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Misleading cybersecurity lessons from pop culture: how Hollywood teaches to hack

February 14, 2020 0 Comments Awareness, black hats, Cybercrime, cybercrime in the movies, cybercrime on tv, cybersecurity, cybersecurity awareness, hack, Hackers, Hacking, hacking movies, hacking tv shows, hollywood, jurassic park, mr. robot, ncis, pop culture, swordfish, the flash, the matrix, white hats

Credit to Author: Sam Chester| Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:32:10 +0000

We take a look at some of the most famous (or infamous) hacking scenes from TV and movies and the cybersecurity lessons, if any, we can learn from them.

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Awareness

Tags: black hats cybercrime cybercrime in the movies cybercrime on TV cybersecurity cybersecurity awareness hack hackers hacking hacking movies hacking TV shows Hollywood jurassic park mr. robot NCIS pop culture swordfish the flash the matrix white hats

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Cyber tips for safe online dating: How to avoid privacy gaffs, exploits, and scams

February 13, 2020 0 Comments apps, dating, online dating, opsec, Privacy, romance, scams

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 16:36:45 +0000

We give advice on safe online dating, including steering clear of scams, buttoning up on privacy, and avoiding vulnerable apps.

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Privacy

Tags: apps dating online dating opsec romance scams

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Android Trojan xHelper uses persistent re-infection tactics: here’s how to remove

February 12, 2020 0 Comments Android, android malware, Android/Trojan.Dropper.xHelper, mobile malware, xHelper

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:15:59 +0000

A new variant of the Android Trojan xHelper re-infects just hours after removal—and with the help of Google PLAY?! A forum user helps us investigate.

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Android

Tags: Android android malware Android/Trojan.Dropper.xHelper mobile malware xHelper

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Malwarebytes Labs releases 2020 State of Malware Report

February 11, 2020 0 Comments 2020 state of malware report, adware, Android, android malware, Data privacy, emotet, hacktools, iOS, mac, MacOS, Ransomware, Reports, ryuk, Sodinokibi, state of malware, state of malware report, trickbot, Trojans, Web threats, Windows

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:01:00 +0000

The 2020 State of Malware Report reveals how cybercriminals upped the ante on businesses, Mac threats outpaced PCs, and ransomware continued its targeted, deadly assault with new families in 2019. Learn all this and more in the full report, linked in our blog.

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Reports

Tags: 2020 state of malware report adware Android android malware Data privacy emotet hacktools iOS mac macOS ransomware ryuk Sodinokibi State of Malware state of malware report trickbot Trojans web threats windows

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Battling online coronavirus scams with facts

February 10, 2020 0 Comments 2019-ncov, cdc, centers for disease control and prevention, china, coronavirus, email scam, emotet, hubei, malware, novel coronavirus, phishing campaign, phishing scam, quarantine, Social engineering, us cdc, who, world health organization, wuhan

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:56:49 +0000

New online scams have preyed on the public’s fear about coronavirus outbreak. Don’t be fooled. Here is what we know about coronavirus and its related scams.

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Social engineering

Tags: 2019-nCoV CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention china coronavirus email scam emotet Hubei malware Novel Coronavirus phishing campaign phishing scam quarantine US CDC WHO World Health Organization Wuhan

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A week in security (February 3 – 9)

February 10, 2020 0 Comments A week in security, adposhel, adware, data privacy law, data privacy legislation, facebook, financial tech, fintech, google maps, iowa caucus faulty app, lemon duck, week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:46:42 +0000

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at Washington state’s latest efforts to provide better data privacy rights for their residents, dove into the many security questions regarding fintech, and took a look at performance art’s impact on Google Maps.

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A week in security

Tags: a week in security adposhel adware data privacy law data privacy legislation facebook financial tech fintech google maps Iowa Caucus faulty app Lemon Duck week in security

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Google Maps: online interventions with offline ramifications

February 7, 2020 0 Comments art vs tech, businesses, cars, crowdsourcing, Google, google maps, gps, gps location, location, map maker, maps, Privacy, reviews, traffic apps, traffic sensors, user generated content

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 19:24:50 +0000

We look at some of the ways people have gamed online mapping systems over the years.

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Privacy

Tags: art vs tech businesses cars crowdsourcing Google google maps gps gps location location map maker maps reviews traffic apps traffic sensors user generated content

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Adposhel adware takes over browser push notifications administration

February 6, 2020 0 Comments adware, adware.adposhel, defaultnotificationssetting, notifications, notificationsallowedforurls, web push notifications

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 18:10:02 +0000

Adware.Adposhel has been noticed to use Chrome policies to ensure that their permissions for web push notifications don’t get removed by the user.

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Adware

Tags: adware Adware.Adposhel DefaultNotificationsSetting notifications NotificationsAllowedForUrls web push notifications

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Adware.Adposhel takes over your web push notifications administration

February 6, 2020 0 Comments adware, adware.adposhel, defaultnotificationssetting, notifications, notificationsallowedforurls, web push notifications

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 18:10:02 +0000

Adware.Adposhel has been noticed to use Chrome policies to ensure that their permissions for web push notifications don’t get removed by the user.

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Adware

Tags: adware Adware.Adposhel DefaultNotificationsSetting notifications NotificationsAllowedForUrls web push notifications

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Fintech security: the challenges and fails of a new era

February 5, 2020 0 Comments cryptocurrency, finacials, fintech, GDPR, green padlock, identity management, Magecart, payment requests, Ransomware, Vital infrastructure, web skimmers

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:24:35 +0000

The fintech industry has gone through some dramatic changes during the last decade and is still trying to adapt. Is security still one of their priorities?

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Vital infrastructure

Tags: cryptocurrency finacials fintech gdpr green padlock identity management Magecart payment requests ransomware vital infrastructure web skimmers