Collaborate Disseminate
It’s not all about tech support scams, but Microsoft’s announcement about beefing up detection of ‘coercive messaging’ in Windows Defender is certainly related to some approaches used by tech support scammers, such as the use of… Continue reading Coercive Messaging
It’s not all about tech support scams, but Microsoft’s announcement about beefing up detection of ‘coercive messaging’ in Windows Defender is certainly related to some approaches used by tech support scammers, such as the use of… Continue reading Coercive Messaging
…but that doesn’t help the victims. John Leyden for The Register: Scammers become the scammed: Ransomware payments diverted with Tor proxy trickery So the victim pays the original scammer via the onion[.]top Tor proxy, … Continue reading Ransomware scammers scammed…
The Register: ‘Mummy, what’s felching?’ Tot gets smut served by Android app – Google’s Play Store fails again Actually, I didn’t know about felching, either, and I wish I hadn’t looked it up. Based on… Continue reading ‘AdultSwine’ – Android malware with a dirty mind
‘AdultSwine’ – Android malware with a dirty mind, a penchant for fake AV, and expensive tastes in subscriptions.
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The macOS System Integrity Protection process may make de-installation difficult and possibly dangerous.
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Further to an earlier article here - iOS Jailbreaking – on the Way Out… - it seems that commentators at that tme might have been over-optimistic.
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A further round of Apple updates.
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Android, trackers, and shoulder surfers.
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The Register comments on the recent AV-Test look at anti-malware programs for Android. Good performance almost all round, with Google’s own Play Protect trailing the pack by some way. The Register: “Google Play Protect is ‘dead last’ at detecting malware on Android – Don’t expect ads giant to stop all software nasties for you – it certainly […]
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