Tag: malware

19 JUL

The CIA’s cozy malware relationship with defense contractor revealed

Evidence of the CIA’s relationship with defense contractor Raytheon’s Blackbird Technologies for analyzing malware has been revealed in the latest WikiLeaks release. The new documents, released as part of WikiLeaks’ CIA hacking Vault7 series, show that Raytheon worked as a CIA contractor reporting to the spy agency’s Remote Development Branch’s UMBRAGE group. Raytheon reported to […]

19 JUL

Russian man who helped create notorious malware sentenced to 5 years

Mark Vartanyan, seen here in 2014. (credit: Mark Vartanyan / Instagram) A Russian man who helped create and spread the notorious Citadel malware back in 2011 was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison by a federal judge in Atlanta. According to the Associated Press, Mark Vartanyan will receive two years’ credit for time already […]

12 JUL

Android malware ALERT – Why you need to upgrade to 7.1 Nougat right now

Google has brought with Android 7.1 Nougat a great new feature that will protect users from the threat of malware hidden away in one of their apps. The latest version of Android contains a secret ‘panic mode’ that kicks in if malicious software tries to lock a user’s screen. The feature, called “panic detection”, looks […]

28 JUN

Microsoft’s next big Windows update will use AI to fight malware

Windows Fall Creators Update will come with a hefty serving of security upgrades, made timely by the increasingly rampant cyberattacks targeting the platform these days. In a blog post, Microsoft has revealed how the upcoming major update will level up Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection, a Win 10 enterprise service that flags early signs of […]

23 JUN

Check Point says Fireball malware hit 250 million; Microsoft says no

Enlarge (credit: Corinne Kuhlmann) Microsoft sparked a curious squabble over malware discovery and infection rates. At the start of the month security firm Check Point reported on a browser hijacker and malware downloader called Fireball. The firm claimed that it had recently discovered the Chinese malware, and that it had infected some 250 million systems. Today, […]

23 JUN

Here’s how malware gets inside your phone’s apps

Thomson Reuters Malicious software on popular mobile platforms such as iOS and Android is at best a nuisance and at worst a security threat to individuals and businesses. Known as malware, some perpetrators use it to infect apps and get inside your smartphone. Why do they do it? Money, mostly. The recent Judy malware, for […]

07 JUN

Russian malware link hid in a comment on Britney Spears’ Instagram

Instagram is on its way to hitting a billion users this year and with that kind of popularity comes a lot of traffic. But lurking among all of many, many harmless comments that get posted each day, there’s also the occasional post instructing Russian malware how to get in touch with its controllers. Because of […]

29 MAY

Android WARNING: Millions of smartphones infected by malware – are you affected?

Android owners have been alerted over fears 36.5million devices may have been infected by malware from apps on the Google Play store. The Judy malware campaign produced fake advertising clicks in order to generate revenues for those behind it, according to the security firm Check Point. Experts fear some 41 malicious apps which were downloaded […]

28 MAY

Chipotle finds malware exposed credit card info across the US

Hackers stole credit card information from customers at Chipotle restaurants across the United States between March 24th and April 18th, the company announced today. Chipotle revealed in April that it had been the victim of an attack, and today it shared details about the type of information stolen from customers, which covered “cardholder name in […]