Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
SANS Internet Storm Centre has a couple of blog posts looking at the mechanics of a Word document and a PDF both of which are malicious payloads in a phishing email. This is what you are up against! Analyzing a Phishing Word Document – SANS Internet Storm Centre Simple PDF …
It’s Emotet – this is obviously where the cyber-criminals are making their money. Emotet reestablishes itself at the top of the malware world • The Register Emotet is operated by an operation called Cryptolaemus, and they have been developing the code to bring the malware back after it had been …
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It is a package included in a phishing email attack – it is in the wild, now. Brad on the SANS Internet Storm Diary has described the chain of events for an infection, which includes screenshots of what the email and package looks like. “aa” distribution Qakbot (Qbot) infection with …
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Following research by Check Point it seems half the time they want to steal your LinkedIn credentials. So the takeaway from this is – if an unexpected email directs you to a LinkedIn log-in or requests your LinkedIn credentials then the chances are you have been had. QUIT before giving …
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Scammers are preying on the most vulnerable with texts, phone calls and emails: Council tax rebate: Warning issued over new scam pretending to offer £150 – BBC News
