Rise of malicious apps leveraging UK brands
The number of malicious apps leveraging top UK brands has grown by 130% year on year. A new study examined mobile apps owned by or leveraging the brands of 45 top UK companies …
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Biometric skimmers: Future threats to ATMs
Kaspersky Lab experts investigated how cybercriminals could exploit new biometric ATM authentication technologies planned by banks. While many financial organizations consider …
Amex users hit with phishing email offering anti-phishing protection
American Express users are being actively targeted with phishing emails impersonating the company and advising users to create an “American Express Personal Safe …
Macro-based malware evolves to bypass traditional defenses
Macro-based malware is growing into full-featured malware capable of detecting and bypassing traditional security tools, Barkly researchers have discovered. Macro-based …
Consumers harassed by 30 million spam calls every day
Consumers are giving up twice as much sensitive data over the previous year, according to First Orion. Consumers are accosted by over 30 million spam calls to their mobile …
Google Chrome impersonator Trojan doing rounds
If you’re a Google Chrome user, and suddenly your browser looks a bit off and shows you pages that you would never visit ordinarily, you’ve probably been hit with …
Google Chrome users targeted by tech support scammers
Google Chrome users, beware: tech support scammers are misusing helpful browser features to impersonate Microsoft and to bombard users users with pop-ups. In the first …
New wave of targeted attacks focus on industrial organizations
Kaspersky Lab researchers discovered a new wave of targeted attacks against the industrial and engineering sectors in 30 countries around the world. Dubbed Operation Ghoul, …
1 in 3 Americans report financial losses due to being defrauded
With nearly half of Americans reporting they have been tricked or defrauded, citizens are concerned that the Internet is becoming less safe and want tougher federal and state …
Media-stealing Android app targets developers
Symantec researchers have unearthed another app on Google Play that secretly steals photos and videos from victims’ mobile devices. But the curious thing is that it’s …
