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Interview With a Crypto Scam Investment Spammer

Krebs on Security

Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. ” One of the crypto investment scam messages promoted in the spam campaigns on Mastodon this month. “On Twitter, more spam and crypto scam.”

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MY TAKE: Why companies and consumers must collaborate to stop the plundering of IoT systems

The Last Watchdog

The Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long, long way since precocious students at Carnegie Melon University installed micro-switches inside of a Coca-Cola vending machine so they could remotely check on the temperature and availability of their favorite beverages. Related: Companies sustain damage from IoT attacks That was back in 1982.

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Smashing Security podcast #370: The closed loop conundrum, default passwords, and Baby Reindeer

Graham Cluley

The UK Government takes aim at IoT devices shipping with weak or default passwords, an identity thief spends two years in jail after being mistaken for the person who stole his name, and are you au fait with the latest scams?

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IoT Cybersecurity: 5 Major Vulnerabilities and How to Tackle Them

Security Affairs

The number of sensors and smart devices connected to the internet is exponentially rising, which are the 5 Major Vulnerabilities for IoT devices. If you take a look at the global market for IoT, you can easily spot the trend. IoT devices are exposed to cybersecurity vulnerabilities. IoT is a complicated concept.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 425 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Someone is sending mysterious smartwatches to the US Military personnel CISA orders govt agencies to fix recently disclosed flaws in Apple devices VMware fixed five memory corruption issues in vCenter Server Fortinet fixes critical FortiNAC RCE, install updates asap More than a million GitHub repositories potentially vulnerable to RepoJacking New Mirai (..)

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Emerging Trends in Cybersecurity: Strategies to Combat Cyber Extortion Attacks on Businesses in 2023

Cytelligence

In addition, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, Business Email Compromise (BEC), and phishing scams continue to pose significant threats. Ransomware attacks, where hackers encrypt critical data and demand a ransom for its release, have become alarmingly common.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 250

Security Affairs

Apollon Darknet market is allegedly pulling an exit scam. Attackers are hacking NSC Linear eMerge E3 building access systems to launch DDoS attacks. IoT devices at major Manufacturers infected with crypto-miner. Russias watchdog Roskomnadzor threatens to fine Twitter and Facebook.

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