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Alexa and Google Home phishing apps demonstrated by researchers

October 23, 2019 0 Comments actions, Alexa, amazon, amazon echo, eavesdropping, Google, Google Home, karsten nohl, passwords, phishing, Privacy, security research labs, skills, smart spies, spying apps, srl, vishing

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:43:57 +0000

The researchers’ “Smart Spies” apps showed how Amazon Alexa and Google Home users could be exposed to vishing and eavesdropping.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/2-76soYbixo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A week in security (October 14 – 20)

October 21, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, amazon, dark web, domestic abuse, domestic abuse survivor, domestic abuse survivors, domestic violence, facebook, facial recognition, Instagram, jackpot, jackpotting, kindle, Mark Zuckerberg, national cybersecurity awareness month, national domestic violence awareness month, oracle, password, passwords, phish, phishing, phishing scam, Ransomware, Tor, tor browser, us customs and border enforcement, vpn, Vulnerabilities, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:45:45 +0000

Cybersecurity news for October 14 – 20, including the future of the password, the lingering threat of ransomware, and new security features from Instagram.

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A week in security

Tags: amazon Dark Web domestic abuse domestic abuse survivor domestic abuse survivors domestic violence facebook facial recognition Instagram jackpot jackpotting kindle Mark Zuckerberg national cybersecurity awareness month National domestic violence awareness month Oracle password passwords phish phishing phishing scam ransomware tor Tor browser US Customs and Border Enforcement vpn vulnerabilities vulnerability

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Security Sophos

Phishy text message tries to steal your cellphone account

October 18, 2019 0 Comments cellphones, Cybercrime, passwords, phishing, SMS

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:58:24 +0000

Which sort of company is most likely to contact you via SMS? Why, your mobile phone provider, of course!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/i_zR2R90vUk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Food writer Jack Monroe loses at least £5,000 in SIM-swap fraud

October 16, 2019 0 Comments 2fa, Celebrities, data loss, Hacked, hijacking, jack monroe, Law & order, MFA, Mobile, multi-factor authentication, phishing, security threats, sim swap, SIM swapping, Social engineering, two-factor authentication

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:53:52 +0000

Her accounts were drained in spite of using 2FA, showing that SIM swaps can still circumvent what’s a good security tool.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/QJiDHTqtHDo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Watch out for this latest LinkedIn phish that’s ‘sent’ by a friend

October 15, 2019 0 Comments 2fa, account takeover, LinkedIn, phishing

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:02:41 +0000

We recently showed you how crooks rip off social networking passwords – here’s what they do with stolen accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/gPv7HneIlgQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Instagram clamps down on fake messages with anti-phishing tool

October 15, 2019 0 Comments anti-phishing, anti-phishing tool, email, emails from instagram, Instagram, mail, malicious email, malspam, phishing, phishing scams, safety, scams, Social engineering, social engineering attacks, social media scams

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:51:50 +0000

We take a look at a new anti-phishing feature Instagram hopes will cut down on imitation messages and other social engineering attempts.

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Social engineering

Tags: anti-phishing anti-phishing tool email emails from instagram Instagram mail malicious email malspam phishing phishing scams safety scams Social Engineering social engineering attacks social media scams

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Europol: Ransomware remains top threat in IOCTA report

October 14, 2019 0 Comments Awareness, BEC, business email compromise, child sexual exploitation, cse, DDoS, europol, fraud, internet organized crime threat assessment, iocta, phishing, Ransomware, spear phishing

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 16:00:00 +0000

The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, or Europol, just released its annual Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) report. We highlight their key findings and remind readers how to better protect themselves.

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Awareness

Tags: bec Business Email Compromise child sexual exploitation cse ddos europol fraud internet organized crime threat assessment iocta phishing ransomware spear phishing

Microsoft Security

Your password doesn’t matter—but MFA does!

October 3, 2019 0 Comments Identity and access management, phishing, Windows Security

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 18:50:52 +0000

Turn on MFA and start building a long-term authenticator strategy that relies on “phish proof” authenticators, such as Windows Hello and FIDO.

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Security Sophos

Match knowingly puts people at risk from scammers, FTC charges

September 27, 2019 0 Comments confidence scams, data loss, fake profiles, fraud, FTC, Law & order, lawsuit, match.com, okcupid, online dating, phishing, plenty of fish, Romance Scams, security threats, Social networks, tinder

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 10:37:48 +0000

Match.com allegedly put users on its free version at risk – by not filtering out communications that it knew were from fake accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/qoySkY_s2X8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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How to prevent phishing attacks that target your customers with DMARC and Office 365

September 26, 2019 0 Comments Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), Office 365 Security, phishing

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 16:00:28 +0000

DMARC security protocol helps you take control of who can send email messages on your behalf, eliminating the ability for cybercriminals to use your domain to send their illegitimate messages.

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