Beware of Ebola-themed phishing, malware campaigns and hoaxes
US-CERT released an advisory warning users about email scams and cyber campaigns using the Ebola virus disease as a theme. “Phishing emails may contain links that direct …
EMEA threat landscape: APTs nearly doubled
Malware attacks – especially advanced targeted attacks – have nearly doubled in the EMEA region in the first half of 2014, say the results of the analysis of …
Cyber security coalition aims to change the game against malware
It’s good to see that “collaboration” is not just an empty word for the cyber security industry. Novetta Solutions announced it is leading a cyber security …
Malicious YouTube ads lead to exploits, ransomware
In the last few months, Trend Micro researchers have been following a malvertising campaign that ended up affecting almost exclusively US users at the beat of more than …
HP to revoke certificate that was used to signed malware
HP has announced to its customers that it will soon revoke a specific private digital certificate that they used to sign some software components that ship with some of its …
Backoff POS malware found at nearly 400 Dairy Queen locations
POS systems at nearly 400 franchises of the International Dairy Queen fast food chain have been infected with Backoff malware, the company has reported on Thursday. The …
Emma Watson leaked Facebook video delivers Trojans
A new scam is taking advantage of Emma Watson’s growing popularity and using the Harry Potter star as bait to spread malware on Facebook, warns antivirus solutions …
Aggressive Selfmite SMS worm variant goes global
The Selfmite Android SMS worm is back, and this new version is both more dangerous and more widespread that the initial one. AdaptiveMobile researchers, who discovered both …
Infected ATMs give away millions of dollars without credit cards
Kaspersky Lab performed a forensic investigation into cybercriminal attacks targeting multiple ATMs around the world. During the course of this investigation, researchers …
Every fifth Android user faces cyber attacks
A total of 1,000,000 Android device users around the world encountered dangerous software between August 2013 and July 2014, according to the results of a survey carried out …
Apple updates XProtect to kill iWorm botnet threat
Apple has released an update for its XProtect anti-malware system which makes it detect three different version of the iWorm OS backdoor malware discovered last week by AV …
Destructive Android Trojan poses as newest Angry Birds game
Android malware masquerading as a legitimate app or game being offered on online app stores is not a rare occurrence, but purposefully destructive malware that does not ask …
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