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Google Warning: Tens Of Millions Of Android Phones Come Preloaded With Dangerous Malware
Millions of shiny new Android smartphones are being purchased with dangerous malware factory-installed, according to Google's own security research team. There have been multiple headlines about the millions of harmful apps being installed from the Play Store, but this is something new. And the danger to unsuspecting users, trusting that new boxed devices are safe and clean, is that some of that preinstalled malware can download other malware in the background, commit ad fraud, or even take over its host device.
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Malware That Spits Cash Out of ATMs Has Spread Across the World
At 10am on a late November morning in Freiburg, Germany, a bank employee noticed something was wrong with a bank ATM. It had been hacked with a piece of malware called "Cutlet Maker" that is designed to make ATMs eject all of the money inside them, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the case.
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Discord Turned Into an Info-Stealing Backdoor by New Malware
A new malware is targeting Discord users by modifying the Windows Discord client so that it is transformed into a backdoor and an information-stealing Trojan.
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Wawa Data Breach Incident
Wawa has experienced a data security incident. Their information security team discovered malware on Wawa payment processing servers on December 10, 2019, and contained it by December 12, 2019. This malware affected customer payment card information used at potentially all Wawa locations beginning at different points in time after March 4, 2019 and until it was contained. At this time, we believe this malware no longer poses a risk to Wawa customers using payment cards at Wawa, and this malware never posed a risk to our ATM cash machines.
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Unpatched VPN makes Travelex latest victim of “REvil” ransomware
In April of 2019, Pulse Secure issued an urgent patch to a vulnerability in its popular corporate VPN software—a vulnerability that not only allowed remote attackers to gain access without a username or password but also to turn off multi-factor authentication and view logs, usernames, and passwords cached by the VPN server in plain text. Now, a cybercriminal group is using that vulnerability to target and infiltrate victims, steal data, and plant ransomware.
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How Routers Can Invite Nasty Malwares - Wireless Router Printer
As usage of internet service is increasing day by day,Similarly Viruses, Malwares and many other attacks are also increasing. Lets know How to avoid them.
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'Unkillable' Android malware gives hackers full remote access to your phone
Security experts are warning Android users about a particularly nasty strain of malware that's almost impossible to remove. Researcher Igor Golovin from Kaspersky has written a blog post explaining how the xHelper malware uses a system of nested programs, not unlike a Russian matryoshka doll, that makes it incredibly stubborn.
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Texas courts slammed by ransomware attack
Officials say they will not bow to any blackmail or ransom demands. According to a statement issued on Monday by the Office of Court Administration (OCA), later posted on Twitter, the attack took place overnight last Thursday and was discovered on Friday morning.
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New P2P botnet infects SSH servers all over the world
Researchers have found what they believe is a previously undiscovered botnet that uses unusually advanced measures to covertly target millions of servers around the world.
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Apple accidentally approved malware disguised as Flash, new report finds
The tech giant accidentally approved a trojan downloader as a safe macOS app.
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Hackers are targeting MacOS users with this updated malware
A newly discovered form of malware is targeting Apple MacOS users in a campaign which researchers say is tied to a nation-state backed hacking operation. The campaign has been detailed by cybersecurity analysts at Trend Micro who've linked it to OceanLotus – also known as APT32 – a hacking group which is thought to have links to the Vietnamese government.
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A Massive Fraud Operation Stole Millions From Online Bank Accounts
The crooks used emulators to mimic the phones of more than 16,000 customers whose mobile bank accounts had been compromised.
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New malware found on 30,000 Macs has security pros stumped
A previously undetected piece of malware found on almost 30,000 Macs worldwide is generating intrigue in security circles, which are still trying to understand precisely what it does and what purpose its self-destruct capability serves.
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Great. Now Even Your Headphones Can Spy on You
Israeli researchers show that even if you're paranoid enough to remove your computer's microphone, malware can convert your headphones into spy bugs.
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More Mac malware was detected last year than ever before
There has been a significant increase in the amount of malware targeting macOS devices over the past 12 months, new research has claimed. A report from Atlas VPN found that the development of macOS malware surged by 1,092% in 2020 as hackers increasingly targeting Apple's computing devices, including the all-new M1 Macs.
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New spyware on Android pretends to be a system update for your phone
Google's monthly patches help keep Android safe from malicious attacks (assuming your phone's manufacturer is willing to ship updates on time). So long as
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Apple cites 'significant' malware on Mac while defending iOS App Store in Fortnite trial
More than a decade ago, Apple ran an ad in which a guy known as "PC" sneezed repeatedly as he explained computer viruses to a confused fellow called "Mac." "You better stay back; this one's a doozy," said comedian John Hodgman, who plays PC in the ad. "Do not be a hero. Last year there were 114,000 known viruses for PCs."
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No, it doesn’t just crash Safari. Apple has yet to fix exploitable flaw
Apple has yet to patch a security bug found in iPhones and Macs despite the availability of a fix released almost three weeks ago, a researcher said. The vulnerability resides in WebKit, the browser engine that powers Safari and all browsers that run on iOS. When the vulnerability was fixed almost three weeks ago by open source developers outside of Apple, the fix's release notes said that the bug caused Safari to crash. A researcher from security firm Theori said the flaw is exploitable, and despite the availability of a fix, the bug is still present in iOS and macOS.
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Despite fix, Apple has yet to address WebKit security bug affecting iPhone and MacOS
While a fix emerged three weeks ago for the WebKit security bug affecting Apple products such as iPhone and Mac, Apple has yet to implement the fix. Researchers at the security firm Theori have found that WebKit mainly causes Safari to crash. However, following a re-check after the supplied fix, they discovered that the bug still remains on both iOS and MacOS.
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US charges Latvian for helping develop the Trickbot malware
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today that a Latvian national was charged for her alleged role as a malware developer in the Trickbot transnational cybercrime organization. Alla Witte (aka Max) was charged with 19 counts of a 47-count indictment after being arrested on February 6 in Miami, Florida.
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