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How to Lose a Fortune with Just One Bad Click

Krebs on Security

A scammer called using a real Google phone number to warn his Gmail account was being hacked, sent email security alerts directly from google.com, and ultimately seized control over the account by convincing him to click “yes” to a Google prompt on his mobile device.

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Account Hijacking Forum OGusers Hacked

Krebs on Security

com — a forum popular among people involved in hijacking online accounts and conducting SIM swapping attacks to seize control over victims’ phone numbers — has itself been hacked, exposing the email addresses, hashed passwords, IP addresses and private messages for nearly 113,000 forum users.

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Apple ordered to grant access to users’ encrypted data

Malwarebytes

Last week, an article in the Washington Post revealed the UK had secretly ordered Apple to provide blanket access to protected cloud backups around the world. However, Apple itself doesn’t have access to it at the moment, only the holder of the Apple account can access data stored in this way. Tap your name, then tap iCloud.

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“Can you try a game I made?” Fake game sites lead to information stealers

Malwarebytes

If interested, the victim will receive a download link and a password for the archive containing the promised installer. The archives are offered for download on various locations like Dropbox, Catbox, and often on the Discord content delivery network (CDN), by using compromised accounts which add extra credibility. fr leyamor[.]com

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Technical Report of the Bezos Phone Hack

Schneier on Security

That file shows an image of the Saudi Arabian flag and Swedish flags and arrived with an encrypted downloader. Because the downloader was encrypted this delayed or further prevented "study of the code delivered along with the video.". That's where that state-sponsored malware is going to be found.

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Cloud Atlas seen using a new tool in its attacks

SecureList

Victims get infected via phishing emails containing a malicious document that exploits a vulnerability in the formula editor ( CVE-2018-0802 ) to download and execute malware code. It contains a formula editor exploit that downloads and runs an HTML Application (HTA) file hosted on the same C2 server.

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How to Backup Google Drive: A Step by Step Guide

Spinone

In any case, you know what Google Drive backup is, and that backup files on Google Drive should be backed up as well. As an expert in data backup and recovery solutions, we will tell you about five main methods that will surely save your data from disaster. Right-click and select Download. Double-sided backup.

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