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Tag Archives: malware
Jackpot! Of Sorts…
The information security director, Mr.Eddie Raymond Tipton, from a Multi-State lottery Association in Iowa, decided that it was his turn to win the United States jackpot. He has been arrested and is being tried for forgery and hacking the lottery … Continue reading
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Tagged computer security, cybercrime, lottery, malware
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ISIS Hackers or Incompetent Password Management?
11 television stations went off the air; websites and social media were defaced; and an internal IT outage for TV5 in Paris, France. The websites were taken over with pro-messages of the CyberCaliphate, the same group who either DDoS’ed or defaced … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, cybercaliphate, DDoS, defacement, malware, passwords, phishing, Security Awareness, TV5
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Vawtrack Trojan Capabilities
Vawtrak is a banking Trojan that has been spreading in recent months. It infects victims via malware downloaders, exploit kits, or through drive-by downloads (e.g. spam email attachments or links). AVG has a white paper (pdf) full of details. Vawtrak … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, malware, phishing, Security Awareness, social engineering, trojan, Vawtrack
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A USB to Destroy a Computer
A blog writer named Dark Purple wrote an article on a proof of concept called USB Killer, a USB that when plugged into a computer, would charge, then discharge back into the computer, to fry circuits and burn half the computer … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, computer security, Dark Purple, malware, mission impossible, usb, USB Killer
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110,000 People are Looking For Love in all the Wrong Places
and getting a nasty infection too. A click-bait trick where a picture is made to look like a video that ‘requires’ Flash is circulating Facebook. The malware installs a Trojan to the computer, allowing the mouse and keyboard to be … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Facebook, Facebook Scam, keylogger, malvertising, malware, pervert, Security Awareness, trojan
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4.5 Malware Variants a Second
According to German Independent IT Security company AV-TEST, there are 12,000,000 variants of malware a month. That’s about 4.5 every second! Malware, a combination of the words Malicious and Software, can be downloaded or sent to users to click on … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, antivirus, malware, security, Security Awareness, viruses
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New Scam, Don’t Click Court Ordered Appearance Notification
Bad guys are sending emails claiming to come from a real law firm called ‘Baker & McKenzie’. The email states you are scheduled to appear in court and should click a link to view a copy of the court notice. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, beware, court, cybercrime, malware, Security Awareness, summons
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Non-Oracle sites offering Oracle ‘Fixes’/Malware
Oracle put out a press release, it reads: Warning It has come to our attention that there are non-Oracle sites offering Oracle ‘fixes’ for genuine Oracle error messages. You probably already don’t need to be told, however: Please do not … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, malware, Oracle, phishing, SEO, social eing
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SaveMe App is Actually SocialPath Malware for Android Phones
The Save Me app claims to be able to save a user’s contacts and other data including photos and videos, in the event that a mobile device is lost or stolen but it actually contains a variant of information-stealing malware … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, android, cyber risk, cybercrime, malware, Security Awareness
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Anunak, Russian/Ukraine Bank Hackers
An ATM gang has stolen more than $15 million from Eastern European banks, To gain a foothold inside financial institutions, the “Anunak group” — sent bank employees targeted, malware-laced emails made to look like the missives were sent by Russian … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, ATM, banks, Brian Krebs, Group iB, hackers, malware, passwords, phishing
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