Identity IQ

AUGUST 31, 2023

In this article, we uncover what holiday scams are, how they take shape, and the different types you might encounter. What Is a Phishing Scam? But here’s the twist, when you click on the link, it takes you to a website that looks like your bank’s site, but it’s a fake one designed to collect your login information. Their goal?

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 3, 2024

The term “FUD” in those names stands for “ F ully U n- D etectable,” and it refers to cybercrime resources that will evade detection by security tools like antivirus software or anti-spam appliances. Image: DomainTools. Since that story ran, KrebsOnSecurity has heard from this Saim Raza identity on two occasions. But on Jan.

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Hot for Security

APRIL 22, 2021

Sometimes disguised in or invisibly attached to legit digital products, these fake applications are ready to take over the device after just a few taps. Here’s what to pay attention to if currently you are not using a mobile protection solution, which could keep your device safe. Adware and fake applications immediately followed.

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DoublePulsar

AUGUST 19, 2023

File hash: ea6af173a3577fa192821f746d701365b759689eb3562ad546230f6da99a18ae Another one posted yesterday as a full copy of the game (it’s also a Trojan, with little antivirus detection): In English This means the download was not, in fact, Starfield — it grants remote access to your PC, and allows stealing of information from your system.

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Cytelligence

MARCH 3, 2023

Know how to distinguish between fake antivirus offers and real notifications Cybercriminals often use fake antivirus offers to trick users into downloading malware. To protect your company from these types of attacks, it is important to know how to distinguish between fake antivirus offers and real notifications.

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Hot for Security

APRIL 22, 2021

Sometimes disguised in or invisibly attached to legit digital products, these fake applications are ready to take over the device after just a few taps. Here’s what to pay attention to if currently you are not using a mobile protection solution, which could keep your device safe. Adware and fake applications immediately followed.

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Hacker Combat

JANUARY 6, 2022

After steady research, it has been discovered that there are fake Telegram installers online with malicious intent. They also use fake installers as a means to gain access to devices. . In the case of the fake Telegram software installer , the malicious design was developed using a compiled script, AutoIt. creates a new folder.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 14, 2021

This blog post is divided into four parts: Introduction : provides an overview of what happened. Trying to figure out what to do. In this post, we'll look at a campaign, that targeted multiple 3D or digital artists using NFT, with malware named RedLine. Analysis : analysis of the attack and the malware used. Cloudy Night: .

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The internet has been around for quite some time now, and most of us wouldn’t know what to do without it. There were no social media sites to speak of, companies were selling antivirus and anti-Trojan solutions, but nobody cared about adware, PUPs, and assorted nuisances. February 6, 2024 is Safer Internet Day. Phishing emails.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 14, 2021

Quietly observing threat actors in action can help them understand what they have to defend against. What does “honeypot” mean in cybersecurity? In the world of cybersecurity, a honeypot appears to be a legitimate computer system, while the data is usually fake. Definition of a honeypot. Types of honeypots. Email traps.

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Identity IQ

MARCH 27, 2023

Here are 5 common hotel scams that you should be aware of: Fake Booking Websites Scammers can create fake hotel booking websites that look identical to legitimate ones. Enable the firewall and use antivirus software regularly. Fake Food Delivery A scammer can distribute a fake food menu to your hotel room.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2021

The antivirus company Avast analyzed the case of a simple malware dubbed HackBoss and how it allowed its operators to earn more $560K worth of cryptocurrency since November 2018. What is more, no application posted on this channel delivers promised behavior: all of them are fake.” ” reads the post published by AVAST.

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Spinone

JANUARY 13, 2020

Installing antivirus software (or AV) is often considered an important ransomware protection measure. It’s better to buy a subscription to antivirus software than to pay, on average, $36,295 to hackers or face significant financial and reputational damages. But what is the catch? How Does Antivirus Software Work?

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Lead the users to fake job posting sites". We found some domains that had either been abandoned or parked for the future, but some did what they were set up for—redirect visitors based on some basic system properties and the location (based on IP address). But certainly not what the user would be looking for. Advertising.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Also, they created numerous fake domains that look like venture capital and bank domains. BlueNoroff group introduced new file types to evade Mark-of-the-Web (MOTW) security measures; BleuNoroff group expanded file types and tweaked infection methods; BlueNoroff created numerous fake domains impersonating venture capital companies and banks.

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Webroot

JANUARY 5, 2022

This could be those without antivirus protection, young internet users or, unfortunately, your elderly loved ones. All of the above are examples of “confidence scams,” or ruses in which a cybercriminal assumes a fake identity to win the trust of their would-be victims. The most common types of online elder fraud.

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SC Magazine

JULY 8, 2021

A recent phishing scheme targeting live chat platforms works in part because website operators that use chat features are not always diligently scanning uploaded files for malware. The scheme is yet another recent example of phishing campaigns leveraging communication mediums outside of email to catch prospective victims off-guard.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

These fake sites were promoted on Google and Bing search results. Judging a cyber threat by its name can be illusory. The concept of the term "malvertising" (a portmanteau of "malicious advertising") suggests an overlap with ads, albeit dodgy ones, and therefore fuels the fallacy that its impact hardly goes beyond frustration.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2019

When antivirus (AV) software first arrived in the late 1980s, the science of combating computer viruses was very straightforward. Threat actors, of course, responded by engaging AV vendors in what has turned out to be a decades-long contest of one-upmanship. Gupta: A common use-case is faked URLs. Gupta: Yes.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 8, 2022

More advanced attackers may modify a few lines in the source code to lower the detection rate, and most antivirus software will fail to detect it. Bypassing detection tools is part of a hacker’s routine these days. Classic security tools are necessary but less and less sufficient. Start with the MITRE ATT&CK Framework.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 11, 2021

Article by Beau Peters. As a freelancer in any industry, you are likely more susceptible to hackers and cybercrime than many other professions. Not only are you pulling in a constant stream of customer data, but as a worker on the go, you likely work exclusively in the digital realm with all of your information in the online space.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 8, 2023

It’s becoming challenging for employees to tell if their emails are real or fake, which puts the company at risk of data breaches. You can prevent data breaches if employees know what to watch out for: Misspellings: While it’s becoming more common for phishing emails to have the correct spelling, employees still need to look for mistakes.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 25, 2021

As a cybersecurity company, we naturally wonder what widespread use of Chromebook devices means for the online security of the general public. As a cybersecurity company, we naturally wonder what widespread use of Chromebook devices means for the online security of the general public. Fake apps are still cause for concern.

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Security Through Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Phishing Emails What They Look Like: These emails appear to come from legitimate sources, such as banks, social media platforms, or government agencies, requesting personal information like passwords or financial details. Here are some common types: 1. How to Spot Them: Phishing emails could contain spelling and grammatical errors.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 24, 2022

The malware uses a number of advanced tricks to hide what it does and how it works, but our analysts have been able to reverse engineer the malware, reveal its inner workings, and uncover some clues about its possible origins. The campaigns. Interactive map of Ukraine. Log4j patch. The emails were sent with the subject “??????.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

However, we recently captured a campaign that was pushing both Windows and Mac malware, the latter being an updated version of the new but popular Atomic Stealer (AMOS) for Mac. The developer has been actively working on the project, releasing a new version at the end of June. com is embedded with unicode characters: tradu0131u0146gsvu0131ews[.]com

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

When I first began writing about Vrublevsky in 2009 as a reporter for The Washington Post , ChronoPay and its sister firm Red & Partners (RNP) were earning millions setting up payment infrastructure for fake antivirus peddlers and spammers pimping male enhancement drugs. In 2013, Vrublevsky was sentenced to 2.5

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

And guess what? These sneaky scams involve fake emails posing as messages from familiar faces or reputable companies. Welcome to the wild west of the digital world where cyber scammers lurk around every pixelated corner. Scams are the digital equivalent of a snake oil salesperson peddling miracle cures. Sound too good to be true?

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Leverage antivirus software. Protect yourself from malware by purchasing, updating, and upgrading antivirus software. The holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year for scammers. And like everything else in 2020, these next few weeks promise to be a disaster. With this in mind, all eyes should be on Black Friday.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 1, 2021

The attackers used a new cryptor to obfuscate the malware code they hid in seemingly legitimate files and evade detection from antivirus software. Activision reported finding postings on hacking forums on YouTube by a threat actor promoting a Remote Access Trojan that can be embedded in cheat mods for games like Call of Duty.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

What can be done to recover from ransomware attacks when backups are not available? What can be done to recover from ransomware attacks when backups are not available? For any organization struck by ransomware , business leaders always ask “how do we decrypt the data ASAP, so we can get back in business?”. Begin work on recovery.

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Fox IT

MARCH 3, 2022

Because of the fact of being distributed via the Google Play Store as a fake Antivirus, we found that they have to include the usage of infected devices in order to spread the malicious app. This feature is used to automatically send reply notification with a message to download the fake Antivirus app.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Fake apps in the Google Play store illustrate vulnerabilities in our software distribution systems. And while nation-state threats like China and Huawei ­-- or Russia and the antivirus company Kaspersky a couple of years earlier ­-- make the news, many of the vulnerabilities I described above are being exploited by cybercriminals.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Trusted applications will not be stopped by antivirus or anti-malware technologies. Attackers can create fake websites to steal credentials and/or deliver malware. In short, they give your everyday, non-technical user some assurance that the website or application they are using is legitimate. Why are certificates important?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Researchers from IBM spotted a new version of the BrazKing Android banking trojan that pull fake overlay screens from the command and control (C2) server in real-time. BrazKing displays its overlay screen by loading the fake screen’s URL from the C2 to a webview in a window. ” states the analysis published by IBM.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Whether or not you like what Grammarly does, Grammarly is not a keylogger, according to the way that term is used by the security industry. This begs the question: exactly what is a keylogger, then? Every time you type a search in a browser, what you type is sent off to the search engine of your choosing (most likely Google).

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Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Here is what you need to know to help keep your finances and identity safe with our top five tips to help avoid charity scams this Giving Tuesday. What Is Giving Tuesday? What Is a Giving Tuesday Scam? These scams are designed to exploit the goodwill of donors, diverting funds from legitimate causes into the wrong hands.

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