Wrestling star Mick Foley’s Twitter compromised, selling PS5 consoles

Categories: Scams

Tags: charity

Tags: compromised

Tags: hijack

Tags: security

Tags: twitter

We take a look at some very peculiar tweets from wrestling legend Mick Foley, who claims to have PS5 consoles for sale.

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A week in security (July 25 – July 31)

Categories: A week in security

Tags: backdoor

Tags: blog recap

Tags: bytedance

Tags: cookies

Tags: data breach

Tags: Google

Tags: linux

Tags: microsoft

Tags: ransomware

Tags: SQL injection

Tags: T-Mobile

Tags: tiktok

Tags: Uber

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The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

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Criminals using compromised social media accounts to “post indecent images of children” says UK cybercrime organization

Categories: Privacy

Tags: fraud

Tags: social media

UK based Action Fraud is warning of hacked social media accounts posting indecent images of children. We dig into available information.

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Google delays Chrome third party cookie sunsetting…again

Categories: Privacy

Tags: ads

Tags: advertising

Tags: adverts

Tags: cookies

Tags: Google

Tags: third party

Tags: tracking

We take a look at the second delay to Google’s intended sunsetting of third party cookies in Chrome, along with the reason why.

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A week in security (August 1 – 7)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 11:38:31 +0000

The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

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Patch now! Cisco VPN routers are vulnerable to remote control

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2022 11:14:14 +0000

Cisco has released a security advisory about some serious security vulnerabilities in multiple Cisco small business VPN routers.

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Phishy calls and emails play on energy cost increase fears

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2022 09:41:12 +0000

We take a look at a wave of scams involving people’s fears of increasing energy prices, and how to avoid being caught out.

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FCC warns of steep rise in phishing over SMS

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 12:39:42 +0000

Smishing attacks, or phishing attempts via SMS, are on the rise, and Americans are fighting off billions of spam messages each month.

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Ransomware review: July 2022

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 20:48:37 +0000

BlackBasta lined up behind LockBit as the second most prevalent ransomware in July, a number of new gangs appeared, and an old one reappeared

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