Credit to Author: Kaspersky Team| Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:33:34 +0000
Kaspersky researchers found malware in CamScanner, a text recognition app that was downloaded more than 100 million times from Google Play.
Read moreCredit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 13:00:00 +0000
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| Trojans such as Emotet and TrickBot were the top threat for the education sector in the 2018–2019 school year. What threats will the new school year bring? Categories: Tags: cyberthreatseducation cybersecurityemotetransomwareryukRyuk ransomwaretrickbotTrojans |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sergey Golubev| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:45:20 +0000
We explain how malware steals passwords and other valuable data stored in the browser — and how to protect yourself.
Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 14:54:00 +0000
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| We found a new Trojan that uses aggressive techniques, including blocking access to security sites, to deliver an adware bundler. Read up on what Extenbro can do and how to get this pest off your system. Categories: Tags: adwarebundlerbundlewarednsDNS serversDNS-changerExtenbromalware removalRoot certificatescheduled taskstrojanTrojans |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 18:36:14 +0000
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| Push notifications are being added to the arsenal of PUPs, adware, and even a Trojan browser extension that spams Facebook groups. Categories: Tags: adwarebrowser extensionsextensionsfacebookFacebook spammerfbspammernotificationspluginpluginsPUPPUPspush notificationssearch hijackerstrojanTrojans |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:00:00 +0000
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| Black hat hackers are after patient healthcare data, and such breaches will only intensify. Which forms of malware are behind the attacks? We take a look at the advanced threats targeting a sector struggling to keep up. Categories: Tags: 2019 data security incident response reportdecatur county general hospital breachEternalBluefiless malwarehealthcarehealthcare cybersecurityhealthcare malwarehealthcare securityHIPAARansom.WannaCryptransomwareriskwareriskware.mictrayriskware.tool.hckrootkit.fileless.mtgenspywarespyware.agentspyware.emotetspyware.trickbottrickbottrojan.bitcoinminertrojan.emotettrojan.fakemsTrojan.TrickBotTrojansWannaCryworm.pariteworm.qakbotworms |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 07:01:32 +0000
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| The Labs team discovered that businesses are being targeted with 235 percent more threats than the previous year. Download the report and find out which threats are revving up, and which are dying out. Categories: Tags: adwarebusiness threatscryptominingemotetmalwareransomwarethreatsTrojansTroldeshTroldesh ransomware |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Marvin the Robot| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 16:01:02 +0000
Malware is often distributed in files disguised as episodes of popular TV series. We talk about the most dangerous TV series and how to spot the threat.
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