Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
Following a downward trend during the past two years, the number of new rootkit samples rose in the first quarter of this year to a level not seen since 2011, according to statistics from security vendor McAfee.
The sudden spike in rootkit infections during the first three months of the year ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2014
Android has a well-earned reputation for malware issues, despite Google’s efforts to keep its Play Store free of rogue apps. But there are many dark corners of Android where malware continues to thrive, particularly on independent app stores that do little or nothing to keep such apps at bay.
Security advisors ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2014
A new malware campaign spreading the Zeus trojan via phishing messages was discovered by researchers early Wednesday.
AppRiver, an email messaging and web security solutions firm, told SCMagazine.com on Wednesday that it had quarantined 400,000 messages so far – a number that had jumped up from 40,000 just earlier in the ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2014
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Simplocker is a new Android virus that encrypts photos, videos, and documents stored on smartphones and tablets, and then demands payment to decrypt them.
“Simplocker blocks access to files stored on mobile ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2014
Security researchers said they've spotted a new type of banking malware that rivals the capabilities of the infamous Zeus malware.
The malware, which is being called "Dyreza" or "Dyre," uses a man-in-the-middle attack that lets the hackers intercept unencrypted web traffic while users mistakenly think they have a secure connection with ...
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