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"On the Line", a cybercrime movie | Kaspersky official blog
Credit to Author: Roman Dedenok| Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 17:36:52 +0000
Korean movie "On the Line" with detailed description of cybercrime: vishing, spoofing, money laundering, malware
Read MoreWatch out for the email that says “You have a new voicemail!”
Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 09:24:27 +0000
An email campaign lures users with a voicemail notification to enter their Office 365 credentials on a fake login page.
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Read MoreTech support fraud is still very much alive, says latest FBI report
Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:15:27 +0000
In 2021 the IC3 received 23,903 complaints related to tech support fraud from victims in 70 countries. Stay away from these scammers.
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Read MoreMeet Exotic Lily, access broker for ransomware and other malware peddlers
Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 22:58:48 +0000
Exotic Lily is the name given to a group of cybercriminals that specialized as an initial access broker, serving groups like Conti and Diavol ransomware.
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Read MoreHorseDeal Riding on The Curveball!
Credit to Author: Jayesh kulkarni| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 06:17:49 +0000
It’s surprising to see how quickly attackers make use of new vulnerabilities in malware campaigns. Microsoft recently patched a very interesting vulnerability in their monthly Patch Tuesday update for January 2020. It’s a spoofing vulnerability in Windows CryptoAPI (Crypt32.dll) validation mechanism for Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) certificates. An attacker could…
Read MorePhishing, Part 2: Staying Safe
Credit to Author: Brook Stein, Product Management Director| Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 13:00:35 +0000
As mentioned in Phishing Part 1: On the Lookout, phishing attacks have been around for years, but today’s cybercriminals are adept at using them in an ever-increasing variety of ways to get what they want. According to the most recent FBI figures, phishing and its variants was the third most popular cybercrime type in 2017,…
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Read MoreWhat is… SPF?
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 18:15:29 +0000
SPF is short for Sender Policy Framework, and it can help you get rid of spam and phishing emails without even looking at the email content.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/AUJjnbhdDtM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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