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Beware of an iPhone-crashing link being passed around on Twitter

26

Jan

2016

You already know not to click or tap on suspicious-looking links, but URL shorteners are making that a little more complicated today. Twitter users are passing around a shortened link that directs your browser to CrashSafari.com, a site that does just what it sounds like: crashes Safari. If you tap on the link on your […]

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When URL Shorteners and Ransomware Collide

14

Jan

2016

We are all very familiar with URL shortening services, which are regularly used in Tweets and other social media. It is no secret that cyber criminals also use URL shorteners to aid them in achieving their objectives. URL shorteners are often used by cyber criminals to obfuscate redirects to malicious destinations. Recently, a URL shortening service […]

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Exposed: New toolset of the Sofacy cyber-espionage group

07

Dec

2015

Kaspersky Lab has spotted new attacks by the Sofacy group which make use of several upgraded techniques designed for aggressive persistence and greater invisibility of malicious activity in the attacked system. Sofacy (also known as “Fancy Bear,” “Sednit,” “STRONTIUM” and “APT28”) is a Russian-speaking advanced threat group that has been active since at least 2008, […]

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