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URI spoofing flaw could phish WhatsApp, Signal, Instagram, and iMessage users

March 31, 2022 0 Comments bredolab, Facebook Messenger, imessenger, Instagram, mahdi, phishing, rtlo, rtlo abuse, sadewg, sick codes, sirefef, Social engineering, spyeye, uri spoofing, vade secure, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 15:40:38 +0000

A URI spoofing flaw affecting popular messaging apps, which include Signal, Instagram, and iMessage, could direct users to potentially malicious destinations.

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New spear phishing campaign targets Russian dissidents

March 29, 2022 0 Comments cobaltstrike, dissidents, malware, phishing, rat, russia, threat intelligence, ukraine

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 18:02:48 +0000

We’ve identified a new campaign using a combination of exploits, malicious macros and other lures that is targeted at Russian individuals who may have violated restrictions imposed by the Russian government.

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A week in security (March 21 – 27)

March 28, 2022 0 Comments A week in security, avoslocker, elden ring, esports, facebook, hp printer vulnerability, lapsus, microsoft exchange server, okta, phishing, protestware, Ransomware, rootkit, white house

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:17:58 +0000

The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.

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Fake Esports voting sites looking to phish Steam users

March 21, 2022 0 Comments esports, fake, phish, phishing, Scam, Social engineering, steam, team

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 21:41:07 +0000

We take a look at a popular Steam phish tactic involving fake Esports voting sites which refuses to go away.

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Facebook phish claims “Someone tried to log into your account”

March 21, 2022 0 Comments facebook, fake, mail, phish, phishing, Scam, scams

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 12:07:49 +0000

We take a look at a Facebook phish which tries to pressure potential victims into responding to mails that they really shouldn’t.

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Beware of this bogus (and phishy) “Instagram Support” email

March 18, 2022 0 Comments armorblox, fake instagram support, homograph attack, instagram phish, instagram scam, phishing, phishing scam, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 23:05:32 +0000

A fake “Instagram Support” email made its way through the spam filter implemented by one major life insurance company in New York.

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Clouding the issue: what cloud threats lie in wait in 2022?

March 17, 2022 0 Comments Cloud, cryptocurrency, cryptowallet, Cybercrime, exploits, hacks, IoT, metaverse, phishing, Ransomware, Server, Stalkerware

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 13:25:43 +0000

We offer up some thoughts on where new and continuing attacks in the world of cloud may occur, alongside linking some current examples.

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Phishing e-mails are more prevalent (and dangerous) than ever

March 8, 2022 0 Comments email security, phishing, Security

Credit to Author: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols| Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2022 08:56:00 -0800

Phishing, those malicious e-mails that pretend to be legitimate messages, has been a problem since Canter and Siegel launched the first spam campaign in 1994. (Mea culpa — it seems they learned about this thing called the Internet from some of my articles.) Today, spam, while still annoying, is the least of our e-mail troubles. In addition to invading Ukraine, Russian agents are now doing their best to invade our IT systems via phishing e-mails.

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