April 09, 2024

What is ethical scareware?

Scareware is a deceptive form of software that manipulates users by capitalizing on fear and misinformation

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Ethical scareware diverges from its malicious counterpart through its intent and execution. While malicious scareware aims to deceive for financial gain or malicious activities, ethical scareware is deployed to educate and raise awareness about cybersecurity threats. 

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News roundup Mon, April 8, 2024

Stories, news, politics and events impacting the network industry during the last week.

1. New JSOutProx malware zeroes in on financial organizations
2. Oil and gas companies targeted with updated data stealer
3. Breach of SurveyLama exposes data of 4.4 million
4. Threat actor allegedly stole classified data from US government
5. Government blames “cascade of security failures at Microsoft” for breaches
6. LayerSlider WordPress plugin has critical security bug
7. Google to purge billions of data records from users while in Incognito Mode
8. 250 Indian citizens rescued from Cambodian cybercrime gang
9. MacOS users targeted with malicious ads spreading stealer malware
10. New Vultur Android malware variant poses as McAfee Security app

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