INFOSECURITY – Omicron Scam Targets Universities
Dozens of universities are being hit with a coordinated cyber-attack that uses news of the Omicron...
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Category: Abuses
nakedsecurity – “Back to basics” as courier scammers skip fake fees and missed deliveries
We’ve been warning about fake courier scams on Naked Security for many years, even before the...
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thehackernews – New Stealthier ZLoader Variant Spreading Via Fake TeamViewer Download Ads
Users searching for TeamViewer remote desktop software on search engines like Google are being...
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TheRegister – Can WhatsApp moderators really read your encrypted texts? Yes … if you forward them to the abuse dept
Where did people think spam and harassment reports were going? Facebook’s WhatsApp states...
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welivesecurity – BladeHawk group: Android espionage against Kurdish ethnic group
ESET researchers have investigated a targeted mobile espionage campaign against the Kurdish ethnic...
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welivesecurity – ProtonMail forced to log user’s IP address after an order from Swiss authorities
ProtonMail a Swiss-based secure email provider has been at the center of some controversy after it...
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thehackernews – Hackers Leak VPN Account Passwords From 87,000 Fortinet FortiGate Devices
Network security solutions provider Fortinet confirmed that a malicious actor had unauthorizedly...
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thehackernews – Cybercriminals Abusing Internet-Sharing Services to Monetize Malware Campaigns
Threat actors are capitalizing on the growing popularity of proxyware platforms like Honeygain and...
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The Register – China arrests over 1000 for using cryptocurrency to help launder proceeds of phone scams
As local search engines stop providing results on crypto-keywords China’s crackdown on...
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The Hacker News – 7-Year-Old Polkit Flaw Lets Unprivileged Linux Users Gain Root Access
7-Year-Old Polkit Flaw Lets Unprivileged Linux Users Gain Root Access A seven-year-old privilege...
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The Hacker News – Hackers Can Exploit Samsung Pre-Installed Apps to Spy On Users
Hackers Can Exploit Samsung Pre-Installed Apps to Spy On Users Multiple critical security flaws...
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welivesecurity – 5 common scams targeting teens – and how to stay safe
From knock-off designer products to too-good-to-be-true job offers, here are five common schemes...
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