Phony WhatsApp used Unicode to slip under Google’s radar

After a troubling week for Google not so long ago, the company is under the spotlight once more for missing a phony Whatsapp that, after further investigation by several members of Reddit, was found laden with adware.

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A week in security (October 30 – November 5)

Learn what happened in the world of security during the week of October 30 through November 5. Data breaches, reports, vulnerabilities, and a look at the scariest malware monsters.

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IRISSCON security conference comes to Dublin in November

IRISSCON is coming to Dublin, Ireland in November. Will you be attending one of the best security conferences around?
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IRISSCON security conference comes to Dublin in November

IRISSCON is coming to Dublin, Ireland in November. Will you be attending one of the best security conferences around?
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A week in security (October 23 – October 29)

A week in security features a roundup of news stories from the week of October 23 – October 29.

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Please don’t buy this: smart locks

The announcement of Amazon Key, a smart lock paired with a security camera that lets couriers into your home, spawned our new series called “Please don’t buy this.”

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Digital forensics: How to recover deleted files

What happens exactly when you delete a file, and how easy or hard is it to recover deleted files? Learn the differences between delete, erase, and overwrite according to digital forensics.
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A week in security (October 16 – October 22)

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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Why is Malwarebytes blocking CoinHive?

Since September 19, the number two most frequently blocked website for our customers has been coinhive.com. This post will describe what CoinHive is, what it is doing, and why we are blocking it.
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Exhibition: it-sa Nuremberg

Malwarebytes attends it-sa in Germany—Europe’s largest expo for IT security. Post written in English and German.

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