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Obfuscated Equation Editor Exploit (CVE-2017-11882) spreading Hawkeye Keylogger

October 31, 2018 admin exploit, keylogger, malware, phishing, Security, Shellcode, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2018 06:17:45 +0000

Cyber-attacks through phishing emails are increasing and generally, attackers use DOC embedded macros to infiltrate victim’s machine. Recently Quick Heal Security Labs came across a Phishing e-mail sample which uses Microsoft’s equation editor exploit to spread Hawkeye keylogger. Cybercriminals use different techniques to steal confidential data. Now they are offering…

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Tomorrowland festival goers affected by data breach

October 31, 2018 admin breach, cybercrime, data breach, hacking, music, music festival, paylogic, phishing, privacy, scams, Tomorrowland

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 17:27:32 +0000

A data breach from a 2014 Tomorrowland electronic music festival has affected up to 60,000 event-goers caught up in the action.

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Tags: breach data breach hacking music music festival paylogic phishing scams Tomorrowland

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A week in security (October 22 – 28)

October 29, 2018 admin Airline, bad ads, British Airways, cathartic pacific breach, Crypto scams, extortion, mac malware, malware, NORTH KOREA, phishing, Security world, Vulnerability, Week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:00:00 +0000

A roundup of security news from October 22 to October 28, including more headaches for airlines, how to avoid being a victim of a sextortion scam, and problems with search engines, browsers, and email.

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Tags: airline bad ads British Airways cathartic pacific breach Crypto scams extortion mac malware malware North Korea phishing vulnerability

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Stunning new Phish Threat modules

October 26, 2018 admin Corporate, Phish Threat, phishing, Sophos Products

Credit to Author: Rich Beckett| Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 15:59:23 +0000

Phish Threat is backing you with 30 new training modules now, and fresh new ones every month.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/iCkGiTIZKIs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Sextortion emails: They’re probably not watching you

October 25, 2018 admin 101, bitcoin, BTC, Emails, FYI, KrebsOnSecurity, Malwarebytes Forums, phishing, SCAM, scammers, scams, sextortion, Social engineering

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Yes, those sextortion email scams using old passwords are still making the rounds. How can you spot a real sextortion attempt from an empty threat? And when should you report to authorities? Read on to find out.

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Tags: bitcoin btc emails KrebsOnSecurity Malwarebytes Forums phishing scam scammers scams sextortion Social Engineering

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A week in security (October 8 – 14)

October 15, 2018 admin breach, cybersecurity, cybersecurity news, Industroyer, MageCart attacks, malware, NotPeyta, phishing, roundup, Security world, Week in security, weeks roundup

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:56:13 +0000

A roundup of the security news from October 8–14 including breaches, phishing attacks, and hacking tools.

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Tags: breach cybersecurity cybersecurity news Industroyer MageCart attacks malware NotPeyta phishing roundup week in security weeks roundup

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How to differentiate between spam and phishing emails?

October 11, 2018 admin Cyber crime, email, phishing

Credit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:58:52 +0000

Emails today have become an integral part of our day-to-day life and this has made it a child’s play for spammers to lure people into opening fraudulent emails and attachments. Thus, while you are using emails for your everyday personal or official use, it is important to realize that the…

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