Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:33:28 +0000
A considerable drop in the median of ransom payments and several other circumstances are causing the ransomware landscape to change.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 12:51:46 +0000
We take a look at reports of organised review bombing, leading to extortion threats to get the negative ratings removed.
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Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 12:57:04 +0000
Latest episode – listen and read now! Use our advice to advise your own friends and family… let’s all do our bit to stand up to scammers!
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Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:58:19 +0000
It’s a simple jingle and it’s solid advice: “If in doubt, don’t give it out!”
Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:52:34 +0000
The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:31:14 +0000
The FBI has warned the public about a new fraud scheme that involves impersonating law enforcement and government personnel in order to steal money and data.
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Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 16:33:45 +0000
“Change your code to improve cryptomining”… or we’ll dump 1TB of stolen secrets.
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Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:59:02 +0000
You’d spot this one a mile away… but what about your friends or family?
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 12:45:23 +0000
The FBI’s Internet Crime Report shows that business email comprise is the biggest money-maker for cybercriminals.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/z_YNbnD3_LU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:45:41 +0000
The two men pointed to Uber’s $100K hush-money payment when they tried to extort Linkedin-owned Lynda… that instead called the cops.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/5jZvM2TMsYc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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