaling

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A week in security (December 2 – December 8)

December 9, 2019 admin a week in security, Amazon, bank, buckets, phish, Week in security, weekly roundup, xmas

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 16:47:06 +0000

A roundup of the previous week’s security blogs and other news, including a new ransomware, an explanation of containerization, fixing leaky buckets, jewelry heists, and more.

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A week in security

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Fake Elder Scrolls Online developers go phishing on PlayStation

December 6, 2019 admin elder scrolls online, eso, gamers, Gaming, gaming scams, gaming security, mmorpg, passwords, phish, phishing, Playstation, SCAM, scammers, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 20:29:26 +0000

We take a look at a pressure-filled phishing attempt sent to players of the Elder Scrolls Online video game.

Categories:

Social engineering

Tags: elder scrolls online ESO gamers gaming gaming scams gaming security MMORPG passwords phish phishing playstation scam scammers Social Engineering

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Help prevent disaster donation scams from causing more misery

October 30, 2019 admin 419, 419 scams, charity, cold call scams, cold calls, disaster, donation scams, natural disaster, natural disaster scam, Natural Disasters, phish, phishing, Red Cross, scammers, scamming, scams, Social engineering, social engineering attacks

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 20:36:21 +0000

Scammers will stop at nothing—not even a tragic natural disaster—for a chance to cash in. We offer some helpful tips to avoid disaster donation scams.

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Social engineering

Tags: 419 419 scams charity cold call scams cold calls disaster donation scams natural disaster natural disaster scam natural disasters phish phishing red cross scammers scamming scams Social Engineering social engineering attacks

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A week in security (October 14 – 20)

October 21, 2019 admin a week in security, Amazon, dark web, domestic abuse, domestic abuse survivor, domestic abuse survivors, domestic violence, Facebook, Facial Recognition, instagram, jackpot, jackpotting, kindle, mark zuckerberg, national cybersecurity awareness month, national domestic violence awareness month, Oracle, Password, passwords, phish, phishing, phishing scam, ransomware, Tor, Tor Browser, us customs and border enforcement, VPN, vulnerabilities, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:45:45 +0000

Cybersecurity news for October 14 – 20, including the future of the password, the lingering threat of ransomware, and new security features from Instagram.

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A week in security

Tags: amazon Dark Web domestic abuse domestic abuse survivor domestic abuse survivors domestic violence facebook facial recognition Instagram jackpot jackpotting kindle Mark Zuckerberg national cybersecurity awareness month National domestic violence awareness month Oracle password passwords phish phishing phishing scam ransomware tor Tor browser US Customs and Border Enforcement vpn vulnerabilities vulnerability

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