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Beware! Your website might be delivering Emotet malware

January 2, 2019 admin banking Trojan, data breach, emotet, Hacker, malware, phishing, Social engineering, Uncategorized, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Bajrang Mane| Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 08:28:45 +0000

In 2018, we saw a surge in Emotet activity. Emotet started as a banking trojan but this blog will shed light on how it has also become a “threat distributor”. We will also discuss server-side and client-side activity and how it spreads. Its self-propagation makes it all the more challenging…

QuickHeal Security

The complete story of EMOTET: Most prominent Malware of 2018

December 29, 2018 admin banking Trojan, data breach, emotet, Hacker, malware, phishing, Social engineering, Uncategorized, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Bajrang Mane| Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 08:28:45 +0000

Microsoft Security

Tackling phishing with signal-sharing and machine learning

December 20, 2018 admin cybersecurity, Office 365 ATP, PDF attachment, phishing, phishing attacks, Social engineering, Windows Defender ATP, Windows SmartScreen

Credit to Author: Windows Defender Research| Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:00:11 +0000

Across services in Microsoft Threat Protection, the correlation of security signals enhances the comprehensive and integrated security for identities, endpoints, user data, cloud apps, and infrastructure. Our industry-leading visibility into the entire attack chain translates to enriched protection thats evident in many different attack scenarios, including flashy cyberattacks, massive malware campaigns, and even small-scale, localized

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QuickHeal Security

Sophisticated Ransomware : “Katyusha”

December 17, 2018 admin bitcoin, Cyber crime, Double pulsar, EternalBlue, Hacker, katyusha, malware, Mimikatz, Password, phishing, ransomware, Security, Security patch, spam, squiblydoo, Trojan, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Ghanshyam More| Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:59:58 +0000

For several months, Quick Heal Security Labs has been observing an increase in ransomware, we have found one more interesting ransomware which encrypts files and adds extension “.katyusha” and demands for an amount of 0.5 btc within three days and threatens to release the data to public download if the ransom is not…

Kaspersky Security

Online fraud: 5 most common spammer tricks

December 11, 2018 admin e-mail, phishing, spam, Threats

Credit to Author: Maria Vergelis| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 14:00:19 +0000

The 5 most common ways spammers can trick you into paying them or giving up your personal information.

MalwareBytes Security

Something else is phishy: How to detect phishing attempts on mobile

December 10, 2018 admin 101, ad-networking phishing, homograph attacks, How-tos, https, iOS, Mobile, phishing, phishing apps, Punycode, smishing, Social Phishing, unicode, url padding, vishing

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 15:00:56 +0000

Phishing is more problematic on smartphones than on desktops. Not only that, approaches to handling phishing attacks on mobile are quite different because their techniques are also different. So, how can users sniff out a mobile phish? Let us count the ways.

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Tags: ad-networking phishing homograph attacks HTTPS iOS Mobile phishing phishing apps Punycode smishing Social Phishing unicode url padding vishing

MalwareBytes Security

Humble Bundle alerts customers to subscription reveal bug

December 4, 2018 admin 2-Step Verification, 2fa, breach, bug, cybercrime, games, Gaming, humble bundle, phish, phishing, Social engineering, spear phishing, two-factor authentication, video games

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2018 17:20:27 +0000

Humble Bundle is sending emails to subscribers due to information being revealed by a bug. How bad it is? We take a look.

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Tags: 2-Step Verification 2fa breach bug games gaming humble bundle phish phishing spear phishing two-factor authentication video games

Security Sophos

Half of users click on dodgy links. You just don’t know which half

November 27, 2018 admin Corporate, Phish Threat, phishing, Sophos Products

Credit to Author: Rich Beckett| Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 15:11:08 +0000

50% of employees admit to clicking links from unknown senders. But which 50%? It’s time for a targeted approach to cybersecurity training.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/U2DnPEubqEA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>