Social engineering – Page 22 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 16:00:53 +0000

With a spot of tracking-related controversy ruffling feathers in gaming circles, now is a good time to become familiar with some of the advertising methods used for, and in, video games. Ladies and gents, welcome to advergaming.

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May 17, 2018 admin

Fake Malwarebytes helpline scammer caught in the act

Credit to Author: Charles Campenni| Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 15:00:00 +0000

In this blog, we take you through a phone call to a fake Malwarebytes helpline run by Blue Eye Ventures, and show you how to spot the scam in action.

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May 10, 2018 admin

Enhancing Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection with detonation-based heuristics and machine learning

Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 16:00:09 +0000

Email, coupled with reliable social engineering techniques, continues to be one of the primary entry points for credential phishing, targeted attacks, and commodity malware like ransomware and, increasingly in the last few months, cryptocurrency miners. Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) uses a comprehensive and multi-layered solution to protect mailboxes, files, online storage, and applications

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May 9, 2018 admin

Netflix phish claims your membership is on hold

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 09 May 2018 17:00:54 +0000

We take a look at a new Netflix phish in circulation, using the time-honored trick of claiming the recipient is about to lose access unless they hand over some personal information.

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April 25, 2018 admin

Far Cry 5 download offers: embrace the power of “no”

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 16:18:42 +0000

It seems opportunists are jumping on popular video game Far Cry 5’s bandwagon, with a flood of promises for free game downloads. We take a look at a return to form for survey scams, and the odd download site while we’re at it.

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