SecureList article on tax scams

It's that time of year again. Kaspersky's Nadezhda Demidova contributes an exhaustive article on tax scams to the SecureList blog.

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Avast: Android APT delivered via Facebook

Avast reports on Fake Facebook profiles luring victims into downloading APT.

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Avast: Android APT delivered via Facebook

Avast reports on Fake Facebook profiles luring victims into downloading APT.

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Text bomb, text bomb you’re my text bomb…

TOMÁŠ FOLTÝN for ESET: Apple defuses ‘text bomb’ bug 

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Screenshots and sandboxes

John Gruber: The Threat to the Mac: The Growing Popularity of Non-Native Apps Mac apps have been able to “see” the entire display ever since the Mac debuted. The Mac needs … the power for apps to shoot the user in the foot. An example from the sandbox debate (also quoted by Gruber): “Cocoa-based Mac apps are rapidly […]

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Another Facebook hoax

No, Facebook doesn't restrict the number of friends whose posts appear on your feed, or decide WHICH friends. Not yet, anyway...

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Coercive Messaging and Windows Defender

[Also published at AVIEN] It’s not all about tech support scams, but Microsoft’s announcement about beefing up detection of ‘coercive messaging’ in Windows Defender is certainly related to some approaches used by tech support scammers, such as the use of malware that directs victims to a scam-friendly ‘helpline’. Coercive messaging? As indicated in Microsoft’s evaluation criteria […]

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Ohio and FTC versus tech support scammers

Kevin Townsend, for Security Week, reports on action against tech support scammers in the US and UK. Tech Support Scammers Fined in US, Jailed in UK Kevin says: Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Monday that operators of a nationwide computer repair scam have been banned from the tech support business […]

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Google: defending against Android malware

Some figures from Google with reference to its fights against malware submitted to Google Play.

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macOS and iOS fixes – Spectre and Meltdown

The Register. It’s 2018 and your Macs, iPhones can be pwned by playing evil music (Actually mostly about macOS and iOS patches including Spectre and Meltdown fixes.) David Harley Advertisements

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macOS DNS hi-jacker

DNS hi-jacking malware analysed by Patrick Wardle.

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Android Spyware

Securelist (Kaspersky) – Skygofree: Following in the footsteps of HackingTeam David Harley Advertisements

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Fruitfly – Graham Cluley’s take for ESET

… Fruitfly malware spied on Mac users for 13 years – man charged David Harley Advertisements

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Apps: enterprise blacklist data

Appthority released its latest report: Q4 Appthority Pulse Report Finds Tinder and Instagram Added to Enterprise Blacklists. In fact, there’s rather more to it than Tinder and Instagram. If you aren’t sure whether to jump straight in and give Appthority your contact details, you could check Help Net Security’s summary to see whether you want […]

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Unwanted mobile redirects

Lily Hay Newman for Wired: Pop-Up Mobile Ads Surge As Sites Scramble To Stop Them I virtually never use my phone where I can use a laptop, so I haven’t really been aware of this is a big issue. Interesting. David Harley

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OSX.Pirrit: Not a pretty boy, but very interested in pieces of eight

Hacker Combat brought my attention to Cybereason's research into the OSX.Pirrit adware.

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Death threats, 419s and ransom’ware’

Not ransomware, but a threatening 419 from someone claiming to be a hitman.

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iOS jailbreaking: still in the building?

Further to an earlier article here - iOS Jailbreaking – on the Way Out… - it seems that commentators at that tme might have been over-optimistic.

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Banking Trojans on Google Play

Lukas Stefanko, for ESET, tells us how Banking malware on Google Play targets Polish banks 

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Android crackdown on misuse of accessibility services

ZDnet: Android security: Google cracks down on apps that want to use accessibility services Danny Palmer: “Measure would prevent feature designed for aiding disabled users from being abused by malicious apps — but could force changes for popular apps, too.” David Harley Advertisements

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