March 2020 – Page 10 – PossibleThreat Articles

Rocket Loader skimmer impersonates CloudFlare library in clever scheme

March 17, 2020 0 Comments https, JavaScript, Magecart, skimmer, skimming, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 15:46:13 +0000

URLs can be deceiving, but the one used to mimic CloudFlare’s Rocket Loader in the latest Magecart attack takes it to a whole new level.

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Threat analysis

Tags: HTTPS JavaScript Magecart skimmer skimming

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A week in security (March 2 – 8)

March 17, 2020 0 Comments A week in security, awis, cathay pacific, coronavirus, Exploit, GDPR, malware, Microsoft, Mobile, phishing, round up, Security, tesco, week in security, zynga

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 20:07:46 +0000

A roundup of the previous week’s security headlines, including the introduction of a new series on child identity theft, an examination of law enforcement’s cybersecurity woes, a progress check on our stalkerware initiative, and more coronavirus scammers on the prowl.

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A week in security

Tags: a week in security awis cathay pacific coronavirus exploit gdpr malware microsoft Mobile phishing round up security TESCO week in security zynga

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International Women’s Day: awareness of stalkerware, monitoring, and spyware apps on the rise

March 17, 2020 0 Comments bureau of justice statistics, center for disease control and prevention, coalition against stalkerware, international women's day, monitor, monitoring applications, monitoring apps, spyware, Stalkerware, whatsapp

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 15:00:00 +0000

For International Women’s Day, Malwarebytes is measuring the impact of our own campaign to raise awareness and protect users. These are the numbers on stalkerware, monitoring, and spyware apps.

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Stalkerware

Tags: Bureau of Justice Statistics center for disease control and prevention Coalition Against Stalkerware international women’s day monitor monitoring applications monitoring apps spyware stalkerware whatsapp

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Bring your own privacy: VPNs for consumers and orgs

March 17, 2020 0 Comments anonymity, anonymous, desktop, ip address, Mobile, Privacy, Private Browsing, proxy, remote work, remote workers, secure, virtual private networks, vpn, vpns

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 17:24:33 +0000

VPNs are all the rage, but they’re not without their problems. Where do you stand on the great “Should we deploy a VPN” debate?

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Privacy

Tags: anonymity anonymous desktop IP address Mobile privacy private browsing proxy remote work remote workers secure virtual private networks vpn VPNs

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Technology and the power of moral panic

March 17, 2020 0 Comments Awareness, computer games, cyber, discord, elvis, Hacking, kali, Linux, moral panic, poster, video games, virtual machine

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:00:00 +0000

We look at how technology and a splash of moral panic have made for strange companions down the years.

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Awareness

Tags: computer games cyber discord elvis hacking kali linux moral panic poster video games virtual machine

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Are our police forces equipped to deal with modern cybercrimes?

March 17, 2020 0 Comments critical infracstructure, Cybercrime, digital evidence, digital expert, digital tracing, dutch police, FBI, Forensics, network analysis, Opinion, police, threat hunting, us police

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 18:21:02 +0000

Police forces are working hard to keep up with the latest developments in cybercrime, training digital experts for the purpose. But is it enough? And is it happening across the globe?

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Opinion

Tags: critical infracstructure cybercrime digital evidence digital expert digital tracing dutch police fbi forensics network analysis police threat hunting US police

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Child identity theft, part 1: On familiar fraud

March 17, 2020 0 Comments Awareness, child identity fraud, child identity theft, cyberbullying, familiar fraud, fraud, id theft, identity theft, personally identifiable information, PII

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 20:17:19 +0000

In this two-part series on child identity theft, we shed light on the growing problem of familiar fraud, where those entrusted with a minor’s information are the very ones who abuse it.

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Awareness

Tags: child identity fraud child identity theft cyberbullying familiar fraud fraud ID theft identity theft personally identifiable information PII

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A message from our COO regarding Trend Micro’s Customer commitment during the global Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)

March 17, 2020 0 Comments Business, Current News

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 21:30:55 +0000

The recent outbreak of COVID-19 has affected peoples’ lives across the globe and has quickly swept through and impacted individuals, families, communities, and businesses around the world. At Trend Micro, our number one priority is to ensure that our employees and their families are as safe as possible, and our thoughts are with those who…

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Suddenly Teleworking, Securely

March 17, 2020 0 Comments Business, Privacy, remote working, Security, teleworking

Credit to Author: Greg Young (Vice President for Cybersecurity)| Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:58:12 +0000

So you suddenly have a lot of staff working remotely. Telework is not new and a good percentage of the workforce already does so. But the companies who have a distributed workforce had time to plan for it, and to plan for it securely. A Lot of New Teleworkers All At Once This event can’t…

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This Week in Security News: Operation Overtrap Targets Japanese Online Banking Users and Everything You Need to Know About Tax Scams

March 17, 2020 0 Comments Current News

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 12:40:26 +0000

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about the number of ways Operation Overtrap can infect or trap victims with its payload. Also, read about how to protect your personal identity data and…

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