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Using Google Search to Find Software Can Be Risky

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For example, a Google search earlier this week for the free graphic design program FreeCAD produced the following result, which shows that a “Sponsored” ad at the top of the search results is advertising the software available from freecad-us[.]org. million advertiser accounts. Google says it removed 5.2

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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

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net , a service that advertised to cybercriminals seeking to obfuscate their malicious software so that it goes undetected by all or at least most of the major antivirus products on the market. “Our technology ensures the maximum security from reverse engineering and antivirus detections,” ExEClean promised. .

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Fake Lawsuit Threat Exposes Privnote Phishing Sites

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Launched in 2008, privnote.com employs technology that encrypts each message so that even Privnote itself cannot read its contents. The real Privnote, at privnote.com. And it doesn’t send or receive messages. Creating a message merely generates a link.

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Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police

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When KrebsOnSecurity recently explored how cybercriminals were using hacked email accounts at police departments worldwide to obtain warrantless Emergency Data Requests (EDRs) from social media firms and technology providers, many security experts called it a fundamentally unfixable problem. ” NEEDLES IN THE HAYSTACK.

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Hackers Gaining Power of Subpoena Via Fake “Emergency Data Requests”

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Virtually all major technology companies serving large numbers of users online have departments that routinely review and process such requests, which are typically granted as long as the proper documents are provided and the request appears to come from an email address connected to an actual police department domain name. Image: Ke-la.com.

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The Great $50M African IP Address Heist

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Historic WHOIS records from domaintools.com [a former advertiser on this site] indicate Byaruhanga was the registrant of two domain names tied to this company — ipv4leasing.org and.net — back in 2013. Spamhaus says it ultimately traced the domains advertised in those spam emails back to Adconion Direct , a U.S.

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How to Tell a Job Offer from an ID Theft Trap

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Siegel said the “recruiter” sent her a list of screening questions that all seemed relevant to the position being advertised. In late April, the FBI warned that technology is making these scams easier and more lucrative for fraudsters, who are particularly fond of impersonating recruiters. I never heard from him again.”

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