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Defcon : The History and evolution of malware
How malware got started... and evolved.
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Malware hits millions of Android phones
Up to 10 million Android smartphones have been infected by malware that generates fake clicks for adverts, say security researchers. The software is also surreptitiously installing apps and spying on the browsing habits of victims. The malware is currently making about $300,000 (£232,000) a month for its creators, suggests research. The majority of phones that have been compromised by the malicious software are in China.
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The FBI Says Its Malware Isn’t Malware Because the FBI Is Good
The FBI is facing accusations that malware it deployed while running Operation Playpen, a sting that infiltrated and maintained a dark web child pornography website for two weeks and eventually led to more than 100 arrests, was illegal. But the agency swears that using malware was good because, well, the FBI had good intentions. Some judges have actually ruled to throw out evidence obtained by the malware the FBI used on the basis that it did not have the proper warrants.
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Tech Support Scam allows Developers to Remotely Execute Commands
A new tech support scam Trojan is actively being distributed that allows the malware developers to remotely execute commands on an infected computer.
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Spotify has been sending computer viruses to listeners
Spotify has been found to be serving malware to listeners who use the free version of its service, with its adverts directing PC users to virus-riddled websites. Users of the music streaming software reported that the program would continually open their default web browser to load websites infested with malware. The issue affected users of Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems, leading to complaints on the Spotify Community website and Twitter. The malware websites, some of which attempt to install viruses automatically without the user clicking anything, appear to have nothing to do with the advert in question.
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Webcams used to attack Reddit and Twitter recalled
Home webcams that were hijacked to help knock popular websites offline last week are being recalled in the US.
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I Tracked Myself With $170 Smartphone Spyware that Anyone Can Buy
For a relatively small fee, you can snoop on someone’s messages, call logs, photos, and location from across the planet. In a rundown and noisy Berlin bar, a friend and I were having a private conversation. But nearly 4,000 miles away, someone was listening from their New York apartment.
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Is Signature Based Malware Detection Dead? | Digital Forensics | Computer Forensics | Blog
Everything is moving and the safety comes to the fore. In 2016, many organizations have been subjected to cyber-attacks. Some companies did not find violations of their network of active pulsating with the threat of actors who have created a springboard for future attacks.
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WannaCry ransomware: Researcher halts its spread by registering domain for $10.69
Last year the Internet was taken down by cyber criminals through a massive Distributed Denial of Service Attack (DDoS) attack using the infamous Mirai malware. But last Friday afternoon, almost 99 countries including Russia, UK, USA and Australia became victims of a worldwide mass cyber-attack that has been reported to have caused major disruptions to systems that were being used by hospitals, companies, and other institutions.
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You’ll never guess where Russian spies are hiding their control servers
Turla uses social media and clever programming techniques to cover its tracks. By Dan Goodin.
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Malware Uses Obscure Intel CPU Feature to Steal Data and Avoid Firewalls
Microsoft's security team has come across a malware family that uses Intel's Active Management Technology (AMT) Serial-over-LAN (SOL) interface as a file transfer tool. Because of the way the Intel AMT SOL technology works, SOL traffic bypasses the local computer's networking stack, so local firewalls or security products won't be able to detect or block the malware while it's exfiltrating data from infected hosts.
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Global ransomware attack causes turmoil
Banks, retailers, energy firms and Kiev airport say they have been targeted by malware attacks.
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Mysterious Mac Malware Has Infected Victims for Years
The mystery of a Mac malware called “FruitFly.”
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Bug in top smartphones could lead to unstoppable malware, researcher says
A recently patched bug found in the chips used to provide wifi in iPhones, Samsung Galaxies and Google Nexus devices could be used to build malware which jumps unstoppably from device to device, according to Nitay Artenstein, the researcher who discovered the flaw.
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Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
Marcus Hutchins, AKA MalwareTech, previously registered a specific domain included in the ransomware’s code, which stopped the malware from spreading.
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711 million email addresses ensnared in "largest" malware spambot
A huge spambot ensnaring 711 million email accounts has been uncovered. A Paris-based security researcher, who goes by the pseudonymous handle Benkow, discovered an open and accessible web server hosted in the Netherlands, which stores dozens of text files containing a huge batch of email addresses, passwords, and email servers used to send spam.
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CCleaner malware outbreak is much worse than it first appeared
Microsoft, Cisco, and VMWare among those infected with additional mystery payload.
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Canada's 'super secret spy agency' is releasing a malware-fighting tool to the public
Canada's electronic spy agency says it is taking the "unprecedented step" of releasing one of its own cyber defence tools to the public, in a bid to help companies and organizations better defend their computers and networks against malicious threats.
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Malware in firmware can be as equally creative as it can be destructive
Malware in firmware can be both creative and destructive and runs before the OS loads and target components in order to modify or subvert their behavior. By Cassius Puodzius.
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HP Quietly Installs System-Slowing Spyware On Its PCs, Users Say
It hasn't been long since Lenovo settled a massive $3.5 million fine for preinstalling adware on laptops without users' consent, and it appears HP is on to the same route already. According to numerous reports gathered by news outlet Computer World, the brand is deploying a telemetry client on customer computers without asking permission. The software, called "HP Touchpoint Analytics Service", appears to replace the self-managed HP Touchpoint Manager solution. To make matter worse, the suite seems to be slowing down PCs, users say.
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