Tag: Fakes
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CEO Claims More Fake LinkedIn Users Are Claiming to be Employees
Numerous LinkedIn users are claiming to work for established companies, with the companies often left powerless to act upon this problem. …
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How people deal with fake news or misinformation in their social media feeds
Researchers at the University of Washington wanted to know how people investigated potentially suspicious posts on their own feeds. The …
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Some commercial password managers vulnerable to attack by fake apps
Security experts recommend using a complex, random and unique password for every online account, but remembering them all would be a …
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Fake WiseCleaner website spreading CoronaVirus ransomware
This ransomware is being distributed via an infected website that pretends to advertise WiseCleaner, a legit Windows system optimization, …
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Fake Covid-19 tracker app delivers ransomware, disinformation abounds
As Covid-19 spreads across the globe and countries do their best to slow down the infection rate, cybercriminals’ onslaught against …
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Fake Tech Support Company Dupes 40K Victims Out of $8m
A college drop-out has admitted using malware and a fake tech support company to con 40,000 victims out of millions of dollars. Former …
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Fake alerts about outdated security certificates lead to malware
Cyber criminals have been trying out a new approach for delivering malware: fake alerts about outdated security certificates, complete with …
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Fake reviews & third-party apps cause 50% of threats against Android
How it’s done is that the bad guys spread malicious app links in chat windows of gaming messaging platforms and other potential channels. …
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Coronavirus misinformation spreading fast: Fake news on COVID-19 shared far more than CDC, WHO reports
The vast majority of coronavirus information shared across social media comes from fake news sites, according to Newsguard, a service that …
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Tiny cryptographic ID chip can help combat hardware counterfeiting
To combat supply chain counterfeiting, which can cost companies billions of dollars annually, MIT researchers have invented a cryptographic …
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Hackers Spreading AZORult Malware As a Fake ProtonVPN Installer To Attack the Windows Computers
Researchers discovered a new wave of Azorult malware campaign that abusing the protonVPN and dropper the malware payload as a fake …
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Emotet SMiShing Uses Fake Bank Domains in Targeted Attacks, Payloads Hint at TrickBot Connection
Before a short lull in mid-February, Emotet was in the midst of a rise in activity that has been apparent since late 2019 — in terms of …
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