Monday review – the hot 12 stories of the week

Credit to Author: Naked Security writer| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 12:32:20 +0000

From smartphone tracking to “climate change” malware, get up to date with everything we’ve written in the last week.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/2cDF3box2Go” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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7 types of virus – a short glossary of contemporary cyberbadness

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 21:30:37 +0000

Here’s a short list of 7 malware categories we hope you never encounter. Sadly, it’s not an exhaustive list… but it’s a helpful start.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/pb59riwiap0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Sextortionists return for Christmas – price goes down, threats go up

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 15:30:02 +0000

This follow-up sextortion demand, timed to align with Christmas, has a much more aggressive and menacing tone that last week’s version.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/9oxseBcWbcM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Gozi V3: tracked by their own stealth

Credit to Author: sophoslabsbehavioural| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 09:00:32 +0000

Gozi, also known as Ursnif or ISFB, is a banking trojan which has been around for a long time and currently multiple variations of the trojan are circulating after its source code got leaked. Every variant that is distributed has interesting aspects, with Gozi version 3 the most eye-catching in the field of detection evasion. [&#8230;]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/LaetYrage7Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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