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At last! Office macros from the internet to be blocked by default

February 8, 2022 0 Comments macroi viruses, malware, melissa virus, Microsoft, office, security threats, vba

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 16:34:30 +0000

It’s been a long time coming, and we’re not there yet, but at least Microsoft Office will be a bit safer against macro malware…

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Microsoft blocks web installation of its own App Installer files

February 7, 2022 0 Comments app bundle, app installer, cve-2021-43890, malware, msix, phishing, vulnerability, Windows

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 16:36:25 +0000

It’s a big deal when a vendor decides to block one of its own “features” for security reasons. Here’s why we think it’s a good idea.

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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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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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Anydesk Software Exploited to Spread Babuk Ransomware

February 2, 2022 0 Comments #babuk, #babuklocker #darkweb, malware, Ransomware, Security, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Preksha Saxena| Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 11:02:35 +0000

We generally see that ransomware attacks are deployed through exploits, unsolicited malicious emails (malspam), or malicious Microsoft Office…

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Stay Alert – Malware Authors Deploy ELF as Windows Loaders to Exploit WSL feature

February 2, 2022 0 Comments #elf, cybersecurity, Linux, malware, Microsoft, python, Uncategorized, Windows, windows10, wsl

Credit to Author: Rutuja Mane| Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2021 11:01:48 +0000

What is WSL? The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a resource inside the Windows operating system that…

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Multi-Staged JSOutProx RAT Targets Indian Co-operative Banks and Finance Companies

February 2, 2022 0 Comments #attacks, #jsoutprox, bank, cybersecurity, india, JavaScript, malware, news, rat

Credit to Author: Sameer Patil| Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 12:38:32 +0000

Quick Heal Security Labs has been monitoring various attack campaigns using JSOutProx RAT against different SMBs in…

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CetaRAT APT Group – Targeting the Government Agencies

February 2, 2022 0 Comments #cetarat, #sidecopy, cyberattack, cybersecurity, Government, malware, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Prashant Tilekar| Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 12:39:07 +0000

CetaRAT was seen for the first time in the Operation SideCopy APT. Now it is continuously expanding its…

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CVE-2020-0796 – A “wormable” Remote Code Execution vulnerability in SMB v3

March 17, 2020 0 Comments cybersecurity, malware, Microsoft, windows update

Credit to Author: Quickheal| Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 03:08:36 +0000

Since last two days, the Internet is rife with news around a critical remote code execution vulnerability in SMBv3.1.1 compression mechanism. Today, on 12th March 2020 Microsoft has released an emergency out-of-band patch to address this vulnerability. As per Microsoft release information, it’s a remote code execution vulnerability in the…

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Europol busts up two SIM-swapping hacking rings

March 17, 2020 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, europol, Law & order, malware, operation quinientos dusim, operation smart cash, security threats, sim hijackers, SIM hijacking, sim jacking, sim swap, sim swap fraud, SIM swapping, SIM swaps, sim-swapping attacks, two-factor authentication

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 10:51:21 +0000

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