IRS Impersonation Attacks Spread Malware Nationwide
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Cheap Multimeter Leads Come With Extra Ohms, Free!
[Nop head] discovered that cheap multimeter leads costing only a few bucks can come with more than one may have bargained for. The first set had a large amount of useful-looking attachments, but the wires used for the leads were steel with a resistance of about one ohm each. With two leads in use, that means any resistance measurement gets two ohms added for free. More seriously, when measuring current, the wires can heat up rapidly. Voltage measurements would be affected the least, but the attachments and lead design expose a large amount of bare metal, which invites accidental shorts …read more
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What Good Are Counterfeit Parts? Believe It Or Not, Maybe A Refund
[Charles Ouweland] purchased some parts off Aliexpress and noticed that the Texas Instruments logo on some of his parts wasn’t the Texas Instruments logo at all, it was just some kind of abstract shape that vaguely resembled the logo. Suspicious and a little curious, he decided to take a closer look at the MCP1702 3.3v LDO regulators he ordered as well. Testing revealed that they were counterfeits with poor performance.
Looking at the packages, there were some superficial differences in the markings of the counterfeit MCP1702 versus genuine parts from Microchip, but nothing obviously out of place. To conclusively test …read more
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Refund pretending to come from random delivery, parcel or postal companies malspam delivers Locky
The next in the never ending series of Locky downloaders is an email with the subject of Refund pretending to come from various randomly chosen delivery, parcel or postal companies with a semi random named zip attachment starting with refund containing a WSF … Continue reading →
Facebook ordered to refund parents for accidental in-app purchases
Ninja Sega purchases? Gunslinging FarmVille chickens??! If you didn’t say it’s OK, it wasn’t. Continue reading Facebook ordered to refund parents for accidental in-app purchases
I wanted to follow up with you about your refund leads to Locky
Another email in the long line of nemucod JavaScript downloaders with the subject of Re: pretending to come from random senders and email addresses with a zip attachment is another one from the current bot runs which downloads Locky ransomware They use email addresses … Continue reading →
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Refund for random number random amount – JS malware leads to #Teslacrypt ransomware
An email with the subject of Refund for #18613 – $2,179,44 [ random number, random amount ] pretending to come from random names, companies and email addresses with a zip attachment is another one from the current bot runs which downloads Teslacrypt … Continue reading → Continue reading Refund for random number random amount – JS malware leads to #Teslacrypt ransomware