“Log-out king” Instagram scammer gets accounts taken down, then charges to reinstate them

Categories: News

Tags: Instagram scam

Tags: Instascammer

Tags: ban-as-a-service

Tags: BaaS

Tags: takedown-for-hire

Tags: OBN Brandon

Tags: obnbrandon

Tags: OBN

A fraudster going by OBN Brandon has been defrauding Instagram influencers and entertainment figures out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by taking down their accounts and then asking for money to get them back up again.

(Read more…)

The post “Log-out king” Instagram scammer gets accounts taken down, then charges to reinstate them appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Read more

Tech big wigs: Hit the brakes on AI rollouts

More than 1,100 technology luminaries, leaders and scientists have issued a warning against labs performing large-scale experiments with artificial intelligence (AI) more powerful than ChatGPT, saying the technology poses a grave threat to humanity.

In an open letter published by The Future of Life Institute, a nonprofit organization that aims is to reduce global catastrophic and existential risks to humanity, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and MIT Future of Life Institute President Max Tegmark joined other signatories in saying AI poses “profound risks to society and humanity, as shown by extensive research and acknowledged by top AI labs.”

To read this article in full, please click here

Read more

Deep Dive into Royal Ransomware

Credit to Author: Vaibhav Billade| Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 12:04:53 +0000

The rise of ransomware and malware variants has been a growing concern for individuals and organizations alike. With…

The post Deep Dive into Royal Ransomware appeared first on Quick Heal Blog.

Read more

New OpcJacker Malware Distributed via Fake VPN Malvertising

Credit to Author: Jaromir Horejsi| Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

We discovered a new malware, which we named “OpcJacker” (due to its opcode configuration design and its cryptocurrency hijacking ability), that has been distributed in the wild since the second half of 2022.

Read more

THE PERILS OF RANSOMWARE : How to Save yourself from the next attack

Credit to Author: Quickheal| Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 06:21:29 +0000

In recent years, ransomware attacks have increased in frequency and sophistication, resulting in substantial impact across numerous industries…

The post THE PERILS OF RANSOMWARE : How to Save yourself from the next attack appeared first on Quick Heal Blog.

Read more

Fake DDoS services set up to trap cybercriminals

Categories: News

Tags: NCA

Tags: national crime agency

Tags: DDoS

Tags: distributed denial of service

Tags: booter

Tags: underground

The British National Crime Agency has been setting up fake DDoS services to teach people a lesson in what not to do online.

(Read more…)

The post Fake DDoS services set up to trap cybercriminals appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Read more