We’ve seen multiple hijacked profiles on Facebook recently claiming to be account recovery services. These bogus account recovery services aren’t here…
Month: April 2022
Fake USA for UNHCR site wants your Ukraine donations in Bitcoin
Since Russia began invading Ukraine in late February, many organizations have set up donation pages to aid the most heavily affected:…
FBI warns food and agriculture to brace for seasonal ransomware attacks
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently released a Private Industry Notification warning agriculture cooperatives (also known as “farmers’ co-ops”) of…
Hackers fool major tech companies into handing over data of women and minors to abuse
Some major tech companies have unwittingly opened harassment and exploitation opportunities to the women and children who they have pledged to…
Onyx ransomware destroys files, and also the criminal circle of trust
Some ransomware authors seem to be whittling down their tenuous “circle of trust” style agreement with victims even further. Word has…
QNAP customers urged to disable AFP to protect against severe vulnerabilities
MacOS users that have a network-attached storage (NAS) device made by QNAP are being advised to disable the Apple Filing Protocol…
“URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL!!!” 419 scammer wants your help to move someone’s inheritance
We’ve received several emails over the last couple of days which follow the classic 419 mail scam method. Titled “URGENT BUSINESS…
Elon Musk-themed cryptocurrency scam uses fake Medium as the promotion site
So Elon Musk is buying Twitter, and you can be sure that scammers are making the most of this news. As…
Emotet fixes bug in code, resumes spam campaign
Emotet threat actors resumed their email spam campaign on Monday after stopping it late last week to fix a bug. The…
“Reject All” cookie consent button is coming to European Google Search and YouTube
Google will soon be giving European countries a “Reject All” button in the Search and YouTube cookie consent banner. This change,…