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“We absolutely do not care about you”: Sugar ransomware targets individuals

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 14:04:51 +0000

They call it Sugar ransomware, but it’s not sweet in any way.

Categories: Ransomware

Tags: Cl0p Cl0P ransomware Encoded01 Encoded01 ransomware Marcelo Rivero Peter Antonov ransomware revil REvil ransomware SCOP encryption algorithm Simeon Maltchev stream cipher Sugar ransomware

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News Corp falls victim to cyberattack

February 7, 2022 0 Comments cyberattack, news corp, Reports

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:03:45 +0000

Media giant News Corp says it fell victim to a cyberattack that it discovered in January. Investigators suspect China to be behind the attack.

Categories: Reports

Tags: cyberattack News Corp

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How to avoid being scammed this Valentine’s Day

February 7, 2022 0 Comments bbb, better business bureau, child sexual abuse, e-cards, fake dating sites, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, john wallace, lockdown loneliness, malware, online scam, phishing, romance scam, Scam, scams, sextortion, social media scams, social media shopping, survey scams, valentine's day, valentine's day scams, wymoo

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:06:14 +0000

From romance scams and sextortion, to fake dating sites and phishing campaigns, here’s how to avoid a sting in the tail this Valentine’s Day.

Categories: Scams

Tags: BBB Better Business Bureau child sexual abuse e-cards fake dating sites Federal Trade Commission FTC John Wallace lockdown loneliness malware online scam phishing romance scam scam sextortion social media scams social media shopping survey scams valentine’s day Valentine's Day scams Wymoo

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Securitas breached, 3TB of airport employee records exposed

February 7, 2022 0 Comments aeropuerto internacional jorge chávez, airline breach, airline industry, alfonso bonilla aragón international airport, amazon, AWS, el dorado international airport, josé maría córdova international airport, leaky bnucket, Privacy, safetydetectives, securitas, securitas breach

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 11:42:35 +0000

Securitas, a multinational security services company, left its Amazon S3 buckets open, compromising more than a million files.

Categories: Privacy

Tags: Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Chávez airline breach airline industry Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport amazon aws El Dorado International Airport José María Córdova International Airport leaky bnucket SafetyDetectives Securitas Securitas breach

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A week in security (January 31 – February 6)

February 7, 2022 0 Comments A week in security, airtags, Android, brata, malware, nfts, operagx, phishing, samba, Windows 10, wormhole, zimbra

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 11:13:55 +0000

The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.

Categories: A week in security

Tags: AirTags Android BRATA malware NFTs operagx phishing samba windows 10 Wormhole Zimbra

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Threat actor steals email with Zimbra zero-day

February 4, 2022 0 Comments emailthief, Exploits and vulnerabilities, temp_heretic, XSS, zero day

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:07:15 +0000

Researchers have uncovered a targeted phishing campaign exploiting a XSS zero-day vulnerability in the Zimbra email platform.

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

Tags: EmailThief TEMP_Heretic xss zero-day

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FBI warns of bogus job postings on recruitment sites

February 4, 2022 0 Comments bogus, fake, FBI, fraud, hire, job, scams

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2022 13:09:36 +0000

The FBI has issued a warning about a scheme that robs nearly $3,000 per victim. We see what the scammers are up to.

Categories: Scams

Tags: bogus fake fbi fraud hire job

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Investment scams are on the rise

February 4, 2022 0 Comments advance fee, clone scam, insider knowledge, investment scams, market manipulation, ponzi scheme, pyramid scheme, scams, tax avoidance

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2022 12:50:38 +0000

Investment scams are on the rise. What types are there and how can you recognize them?

Categories: Scams

Tags: advance fee clone scam insider knowledge investment scams market manipulation ponzi scheme pyramid scheme tax avoidance

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A worrying Etsy listing reveals the stalking potential of Apple’s AirTags

February 3, 2022 0 Comments Malwarebytes news

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 21:41:51 +0000

A “silent” AirTag listed for sale on Etsy reveals, once again, how Apple’s tracking devices could potentially be used for stalking.

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Beware bogus OperaGX sponsorship offers

February 3, 2022 0 Comments Opera, operagx, phish, phishing, Scam, Social engineering, youtube

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 15:36:45 +0000

We look at a scam targeting YouTubers, via an entirely fictitious sponsorship and promotional deal for OperaGX

Categories: Social engineering

Tags: opera operagx phish phishing scam youtube

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