Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
Until today, Microsoft Windows users who’ve been unfortunate enough to have the personal files on their computer encrypted and held for ransom by a nasty strain of malware called CryptoLocker have been faced with a tough choice: Pay cybercrooks a ransom of a few hundred to several thousand dollars to ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2014
Researchers have detailed a rare form of Windows malware that maintains infection on machines and steals data without installing files.
The malware resides in the computer registry only and is therefore not easy to detect.
It code reaches machines through a malicious Microsoft Word document before creating a hidden encoded autostart registry ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2014
Security researchers have found a fundamental flaw that could affect billions of USB devices. This flaw is so serious that, now that it has been revealed, you probably shouldn’t plug a USB device into your computer ever again. There are no known effective defenses against this variety of USB attack, though ...
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014
Following an international takedown of Cryptolocker, new ransomware identified by Microsoft as Critroni.A has been gaining momentum since making a June appearance in underground marketplaces, according to a security researcher going by the name Kafeine.
The malware – which is marketed as CTB-Locker (Curve-Tor-Bitcoin Locker) and costs $3,000 per month – ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2014
The U.S. Secret Service is advising the hospitality industry to inspect computers made available to guests in hotel business centers, warning that crooks have been compromising hotel business center PCs with keystroke-logging malware in a bid to steal personal and financial data from guests.
A DHS/Secret Service advisory dated July 10, 2014. In a non-public ...
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