Collaborate Disseminate
Browsers are usually the first point of contact between victims and threat actors. With a few bits of code, crooks manage once again to freeze Google Chrome and scare users into calling for assistance.
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Browsers are usually the first point of contact between victims and threat actors. With a few bits of code, crooks manage once again to freeze Google Chrome and scare users into calling for assistance.
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Malwarebytes news
Tags: chrome… Continue reading Tech support scammers find new way to jam Google Chrome
Article for ESET by me: Scammers and jobhunters. Sparked by an article in the Guardian on The scammers gaming India’s overcrowded job market by Snighda Poonam. Hat tip to Steve Burn for calling my attention to it. TL:DR ̵… Continue reading Scammers and jobhunters
Closing tech support scam pop-ups is becoming more challenging as crooks come up with more tricks for browser lockers.
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Social engineering
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| The second quarter of 2017 left the security world wondering, “What the hell happened?” With leaks of government-created exploits being deployed against users in the wild, a continued sea of ransomware constantly threatening our ability to work online, and the lines between malware and potentially unwanted programs continuing to blur, every new incident was a wakeup call.In this report, we are going to discuss some of the most important trends, tactics, and attacks of Q2 2017, including an update on ransomware, what is going on with all these exploits, and a special look at all the breaches that happened this quarter.
Categories: Tags: ad fraudadam kujawaAdam McNeiladwareAmazon PhishingArmando Orozcoastrumboaxxeebreachbreachescerbercybercrime tactics & techniquescybercrime tactics and techniquesdokDoublePulsarEKEternalBlueEternalPetyaexploit kitFindzipfireballhandbrakeJaffJean-Philippe TaggartJerome SegurakovterLockyMagnitudeMalwarebytesmalwarebytes labsMarcelo RiveroNathan CollierNotPetyaNSAnymainpetyaPieter Artnzprotonproton RATQ2 2017RIGsecond quarterShadowBrokersTamy Stewarttech support scamsThomas ReedTroldeshWannaCryWDFLoadWilliam Tsing |
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A look at RoughTed, a purveyor of ad-blocker aware malvertising responsible for a range of scams, exploits, and malware.
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Cybercrime
Malware
Tags: ad-mavenadwareexploit kitsexploitsMagnitudemalvertisingPUPsRIGRoughTedscamstech support scam… Continue reading RoughTed: The anti ad-blocker malvertiser
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| A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from the 24th of April to the 30th. We covered a lot of different subject, exploit kits, adware, Tech Support Scams, Android and Mac threats. And how to fight security fatigue.
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| We all know about tech support scams by this point. Unfortunately for the scammers, banks know this as well, making it quite difficult at times to maintain an account to store the criminal’s ill-gotten gains. So how does the enterprising criminal cash out with your money? Let’s take a look.
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The post Tech support scammers and their banking woes appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from the 11th of December to the 17th. This week, we talked about ransomware, screen lockers, Goldeneye–not the James Bond movie–and Malwarebytes’ 2017 predictions.Categories: Security world
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Ransomware is so popular that even tech support scammers have eventually adopted it. Now the ransom note asks you to call ‘Microsoft’ to get your encrypted files back.Categories: Threat analysisTags: microsoftransomwaretech supporttech support scamsTSS… Continue reading Tech support scammers up their game with ransomware