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A week in security (January 30 – February 5)

February 6, 2023 0 Comments av-test top product, BEC, blog roundup, business email compromise, cisa, dark patterns, data wiper, eileen gun, facebook, github, league of legends, learnpress, lock and code, malvertising, multi-threat ransomware, news, Ransomware, ransomware monthly, riot games, roomba, supply chain attacks, week in security

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The most interesting security related news from the week of January 30 – February 5.

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VASTFLUX ad fraud massively affected millions of iOS devices, dismantled

January 24, 2023 0 Comments ad fraud, Apple, c2, command and control, fast flux, human, iOS, JavaScript, js, malvertising, matryoshka, news, vast, vastflux, video ad serving template

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An evasive ad fraud campaign affecting iOS users has come to light. It’s called VASTFLUX.

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CISA and FBI issue alert about Zeppelin ransomware

August 16, 2022 0 Comments authentication, backups, EDR, malvertising, MFA, news, Patching, phishing, Ransomware, RDP, sonicwall, zeppelin

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The FBI and CISA have issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to raise awareness about Zeppelin ransomware

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Google ads lead to major malvertising campaign

July 20, 2022 0 Comments Google, malvertising, Scam, tech support, threat intelligence

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:10:47 +0000

Scammers go mainstream by hijacking top Google searches and replacing them with malicious ads.

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A week in security (June 6 – June 12)

June 13, 2022 0 Comments 4chan, A week in security, apple passkeys, asyncrat, b&q father's day contest 2022, blackbasta, blog recap, cloud data breach, decryption tool, dridex, emotet, esxi, facebook, FBI, federal bureau of investigations, Linux, linux malware, makemoney, malvertising, meeting owl, Microsoft, phishing, prometheus, prometheus ransomware, Ransomware, ransomware task force, ssndob, trickbot, ukraine, virtual machines, vm, whatsapp, whiteboard owl, windows autopatch

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:29:57 +0000

The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

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Facebook users targeted in massive phishing campaign

June 9, 2022 0 Comments facebook, fake, malvertising, phishing, rogue link, Scam, scams, stolen login, survey

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 14:07:24 +0000

We take a look at a large-scale Facebook phishing operation, reputedly generating millions in ill-gotten gains.

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Watch out for fake WhatsApp “New Incoming Voicemessage” emails

April 7, 2022 0 Comments armorblox, fake voicemail, fake voicemail notification, lauryn cash, malvertising, PUPs, russia, scam detector, Social engineering, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 12:54:27 +0000

Scammers are using the popularity of messaging service WhatsApp to trick users into signing up for malvertising

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Domen toolkit gets back to work with new malvertising campaign

February 28, 2020 0 Comments buren ransomware, Domen, domen toolkit, intelrapid cryptominer, JavaScript, malicious websites, malvertising, malvertising campaigns, smoke loader, Social engineering, Threat analysis, toolkit, vidar, vidar stealer

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:54:18 +0000

We describe the latest malvertising campaign that uses Domen, an advanced social engineering toolkit.

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Rudy Giuliani’s Twitter mishaps invite typosquatters and scammers

February 19, 2020 0 Comments adware, browser extensions, cybersecurity czar, giuliani, Hacktivism, malvertising, malvertising schemes, political targets, rudy giuliani, scams, tweets, twitter, typo, typosquatting

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:21:08 +0000

Rudy Giuliani’s Twitter account contains many typos that lead to the wrong website—and scammers and typosquatters are taking advantage.

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9th Methbot suspect arrested in massive clickfraud ring

January 24, 2020 0 Comments botnets, click fraud, domain spoofing, Law & order, malvertising, mediamethane, methbot, plexious, sergey denisoff, spoofing

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 10:57:37 +0000

How Sergey Denisoff described his early ad-buying ventures: buying BS popup traffic and reselling it to buyers demanding BS traffic.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/M-uuNM1-C74″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>