In investment circles there are several elaborate methods with which scammers try to exploit unsuspecting traders. This article exposes one such method that is frequently used in unregulated investment markets, such as the cryptocurrency market – the pump and dump scheme. In so many words, pump and dump is an investment scam where scammers buy […]

A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez (Zagala), also known as “Nosophoros,” “Aesculapius” and “Nebuchadnezzar,” a citizen of France and Venezuela who resides in Venezuela, with attempted computer intrusions and conspiracy to commit computer intrusions. The charges stem from Zagala’s use and sale of […]

Threat analysts have discovered a recent malware distribution campaign using PDF attachments to smuggle malicious Word documents that infect users with malware. The choice of PDFs is unusual, as most malicious emails today arrive with DOCX or XLS attachments laced with malware-loading macro code. However, as people become more educated about opening malicious Microsoft Office […]

The uBlock Origin is a free and open-source, cross-platform browser extension for content filtering - primarily aimed at neutralizing privacy invasion in an efficient, user-friendly method. There are many free lists - used to block advertisements, trackers, malware, and annoyances. We've made three lists, that can be imported in uBlock Origin extension, to increase security […]

A novel phishing technique called browser-in-the-browser (BitB) attack can be exploited to simulate a browser window within the browser in order to spoof a legitimate domain, thereby making it possible to stage convincing phishing attacks. According to penetration tester and security researcher, who goes by the handle mrd0x on Twitter, the method takes advantage of […]

Description A vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) which could allow for arbitrary code execution. MSDT can be called using the URL protocol from a calling application like Word allowing an attacker to run arbitrary code with the privileges of the user that executed the program. An attacker can entice a […]