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A week in security (January 20 – 26)

January 27, 2020 0 Comments A week in security, Apple, awis, blog recap, breach, facebook phishing, fake job listings, Google, hiring scam, jhonerat, nest iot, pupyrat, Ransomware, rat, remote-access trojan, sextortion, tech support scam, thsuite, tinder, weekly blog roundup

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:17:14 +0000

A roundup of the previous week’s most notable security stories and events, including tech support scams, deepfakes, and the latest ransomware attack in Florida.

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A week in security

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Security Sophos

Two charged with tech-support scamming the elderly for $10m

September 23, 2019 0 Comments elderly, fake tech support, Law & order, security threats, tech support, tech support scam, tech support scammers

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 09:55:01 +0000

The tech-support scammers were allegedly part of a network of crooks in the US and India who conned about 7,500 victims.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/0TbNYtAQBLk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Scammers use bogus search results to fool voice assistants

August 20, 2019 0 Comments Alexa, amazon, Apple, Cortana, ESTA visa, Google, Google Assistant, security threats, Siri, tech support scam, voice assistants

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 15:41:10 +0000

The Better Business Bureau reports that scammers have worked out how to game search results for company customer support telephone numbers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/3nK_drrO_gM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Fake Dell support rep admits to talking US colleges out of $874,000

August 6, 2019 0 Comments BEC, Dell, extradition, Law & order, phishing, security threats, spear phishing, tech support scam

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:23:23 +0000

His victims: UCSD and a Pennsylvania university. He hid out in Kenya for nearly 8 months before being nabbed.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/vcTREDMg0FE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Recipe for success: tech support scammers zero in via paid search

July 19, 2019 0 Comments browlocks, browser locker, browser lockers, malvertising, scammers, scams, tech support scam, tech support scammers, Tech support scams

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 15:00:00 +0000

We take a deep dive into the recently reported Azure-hosted tech support scam pages, identifying this as one of the most successful scam campaigns in use today.

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Tech support scams

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