FCC warns of steep rise in phishing over SMS

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 12:39:42 +0000

Smishing attacks, or phishing attempts via SMS, are on the rise, and Americans are fighting off billions of spam messages each month.

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Ransomware review: July 2022

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 20:48:37 +0000

BlackBasta lined up behind LockBit as the second most prevalent ransomware in July, a number of new gangs appeared, and an old one reappeared

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Scammers Sent Uber to Take Elderly Lady to the Bank

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 15:41:09 +0000

Email scammers sent an Uber to the home of an 80-year-old woman who responded to a well-timed email scam, in a bid to make sure she went to the bank and wired money to the fraudsters.  In this case, the woman figured out she was being scammed before embarking for the bank, but her story is a chilling reminder of how far crooks will go these days to rip people off.

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How IT and security teams can work together to improve endpoint security

Credit to Author: Christine Barrett| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0000

The threat landscape has changed over the last few years. A mitigation strategy involves collaboration between the security operations and IT infrastructure teams. There are three best practices to enable collaboration, highlighting the role of endpoint management in helping organizations unify their efforts in this blog.

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Ransomware protection with Malwarebytes EDR: Your FAQs, answered!

Credit to Author: Bill Cozens| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 13:19:33 +0000

Malwarebytes security experts answer some of your most frequently asked questions about ransomware and how our EDR can help.

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