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Using a Public Health Emergency for Malicious Purposes — There’s nothing lower Cybercriminals are nothing but a bunch of lowlives who will go to any level to get something out of innocent users. In the past, they have taken advantage of terror attacks, crashing planes, Christmas and even disease like Ebola. Now scammers have stooped […]
ShortRead: A group of researchers have developed a system which can hack and steal data from any smartphone user. Today, one of the most troubling issues for smartphone users is its privacy and that points to the apps and websites they visit from the smartphone. Almost all websites and apps gather user’s data to get make […]
FireEye Threat Intelligence analysts have discovered a new phishing attack carried by a Chinese group using legitimate service like dropbox. Analysts found the cyber group (which is unnamed at the moment but some researchers term them as “admin@338”) sending emails with links to dropbox containing documents. The documents in reality were having payload malware known […]
Dropbox abused by Chinese state-sponsored actors.A malware targeting mass media agencies in Hong Kong was discovered by FireEye’s security researchers. This malware, a backdoor, is unique because it hides its C&C (command and control) server inside Dropbox accounts. According to FireEye’s threat analysis, the campaign seems to be part of a Chinese state-sponsored attack, carried […]
In May 2015, we reported an alert to be careful of a Dropbox phishing scam, but it seems not everyone takes such scams seriously. Kathleen Calligan, the CEO of the BBB has spent a huge chunk of her entire career trying to educate consumers about the importance of internet safety, but she found out on Thursday […]
Short Bytes: Researchers have found a new way to hack into your cloud syncing accounts without any username or password by deploying a new “man in the cloud attack”. These attacks use “password tokens” and are harder to detect and control. You must have read about the man-in-the-middle attacks that steal your data transiting between […]
Dropbox users beware — Cyber criminals are targeting Dropbox users with a fake email, asking them to click on a link to download urgent and highly confidential documents. This email is about clicking on a link redirecting victims to ‘urgent and highly confidential’ documents using the Dropbox app. It also guides users to click on a ‘Dropbox‘ […]