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Mobile network infections increase by 67%

Kindsight released a new report that reveals security threats to home and mobile networks, including a small decline in home network infections and an increase in mobile …

Phishing campaigns run rampant on social networks

In January, GFI threat researchers identified a number of social network-based cybercrime attacks, including phishing messages on Twitter and Facebook, as well as malicious …

11 arrested in takedown of prolific ransomware gang

The Spanish Police, working closely with the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol, have dismantled the largest and most complex cybercrime network dedicated to …

Hackers pollute legitimate JavaScript code to spread malware

Most hackers have stopped creating malicious sites long ago and have reverted to hacking legitimate ones and booby-trapping them with exploit kits, malware or malicious …

Global malicious websites increase by 600%

Year-over-year, the number of malicious web-based attacks increased by nearly 600 percent, according to Websense Security Labs. These attacks were staged predominantly on …

Highlights from 450 global data breach investigations

Trustwave released details form a report that highlights details and trends from 450 global data breach investigations, 2,500 penetration tests, nine million Web application …

Malware authors revert to phishing approach to trick bank defenses

Banking malware that performs Man-in-The-Browser tricks such as injecting legitimate banking sites with additional forms, hijacking the authenticated session to add a new …

Citi Group customers targeted with malware-laden alerts

A malware-spreading spam campaign targeting Citi Group customers is underway, so if you are one, be on the lookout for an email alerting you to the receipt of a “secure …

Dorkbot worm lurks on Skype and MSN Messenger again

The Dorkbot/Rodpicom worm, which spreads via messaging applications and leads to additional malware infections, is currently doing rounds on Skype and MSN Messenger, warns …

Bogus cleaning apps on Google Play install backdoor on PCs

Malicious Android apps able to infect and set up a backdoor on PCs running pre-Windows 7 operating systems have been recently spotted by researchers of several security …

Children turning into malicious code developers

In a world filled with laptops, tablets and smartphones, today’s children become digitally fluent far earlier than previous generations. Now, AVG has found evidence that …

Whitehole exploit kit in the spotlight

The effectiveness of exploit kits has made them malware peddlers’ preferred way of distributing their malicious wares. The Blackhole exploit kit is, by far, the most …

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