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“Snakes in airplane mode” – what if your phone says it’s offline but isn’t?

August 21, 2023 0 Comments airplane mode, data leakage, data loss, iPhone, malware, wysiwyg

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 17:45:01 +0000

WYSIWYG is short for “what you see is what you get”. Except when it isn’t…

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S3 Ep148: Remembering crypto heroes

August 17, 2023 0 Comments Cybercrime, Hacking, Naked Security Podcast, Podcast, scams

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 15:43:02 +0000

Celebrating the true crypto bros. Listen now (full transcript available).

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FBI warns about scams that lure you in as a mobile beta-tester

August 16, 2023 0 Comments FBI, Law & order, mdm, pig butchering, romance scam, Scam, testflight

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 18:57:41 +0000

Apps on your iPhone must come from the App Store. Except when they don’t… we explain what to look out for.

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“Grab hold and give it a wiggle” – ATM card skimming is still a thing

August 14, 2023 0 Comments atm, Cybercrime, data loss, Law & order, skimming

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 23:18:54 +0000

The rise of tap-to-pay and chip-and-PIN hasn’t rid the world of ATM card skimming criminals…

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NDR for XDR now available in early access

August 14, 2023 0 Comments ndr, products & services

Credit to Author: Karl Ackerman| Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 09:00:11 +0000

Don’t delay: the early access program runs now through December.

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Crimeware server used by NetWalker ransomware seized and shut down

August 14, 2023 0 Comments bust, doj, Law & order, netwalker, phishing, Ransomware

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 14:06:49 +0000

The site was running from 2014 and allegedly raked in more than $20m, which the DOJ is seeking to claw back…

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The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2023

August 10, 2023 0 Comments healthcare, products & services, Ransomware, solutions

Credit to Author: Doug Aamoth| Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 13:00:57 +0000

How ransomware impacts the healthcare industry, including the frequency, root causes of attacks, and data recovery costs.

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S3 Ep147: What if you type in your password during a meeting?

August 10, 2023 0 Comments bust, cryptocurrency, Cryptography, Cybercrime, data leakage, data loss, Hacking, Intel, Law & order, Naked Security Podcast, Podcast, surveillance

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 13:34:14 +0000

Latest episode – listen now! (Full transcript inside.)

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Attacker combines phone, email lures into believable, complex attack chain

August 10, 2023 0 Comments Defcon, electron, featured, image spam, notepad++, socat, Social engineering, sophos x-ops, threat research, Tor, war stories

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 10:00:10 +0000

A social engineering phone call lends authenticity to the attacker’s malicious email

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A piñata of patches for Microsoft in August

August 9, 2023 0 Comments amd, cve-2023-20569, cve-2023-38180, featured, Microsoft, Patch Tuesday, threat research

Credit to Author: Angela Gunn| Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2023 18:28:41 +0000

A lighter month than July with just 73 fixes on tap, but a phalanx of advisories and third-party alerts will keep sysadmins bashing away

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