🚨 TG Spam Warning

Also this time there are people who want to use the favour of the hour.
Currently, Bitcoin and Ethereum from Durov are being promised free of charge as compensation for yesterday's outages.

Should you come across such an announcement in groups or channels, don't fall for it, this message doesn't come from TG boss Durov and no free Bitcoin or anything else will be given!

#Alert #Durov #spam #Bitcoin #Ethereum #scam #fraud
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Big Brother is watching: Chinese city with 2.6m cameras is world's most heavily surveilled

Cities around the world are scaling up their use of surveillance cameras and facial recognition systems – but which ones are watching their citizens most closely?

Qiu Rui, a #policeman in #Chongqing, was on duty this summer when he received an #alert from a #facial #recognition system at a local square. There was a high probability a man caught on camera was a suspect in a 2002 murder case, the system told him.

The city’s #surveillance #system scans facial features of people on the streets from frames of video footage in real time, creating a virtual map of the face. It can then match this information against scanned faces of suspects in a police database. If there is a match that passes a preset threshold, typically 60% or higher, the system immediately notifies officers. Three days later the police captured the man, who eventually admitted that he was the suspect.

Cases such as this, where facial recognition systems are used to help local police crack crime cases, are not unusual in the south-west #China city, which recently ranked first in an #analysis of the world’s most surveilled cities compiled by the UK-based technology research firm Comparitech. With 2.58m cameras covering 15.35 million people – equal to one camera for every six residents – Chongqing has more surveillance cameras than any other city in the world for its population, beating even Beijing, Shanghai and tech hub Shenzhen.

👉🏼 Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/dec/02/big-brother-is-watching-chinese-city-with-26m-cameras-is-worlds-most-heavily-surveilled

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⚠️ Scam Alert: You've Been Selected for 'Like of the Year 2020' Cash Prizes

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a large-scale ongoing fraud scheme that lures unsuspecting Russian Internet users with promises of financial rewards to steal their payment card information.

According to researchers at Group-IB, the multi-stage phishing attack exploited the credibility of Russian Internet portal Rambler to trick users into participating in a fictitious "Like of the Year 2020" contest.

The development is a reminder that rewards-based social engineering campaigns continue to be an effective means to scam users, not to mention the leveraging the collected data to their financial advantage.

Under the "Like of the Year" scheme, users were invited to win a large cash prize, telling them they've been randomly selected after liking a post on social media platforms such as VKontakte.

The invites were sent via an email blast by hacking the mail servers of a fiscal data operator, which refers to a legal entity created to aggregate, store and process fiscal data to serve the Federal Tax Service of Russia.

👉🏼 Read more:
https://thehackernews.com/2020/02/like-of-the-year-scam.html

https://www.group-ib.ru/media/like-2020/

#scam #phishing #alert #DeleteFacebook
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🚨 Malware warning 🚨

Currently, malware is again actively distributed in telegram groups.

It is an .exe file whose name usually reflects the topic of the respective group.
The .exe file always has 2.6 MB.

❗️ Always check executable files before opening them
❗️ Pay attention to the file size and strange names


‼️If you see such an .exe file with exactly 2.6 MB in one of your groups, please inform an admin and warn the other users ‼️

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/279abdad31bf6eaf6fa9b182dad32806060c06d4107c9a96d0738c26427eeb9b/detection

👀 group with malware:
https://t.me/redmi3com

#alert #malware #telegram
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U.S. Secret Service: “Massive Fraud” Against State Unemployment Insurance Programs

A well-organized Nigerian crime ring is exploiting the COVID-19 crisis by committing large-scale fraud against multiple state unemployment insurance programs, with potential losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a new alert issued by the U.S. Secret Service.

A memo seen by KrebsOnSecurity that the Secret Service circulated to field offices around the United States on Thursday says the ring has been filing unemployment claims in different states using Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information (PII) belonging to identity theft victims, and that “a substantial amount of the fraudulent benefits submitted have used PII from first responders, government personnel and school employees.”

“It is assumed the fraud ring behind this possesses a substantial PII database to submit the volume of applications observed thus far,” the Secret Service warned. “The primary state targeted so far is Washington, although there is also evidence of attacks in North Carolina, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Florida.”

The Secret Service said the fraud network is believed to consist of hundred of “mules,” a term used to describe willing or unwitting individuals who are recruited to help launder the proceeds of fraudulent financial transactions.

“In the state of Washington, individuals residing out-of-state are receiving multiple ACH deposits from the State of Washington Unemployment Benefits Program, all in different individuals’ names with no connection to the account holder,” the notice continues.

👉🏼 Read more:
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/05/u-s-secret-service-massive-fraud-against-state-unemployment-insurance-programs/

#USA #SecretService #alert #nigerian #fraud #coronavirus
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Cyber security alert issued following rising attacks on UK academia

The NCSC has issued an alert to the academic sector following a spate of online attacks against UK schools, colleges and universities.

The National Cyber Security Centre, a part of GCHQ, is supporting establishments to keep criminals out of their networks after a spike in ransomware attacks.

The rise in attacks was recorded in August as cyber criminals turn their attention to a sector focused on the return of students.

Cyber security experts have today (Thursday) stepped up support for UK schools, colleges, and universities following a spate of online attacks with the potential to de-rail their preparations for the new term.

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued an alert to the sector containing a number of steps they can take to keep cyber criminals out of their networks, following a recent spike in ransomware attacks.

The NCSC dealt with several ransomware attacks against education establishments in August, which caused varying levels of disruption, depending on the level of security establishments had in place.

Ransomware attacks typically involve the encryption of an organisation’s data by cyber criminals, who then demand money in exchange for its recovery.

With institutions either welcoming pupils and students back for a new term, or preparing to do so, the NCSC’s alert urges them to take immediate steps such as ensuring data is backed up and also stored on copies offline.

They are also urged to read the NCSC’s newly-updated guidance on mitigating malware and ransomware attacks, and to develop an incident response plan which they regularly test.

👀 👉🏼 https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/alert-issued-following-rising-attacks-on-uk-academia

#alert #NCSC #cyber #security #uk #academia #ransomware
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🚨Elon Musk Bitcoin-Scam Alert 🚨

This is a scam !! don´t fall for it.

‼️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G05j6x0fOKE

#alert #scam #bitcoin #giveaway
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Warning about using graphics from Clipartstation.com ‼️

Robert Kneschke charges 450 EUR for a children's drawing

One of our most active users, voluntarily maintains a homepage for a small elementary school. In the course of this he downloaded a children's drawing from clipartstation.com for a vacation article. The site advertises that all kinds of graphics can be used free of charge, so the user thought he had fulfilled his obligations to check the copyright. But the graphic is in truth by Robert Kneschke.

The problem is that the site does not have an imprint. The English language links about privacy and copyright also lead to empty pages. Cloudflare protects the location of the web servers from being discovered. And also the Whois query of the domain Clipartstation.com does not reveal any useful information, not surprisingly. Since everything is anonymous, thanks to GoDaddy, one must unfortunately assume that the operators do not usually take it so closely with copyright law. Whoever uses graphics from there should be prepared for possible disciplinary warnings!

👀 👉🏼 Translated with DeepL:
https://tarnkappe.info/robert-kneschke-verlangt-450-eur-fuer-eine-kinderzeichnung/

#warning #alert #fraud #kneschke #clipartstation #copyright
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Google will now alert you of household sounds through Android notifications

Once you enable this feature, your phone will recognize sounds like the doorbell, a barking dog, and running water. This functionality is powered by Google’s Live Transcribe technology, which was originally used only to convert speech to text. But now, it can also identify sounds around you.

While the household sound notifications are targeted towards people with hearing loss, it can also alert you to incidents if you’re wearing headphones and listening to music or podcasts.

https://thenextweb.com/plugged/2020/10/09/google-will-now-alert-you-of-household-sounds-through-android-notifications


#Google #alert #house #sounds #Android #notifications

Secret Gov’t Order Tells ISP to Block Telegram App

BANGKOK — A leaked government document ordered internet service providers in Thailand to block access to Telegram, a messaging application used by many anti-government demonstrators to coordinate their campaigns.

The “Top Secret” order seen by Khaosod English cited the emergency decree that granted security officers power to block and control any information on the internet deemed to cause unrest in the country.

The letter addressed the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, telling the agency to pass its instructions to all service providers.

Telegram plays a major role in organizing anti-government protests in recent days. Many protesters use the application to discuss venues for rallies and skirt the government’s social media surveillance.

It is unclear whether the ban on Telegram will actually be carried out. Similar efforts initiated by the Russian government in 2018 failed to block the application.

👀 👉🏼 https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/2020/10/19/secret-govt-order-tells-isp-to-block-telegram-app/

#alert #tg #telegram #thailand #bangkok #gov #censorship #thinkabout
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Zippyshare: Sharehoster spreads malware

Via Malvertising has been spreading a script on the sharehoster Zippyshare malware for a few days. The download page is affected.

The sharehoster Zippyshare is currently under criticism in several underground forums. Apparently, since a few days more and more malware is spread from there. For example, the illegal music portal CannaPower explicitly warns against using this provider.

In CannaPower's forum, it is suspected that cyber criminals may have infiltrated a malicious script to the sharehoster Zippyshare via advertising. All users are advised to use the site with utmost caution at this time.

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https://tarnkappe.info/zippyshare-sharehoster-verbreitet-malware-ssl-zertifikat-war-abgelaufen/

#zs #zippyshare #malware #malvertising #alert
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New Advanced Android Malware Posing as “System Update”

Another week, and another major mobile security risk. A few weeks ago, Zimperium zLabs researchers disclosed unsecured cloud configurations exposing information in thousands of legitimate iOS and Android apps (you can read more about it in our blog). This week, zLabs is warning Android users about a sophisticated new malicious app.

The new malware disguises itself as a System Update application, and is stealing data, messages, images and taking control of Android phones. Once in control, hackers can record audio and phone calls, take photos, review browser history, access WhatsApp messages, and more (a complete list is below).

https://blog.zimperium.com/new-advanced-android-malware-posing-as-system-update/

#android #malware #alert
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