Repeat offenders drive bulk of tech support scams via Google Ads
Consumers are getting caught in a web of scams facilitated by online ads often originating from the same perpetrators.
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Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 13:27:31 +0000
Phishing attacks increased nearly 40 percent in the year ending August 2024, with much of that growth concentrated at a small number of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) — such as .shop, .top, .xyz — that attract scammers with rock-bottom prices and no meaningful registration requirements, new research finds. Meanwhile, the nonprofit entity that oversees the domain name industry is moving forward with plans to introduce a slew of new gTLDs.
Read moreTop US Consumer Watchdog Has a Plan to Fight Predatory Data Brokers
Credit to Author: Dell Cameron, Andrew Couts| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000
A new proposal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would use a 54-year-old privacy law to impose new oversight of the data broker industry. But first, the agency must survive Elon Musk.
Read moreGafgyt Malware Broadens Its Scope in Recent Attacks
Credit to Author: Sunil Bharti| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000
Our researchers identified threat actors exploiting misconfigured Docker servers to spread the Gafgyt malware. This threat traditionally targets IoT devices; this new tactic signals a change in its behavior.
Read moreGafgyt Malware Targeting Docker Remote API Servers
Credit to Author: Sunil Bharti| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000
Our researchers identified threat actors exploiting misconfigured Docker servers to spread the Gafgyt malware. This threat traditionally targets IoT devices; this new tactic signals a change in its behavior.
Read moreAI Pulse: The Good from AI and the Promise of Agentic
Credit to Author: AI Team| Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000
The perils of AI get a lot of airtime, but what are the upsides? This issue of AI Pulse looks at some of the good AI can bring, from strengthening cybersecurity to driving health breakthroughs—and how the coming wave of agentic AI is going to take those possibilities to a whole new level.
Read morePersistence in the Shadows: A Study of Zephyr Miner Exploiting System Services
Credit to Author: Rayapati Lakshmi Prasanna Sai| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 15:15:15 +0000
Crypto Mining Crypto mining is the process by which individuals or organizations use computer power to solve complex…
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Read moreMalicious Ads in Search Results Are Driving New Generations of Scams
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000
The scourge of “malvertising” is nothing new, but the tactic is still so effective that it’s contributing to the rise of investment scams and the spread of new strains of malware.
Read moreThe Pressure Is on for Big Tech to Regulate the Broken Digital Advertising Industry
Credit to Author: Claire Atkin| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000
Brands have been at the mercy of the algorithm when it comes to where their ads appear online, but they’re about to get more control.
Read moreNo company too small for Phobos ransomware gang, indictment reveals
The US indictment against an alleged Phobos ransomware kingpin reveals that no company was too small for the cybercriminal gang to hit.
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