Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2021

Founded in 2009, FBS is an international online forex broker with more than 400,000 partners and 16 million traders spanning over 190 countries. Scams, Phishing and Malware. Leaked contact information may be used to launch scam, phishing and malware attacks against FBS users. Who is FBS.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

Millions in the UK Targeted by Malware via a DHL Scam Text Message. Millions of UK citizens received a scam text message (aka smashing) which impersonated DHL in April. NCSC advice FluBot: Guidance for ‘package delivery’ text message scam . The Problem with Website Passwords (from Blog Post from 2009).

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Number of data leaks from medical organizations, 2009–2020. Since the start of the pandemic, many companies working in the information security sphere, including Kaspersky, have discussed the fact that medicine has become a more common bait in cybercriminal scams. The HIPAA Journal , which is focused on leaks in the U.S.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 14, 2022

Phishing attacks, vulnerability exploits, DDoS attacks, and much more threaten your company’s Macs at any time — and if any of them are successful, it could cost your business millions in lost productivity and information theft. And it’s not just malware you have to worry about with your Mac endpoints. OK, that sounds annoying.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 5, 2022

It's been active since 2009 and is responsible for many high profile attacks. In January of 2022 the Malwarebytes Intelligence Team uncovered a campaign where Lazarus conducted spear phishing attacks weaponized with malicious documents that used a familiar job opportunities theme. Be careful. bloxholder[.]com. rebelthumb[.]net.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Criminals leverage all of it, exposing people to scams," he said. For Charlet, the 2009 Operation Aurora cyberattack on Google was a watershed moment for the company. For example, how do we discern when an email may be phishing; how do you know what to do and what not to do?". Recognizing and reporting phishing.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In the past, the country has been credibly blamed or proven responsible for several cyberattacks against Ukraine and its surrounding neighbors, including DDoS attacks in Estonia in 2007, Georgia in 2008, and Kyrgyzstan in 2009. The risk of scams. The full thread on support can be found here.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2024

Here’s the story of a recent thread hijacking attack in which a journalist was copied on a phishing email from the unwilling subject of a recent scoop. Instead, he forwarded the messages to LancasterOneline’s IT team, which quickly flagged them as phishing attempts. “We were just perplexed,” Murse said.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 2, 2018

A story published here on July 12 about a new sextortion-based phishing scheme that invokes a real password used by each recipient has become the most-read piece on KrebsOnSecurity since this site launched in 2009. There are several interesting takeaways from this phishing campaign.

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