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Locky ransomware rises from the crypt with new Lukitus and Diablo variants
New variants of Locky—Diablo and Lukitus—have surfaced from the ransomware family presumed by many to be dead. After rising to infamy as one of the first major forms of ransomware to achieve global success, Locky’s presence eventually faded. However, it appears this notorious attack is back with distribution through the Necurs botnet, one of the largest botnets in use today.
Webroot protects against Diablo and Lukitus
Google adds Anti-Phishing feature also to Gmail app for iOS
Phishing continues to be one of the most dangerous threats, crooks continue to devise new techniques to trick victims into providing sensitive information. The technique is still the privileged attack vector for financially motivated attacks and recent attacks reached a level of sophistication that made them phishing messages hard to detect.
To fight phishing attacks, Google has introduced a security measure for its Gmail app for iOS that will help users identify and delete phishing emails.
Learn more about protecting yourself while you're on the go.
Major Security Companies share tips on identifying imposters
The most prominent tech companies (including yours truly) issue statements on making unsolicited calls to customers:
- Webroot (maker of SecureAnywhere software):
“Webroot teammates DO NOT make unsolicited outbound calls to customers.”
- Microsoft: Won’t call you unless you call it. Microsoft has a team fighting tech-support fraud. Report Microsoft scams at: microsoft.com/reportascam
- Apple: Won’t make unsolicited calls. Apple offers several ways to contact the company to report phishing and suspicious messages at: support.apple.com/en-ca/HT204759
What steps do you take to make sure your identity is protected?
Flash’s Final Countdown Has Begun
In 2020, in collaboration with Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla, Adobe will retire the much maligned Flash Player. A large part of the problem, experts say, despite progress in hardening its attack surface, is that it’s not secure enough. Flash continues to be a massive attack target that needs to go, they said. Since 2005, it has amassed 1,033 unique CVE entries, above, more than Microsoft’s Windows XP or Internet Explorer, according to CVEDetails.com.
Read the full story on Adobe's gradual elimination of Flash!
100 funny things to ask Google Home and Google Assistant
Google has a great sense of humor. Our friends from TechAdvisor compiled a list of 100 phrases you can ask your Google Home/Assistant.
The best part is, the responses can be different each time you ask!
See my top 5 favorite responses and check out all 100!
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