Hundreds of page of UK’s National Health Service (NHS) website were known to redirect users to malware infested website it has been revealed. First noticed and reported by Reddit user Muzzers, over…
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Google says Chrome hijacking is No. 1 complaint; offers reset browser settings option
Browser settings hijackers are nothing new and even Chrome is affected by these nasty and unwanted programs. Google now makes it easier for you to bring back Chrome to its factory default state.
FileZilla: Recent malware-laden FTP client threat is one of the largest till date
Increased instances of tainted malware laden version of FileZilla FTP client have been noticed by security company Avast – the threat which FileZilla isn’t new, but is definitely one of the largest…
Viewpoint: The mobile malware epidemic 10 years after Cabir infected Nokia Series 60
2014 marks the 10th birthday of mobile malware, when in 2004, Cabir infected Nokia Series 60. Cellebrite VP R&D, David Heled advises on the consequences of mobile malware today and how it can be identified, before it’s too late
WhatsApp for PC is a banking Trojan in disguise
A spam email campaign claiming to provide WhatsApp for PC download is circulating on the web and according to security experts it spreads banking Trojan with low detection rate. WhatsApp, the messaging…
Cisco: 99% of all mobile malware in 2013 targeted Android
Android malware days are far away from over as Cisco claims in its 2014 latest Annual Security Report that 99 percent of all mobile malware targeted Android devices last year. Android malware…
Amazon hosts 16% of global malware as cyber-criminals go cloud hunting
Amazon Web Services is a popular choice among cyber-criminals for hosting their warez – a whopping 16 percent of global malware – security company Solutionary claims through its Quarterly Threat Intelligence Report…
Yahoo’s malware laden ads turned millions of PCs into Bitcoin mining machines
Recent malware laden ads that showed up on Yahoo websites wasn’t just infecting vulnerable systems with Trojans, they were also dropping Bitcoin mining software onto victim systems in a bid to create…
New Cryptolocker variant that spreads through USB drives discovered
Cryptolocker has gained a new capability – ability to spread over USB drives – thereby increasing its attack surface and adding to the worries of security researcher and security companies. According to…
Yahoo reportedly serving malicious advertisements
Users visiting yahoo.com are being reportedly served with malicious advertisements, which when clicked upon and were redirected to an exploit kit via HTTP redirect. Security firm FOX IT revealed yesterday that they came…
Crooks infect ATMs with malware using USB, steal cash [Updated]
Update The video titled ‘Electronic Bank Robberies’ that talks about the malware: Original Story Criminals managed to infect ATMs with malware by using USB drives, researchers have revealed while speaking at the…
SMS stealing Android botnet discovered
Security researchers have found a new and advanced malware, MisoSMS, which is being used to recruit Android zombies into a large SMS-stealing botnet going by the same name. Folks over at FireEye…
Iranian news agency: $1m Stuxnet 2 in the making
FARS news agency has claimed in its latest report that Saudi Arabian and Israeli spy agencies are working on a new and more powerful version of Stuxnet to sabotage Iranian program. The…
US police department gives in on Cryptolocker ransom demand; shells out £470
Swansea Massachusetts police department, in a bid to get back all the data locked away by the Cryptolocker, shelled out $750 to buy two bitcoins and pay the ransom demand by criminals….
Google Chrome gets Reset button; automatic malware blocking capabilities
Google Chrome now comes with a ‘rest browser settings’ button enabling users and administrators of large computer networks to reinstate the browser to a ‘factory-fresh’ state in case of suspicion of browser…