Categories: News Tags: Josiah Ernesto Garcia Tags: Air National Guard Tags: Air Guard Tags: Pentagon leak Tags: murder-for-hire Tags: hired gun Instead of using his time and military training for good, 21-year-old Josiah Garcia decided to become a hired gun—and failed in an epic way. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: chrome Tags: browser Tags: update Tags: vulnerability Tags: CVE Tags: exploit Tags: exploitation Tags: zero-day Users of Chrome should ensure they’re running the latest version to patch an integer overflow in the Skia graphics library. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: QBot Tags: Trojan dropper QBot has resurfaced with a new tactic involving a reply-chain phishing email, a fake PDF, and the likely promise of a ransomware infection. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: ftc Tags: tech support scam Tags: scammers Tags: payment processor Tags: fine Tags: visa Tags: chargeback We take a look at a story involving the FTC going head to head with a payment processor caught up in tech support scam allegations. |
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Read moreCategories: Exploits and vulnerabilities Categories: News Tags: APT28 Tags: Sofacy Tags: Fancy Bear Tags: GRU Tags: Cisco Tags: CVE–2017-6742 Tags: SNMP Tags: Jaguar Tooth A joint advisory about a Cisco vulnerability by several US and UK agencies gives us a peek inside the minds of ideologically motivated cybercriminals |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: domino Tags: loader Tags: backdoor Tags: malware Tags: ransomware Tags: emotet Tags: network Tags: corporate Tags: business Tags: organisation Tags: data Tags: theft Tags: steal Tags: banking Tags: trojan We take a look at a malware collective pushing a set of Domino malware files. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: fake Tags: muse Tags: art Tags: artist Tags: instagram Tags: check Tags: payment Tags: fraud Tags: wire Tags: bank Tags: banking Tags: drawing Tags: painting We take a look at a fake check scam which plugs into the art world. |
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Read moreCategories: News Categories: Ransomware Tags: LockBit Tags: ransomware Tags: Patrick Wardle Tags: macOS ransomware Tags: first Mac ransomware Tags: Azim Khodjibaev Tags: BleepingComputer Tags: Mark Stockley With plans to offer more ransomware, LockBit has just created a variant for macOS. But, as experts have pointed out, it’s hardly ready for anything. |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: swatting Tags: caller ID spoofing Tags: telegram Tags: cryptocurrency Tags: AI generated voice Using a false call to deploy emergency services to the address of a victim or a school has been turned into Swatting-as-a-Service |
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Read moreCategories: News Tags: facebook Tags: scam Tags: spam Tags: hoax Tags: dog Tags: injured Tags: lost Tags: vet Tags: missing We take a look at a Facebook hoax which uses supposedly injured dogs as the lure for a bait and switch scam. |
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