Barracuda Warns of CypherLoc Scareware Targeting Millions
Millions of users are under attack by the CypherLoc scareware, with Barracuda researchers tracking around 2.8 million attacks since January 2026 alone. This staggering number reveals a coordinated and widespread campaign that's putting tens of millions of people at risk.
#Cypherloc #Scareware #Phishing #EmergingThreats #MalwareOperations
TIL that in 2001, my old tripod.com site was hacked.
I was looking up my old site, because I was trying to remember an old #freeware #DOS game that I used to play that never got past the demo stage.
And after I looked up my site on the #WaybackMachine, this popup came up. And while I wasn't above putting joke popups, this is not my style at all. I took my site very seriously!
I must have had a third party hit counter or something that was compromised. The 2004 capture doesn't seem to show it and I later migrated to my uncle's domain (when he complained about my site trying to install a dialer on his computer), before abandoning the site completely after a few years. Man, it took me 25 years to find out my website had been hacked. Nooooooooo! I still have the html files I think, so I'll look up my code.
these #scareware articles are PATHETIC π‘π
they all follow the same plot... leap straight into scare scare scare, death & destruction
don't bother explaining the only actually important bit, viz, what is the actual attack vector!
or, as in this case, mention it only in a link that many peeps will not bother following, given it appears to be only for a tangential matter
turns out, as usual, the vector is morons clicking links in unsolicited emails
jfc humans are stupid ππ€¦ββοΈ
O que Γ© scareware? Saiba como funciona esse tipo de golpe cibernΓ©tico
How many ways can a fraudster find to scam people online? You will be surprised at the creativity and variety of scams perpetrated across the Internet. Here's a list of the most common types.
#onlineScams #cybercrime #scams #scareWare #arbitrage #greyMarkets #pyramidScams #PonziSchemes #domainNameScams #deceptiveAds
https://negativepid.blog/computer-enabled-crimes-virtual-scams/
https://negativepid.blog/computer-enabled-crimes-virtual-scams/
How many ways can a fraudster find to scam people online? You will be surprised at the creativity and variety of scams perpetrated across the Internet. Here's a list of the most common types.
#onlineScams #cybercrime #scams #scareWare #arbitrage #greyMarkets #pyramidScams #PonziSchemes #domainNameScams #deceptiveAds
https://negativepid.blog/computer-enabled-crimes-virtual-scams/
https://negativepid.blog/computer-enabled-crimes-virtual-scams/
Update: Die #OpenBugBounty #Scam-Mails machen immer noch die Runde:
--> https://cool-web.de/blog/email-openbugbounty-sicherheitsluecke-oder-spam-scam.htm
#Spam #Scam #Scareware #ITSecurity #ITSicherheit #Awareness #Email #Antiscam #Antispam
How many ways can a fraudster find to scam people online? You will be surprised at the creativity and variety of scams perpetrated across the Internet. Here's a list of the most common types.
#onlineScams #cybercrime #scams #scareWare #arbitrage #greyMarkets #pyramidScams #PonziSchemes #domainNameScams #deceptiveAds
https://negativepid.blog/computer-enabled-crimes-virtual-scams/
https://negativepid.blog/computer-enabled-crimes-virtual-scams/
How many ways can a fraudster find to scam people online? You will be surprised at the creativity and variety of scams perpetrated across the Internet. Here's a list of the most common types.
#onlineScams #cybercrime #scams #scareWare #arbitrage #greyMarkets #pyramidScams #PonziSchemes #domainNameScams #deceptiveAds
https://negativepid.blog/computer-enabled-crimes-virtual-scams/
https://negativepid.blog/computer-enabled-crimes-virtual-scams/
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