Results for 'twitter spam'
Emotet on the rise with heavy spam campaign
September 21, 2018 - Correction, 5/22/19: Previously, we incorrectly stated that Emotet was using an EternalBlue vulnerability in order to spread laterally within a network. However,...
Social media: A treasure trove of spam and scams
June 5, 2018 - There are two kinds of spam associated with social media. There are spam ads that actually live on social media, and...
Instagram story spam claims free Apple Watch
May 31, 2018 - I have to admit, I’m not 100 percent sure who Elton Castee is. “Who’s that?” you ask? Digging around revealed that...
Twitter security snafu: change your passwords
May 4, 2018 - If you’re logging into Twitter after having been AWOL for a day or two, you’ll likely be seeing one of these...
Boomerang spam bombs Malwarebytes forum—not a smart move
February 5, 2018 - Tech support scammers are generally not the best and brightest. As such, they will occasionally post ads for their fake companies...
Old MS Office feature weaponized in malspam attacks
October 17, 2017 - Update (11-08-2017): Microsoft has issued a security advisory about DDE-based attacks and is also providing tips on how to disable that...
Google Docs app spam goes phishing
May 3, 2017 - There’s a very clever phishing scam going around at the moment – originally thought to be targeting journalists given the sheer...
Post-holiday spam campaign delivers Neutrino Bot
January 11, 2017 - This post was co-authored by @hasherezade and Jérôme Segura During the Christmas season and early into the new year, we noticed a sharp decrease...
Scammers sneak into customer support conversations on Twitter
August 11, 2016 - We’ve looked at the social engineering tactic of inserting a fake account into a conversation with legitimate support channels in the past,...
Avoid this “Authorize your Twitter account” phishing scam
July 21, 2016 - “What’s going on” is a very good question. The answer to that question, is that you’ve had a narrow escape from a phish...
