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A week in security (October 16 – October 22)

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A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from Monday, October 16 to Sunday, October 22. We talked about adware and malware in Google Play, a ransomware exclusively targeting South Korea, BYOD, a new 419 scam, cyptocurrency mining, and more.

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Nigerian scams without the Nigerians

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Many in the United States are familiar with Nigerian scams, but what kind of scams are going on in non-English countries? Take a look at the Chinese version – the seminar scam.

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A week in security (August 28 – September 3)

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Last week, we looked at what actions Kronos can perform in the final installment of a 2-part post. We also dived into Locky, again, a ransomware that just made a comeback, and found that its latest variant (as of this writing) has anti-sandboxing capabilities. This means that once Locky has determined that it’s residing in…

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another bad 419 scam president of lybia Late Muammar Ghaddafi.

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Another 419 scam that is so obviously wrong. At least get a speelchucker working and get the country name and the evil deceased dictator who you pretend to be stealing money from correct to have a miniscule chance of being believed. The correct country is Libya not Lybia. Gaddafi is … Continue reading → Continue reading another bad 419 scam president of lybia Late Muammar Ghaddafi.→

another bad 419 scam president of lybia Late Muammar Ghaddafi.

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Another 419 scam that is so obviously wrong. At least get a speelchucker working and get the country name and the evil deceased dictator who you pretend to be stealing money from correct to have a miniscule chance of being believed. The correct country is Libya not Lybia. Gaddafi is … Continue reading → Continue reading another bad 419 scam president of lybia Late Muammar Ghaddafi.→

419 scam from compromised Paraguay Ministry of Justice email account or server

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We see loads of 419 scams which always ask for an advance fee somewhere down the line. We have been seeing some coming from genuine Government email addresses and servers in different parts of the world. This example comes from the Paraguay Ministry of Justice. Dr matti lahteenma <info@ministeriodejusticia.gov.py> The … Continue reading → Continue reading 419 scam from compromised Paraguay Ministry of Justice email account or server→

NOT A SPAM AS WRONGLY MARKED READ CAREFULLY AND RESPOND 419 spam scam

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We see a lot of 419 ( Advance fee fraud ) scams and spam. Most just aren’t even worth mentioning, but every now and again one that is slightly  interesting comes up. This one has  nothing special about the scam itself, but is being mentioned because of the subject line  and … Continue reading → Continue reading NOT A SPAM AS WRONGLY MARKED READ CAREFULLY AND RESPOND 419 spam scam→

Yet another 419 scam this time from a Brunei Gov email address

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We see loads of 419 scams which always ask for an advance fee somewhere down the line This one is unremarkable in itself and the only reason for mentioning it is the fact is genuinely comes from a Brunei .gov email address. .Gov domains and email addresses should always be … Continue reading → Continue reading Yet another 419 scam this time from a Brunei Gov email address→