SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

At its core, this tactic revolves around gaming the trust users put in reputable internet services, including search engines, and the familiarity they have with online advertising per se. This ends up executing sketchy code that installs viruses, ransomware, spyware, or adware behind the victim's back.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

However, while the benefits of the internet are never-ending, it’s also important to understand the risks involved so you can help avoid exposing your sensitive information to untrusted environments. Awareness of Phishing Scams. Getting clued up about phishing scams is the best way to help keep your data safe.

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

With so many well known banking sites falling short when it comes to blocking fraudsters, cybersecurity experts at VPNOverview have compiled a list of 12 safety tips to keep your money safe from malware and phishing scams. What are the possible dangers of online banking?

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Hot for Security

JUNE 14, 2021

Most security threats faced by regular users arrive via the Internet, whether it’s a malicious app or a rigged website , a scam delivered through the user’s social media channels, or a phishing scheme carried out via email or SMS. A vulnerability in WhatsApp allegedly allows threat actors to install spyware onto iPhones.

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Hot for Security

JUNE 15, 2021

Given the portability and myriad of functionalities, mobile devices are highly susceptible to cyber threats, including malware, spyware and phishing attempts that may compromise that precious piece of tech we keep in our pocket and any information stored on it. Threat actors know that users often behave recklessly with their smart devices.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Thus, during the World Cup a brand-new scam appeared: it offered users to win a newly released iPhone 14 for predicting match outcomes. In a typical internet hoax manner, crypto scam sites offered visitors to get rich quick by paying a small fee. “Promotional campaigns by major banks” were a popular bait in 2022.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Uber scam lures victims with alert from a real Uber number Teaching cybersecurity skills to special needs children with Alana Robinson: Lock and Code S02E18. Other cybersecurity news.

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SecureList

MARCH 15, 2021

In fact, not only did the way people lived and worked changed, but so did the methods and tactics used by criminals on the Internet looking to exploit the massive increase in online traffic. However, upon clicking the attachment, the users would download Trojans ranging from spyware to backdoors. In February 2021, there were 377.5

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 16, 2023

Defining and recognizing tech abuse Malicious online behaviors in the form of those motivated by financial gain, such as scams and fraud, have existed, and awareness around them has been raised for years. Be careful about where you access the internet. Traditionally, these crimes are thought of as being committed by strangers online.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Scams could present themselves in many forms. For instance, financially-motivated threat actors often plant in malicious URLs spoofing these events to fraudulent sites, hoping to maximize their chances of scamming naive internet users for a quick (illicit) profit.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

More and more often, scam websites posing as large companies that promise huge cash prizes in return for completing a survey have begun setting out stricter criteria for those who want a chance to win. These were closely followed by global Internet portals (17.27%) in second place.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The Kaspersky Anti-Phishing component blocked 434,898,635 attempts at accessing scam sites. In most cases, scammers, as before, claimed to have used spyware to film the blackmail victim watching adult videos. Most scam websites, 24.36% of the total number, had a.com domain name extension last year. Agentb malware family.

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Phishing Malware Scams Accountability 143

Spinone

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Also, this list will make you more aware of the threats that lie in wait for you around every internet corner. Cloud – computing recourses that make it available to access your files and services through the internet from any point in the world. The most widespread spyware are keyloggers and trojans.

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Passwords Social Engineering Malware Encryption 40

Malwarebytes

JUNE 5, 2024

Don’t forget to also use Browser Guard on your desktop to block ad trackers and scam sites from your browser. You shouldn’t have to guess whether the next attack will compromise your Wi-Fi connection, browser, or files through phishing emails, spyware, or malware. Let the technology do this for you.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

It is not unusual to have your system or network infected with malware, such as spyware, that often lingers secretly with no apparent symptoms. Malware can be categorized based on how it behaves (adware, spyware and ransomware), and how it propagates from one victim to another (viruses, worms and trojans). Don’t worry though.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2020

It should be noted that some of the tech companies provide a wide range of Internet-related services and some of them, like cloud storages and email services, form separate categories. They, in turn, let spyware and backdoors move ahead and become the second most popular malware with a 35-percent share.

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Phishing Spyware Banking Malware 57

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 18, 2021

No surreptitious implantation of spyware to collect admin credentials. Further, all computers shared the same password for remote access and appeared to be connected directly to the Internet without any type of firewall protection installed.”. Online scams already ruin people’s lives by emptying their bank accounts.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

The word “covid” in various combinations was typically used in the names of packages hiding spyware and banking Trojans, adware or Trojan droppers. This is a typical example of the kind of old-school text-message scams that were popular in 2011 and 2012. Pandemic theme in mobile threats. apk and coviddetect.apk.

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Mobile Malware Adware Banking 140

Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

Germany and the Netherlands agreded to build TEN, the first ever joint military internet. Germany and the Netherlands agreed to build TEN, the first ever joint military internet. ViceLeaker Android spyware targets users in the Middle East. Updates for Samsung, the scam app with 10M+ downloads. Is Your Browser Secure?

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SecureList

AUGUST 5, 2021

Parcel scam: buy one, get none. Therefore, any offer to buy them is evidently a scam. Another traditional scam aims to persuade the user that they are the lucky winner of a tidy sum. Investments and public property scams. The topic of gas surfaced also in more conventional compensation scams.

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Phishing Banking Scams Computers and Electronics 124

SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Scamming championship: sports-related fraud. Scam: get it yourself, share with friends. However, the essence of the scam remained the same: the recipient, puzzled by the e-mail about a purchase or transfer they did not make, tried to call the support service at the number given in the message. Quarterly highlights.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 25, 2022

Exposing a Currently Active Domain Portfolio of Tech Support Scam Domains – An OSINT Analysis. Exposing a Currently Active NSO Spyware Group’s Domain Portfolio – WhoisXML API Analysis. Profiling a Currently Active Domain Portfolio of Fake Job Proposition and Pharmaceutical Scam Domains – An OSINT Analysis. Profiling Russia’s U.S

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SecureList

MAY 3, 2021

In Q1 2021, new banking scams appeared alongside ones that are more traditional. In the Runet (Russian internet), we found an email seemingly from the support department of an analytics portal. In seventh place is the Noon spyware (2.41%), which steals passwords from browsers and reads keystrokes. Quarterly highlights.

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Phishing Banking Accountability Computers and Electronics 117

SecureList

MARCH 7, 2024

Some of the scam sites discovered promised to reimburse a certain sum to the customers of a major international telecommunications company. Alongside the usual get-rich-doing-nothing and paid survey scams, we encountered a few less conventional scenarios. Scam sites also used cryptocurrency as bait.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

By granting this permission, victims unwittingly give the green light to an influx of pop-up ads that appear outside the browser and include links disseminating rogue extensions or promoting tech support scams. Under the guise of account hacking tools, the malefactors were mostly distributing a spyware program known as Emotet.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 6, 2021

MoleRats has been known to try to woo victims, including members of the Israel Defense Forces, into infecting their devices with spyware by impersonating women on messaging apps and then sending a malicious link – supposedly for watching videos or for downloading a photo-sharing app where they could exchange provocative images.

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