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SAN FRANCISCO â A new strain of ransomware raced across 70 countries Friday, wreaking havoc at the National Health Service in the UK, hobbling one of Spainâs largest telecom companies, and shutting down Russiaâs Internal Affairs Ministry in an attack that cybersecurity experts say is only gaining in momentum. Ransomware is a type of malware […]
Image source: Apple Itâs been a rough week in Mac security. First, Checkpoint warned users of a Trojan spreading in Europe that was the first of its kind. And now, one of the most prominent video transcoding apps for Mac has a malware problem. Popular BitTorrent Client Transmission Gets Infected With Malware AgainPopular BitTorrent Client […]
Pokemon Go developer Niantic has revealed more about Legendary Pokemon ahead of the rumoured summer release date. Based on Pokemon Go director John Hanke’s latest comments, Legendary Pokemon are being treated with care, and will have limitations at Gyms. Hanke is also said to be excited about PvP battles, which suggests that a release date could be […]
Millions of mobile gamers have been tricked into downloading game guides laced with malware. Dubbed FalseGuide, was hidden in more than 40 apps in the Google Play Store disguised as guides for hugely-popular mobile games, including PokĂ©mon Go and FIFA Mobile. When smartphone players downloaded the fraudulent game guide to their Android phone â the […]
Enlarge / Is it “fresh malware”? Or is it something else repackaged? (credit: from an image by Sarah Shuda) Last November, a systems engineer at a large company was evaluating security software products when he discovered something suspicious. One of the vendors had provided a set of malware samples to testâ48 files in an archive stored […]
Enlarge / A sample e-mail from Dridex campaign exploiting Microsoft Word zero-day. (credit: Proofpoint) Booby-trapped documents exploiting a critical zeroday vulnerability in Microsoft Word have been sent to millions people around the world in a blitz aimed at installing Dridex, currently one of the most dangerous bank fraud threats on the Internet. As Ars reported […]
Undefined Fantastic Object In 2017, even malware is anime. Anyone affected by the new malware Rensenware, named after the anime-style game Touhou Seirensen (Undefined Fantastic Object), has to score over .2 billion on the gameâs âlunaticâ level or they wonât be able to access their computer files. Ransomeware is a malicious brand of malware that […]
The bug potentially puts every Windows antivirus program at risk, but also hints at more fundamental problems with relying on AV. The post The Clever ‘DoubleAgent’ Attack Turns Antivirus Into Malware appeared first on WIRED. WIRED
Photo: Getty Cyber Security firm Check Point has found malware on 38 Android devices from two separate corporate clients. That wouldnât be a huge surprise but what they found worthy of note was that the malware was preinstalled âsomewhere along the supply chain,â according to a blog post by the company. For True Cyber Security, […]
Enlarge (credit: portal gda) A commercial malware scanner used by businesses has recently detected an outbreak of malware that came preinstalled on more than three dozen Android devices. An assortment of malware was found on 38 Android devices belonging to two unidentified companies. This is according to a blog post published Friday by Check Point […]
