TechSpot

MAY 8, 2023

Hackers could use the keys to sign malware under the guise of official MSI firmware. Read Entire Article Security researchers have confirmed that private keys for MSI products and Intel Boot Guard are loose in the wild. Intel Boot Guard is a critical security check for when computers first start up, and the.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

A sophisticated new strain of Android malware has emerged from Korea. McAfee Labs researcher SangRyol Ryu came across the malware after tracing data stolen by malicious apps to rogue servers and gaining access. Read Entire Article It targets cryptocurrency wallets by exploiting users' mnemonic keys.

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Network World

MARCH 17, 2017

In both cases attackers managed to infiltrate the Ask.com updater infrastructure to the point that they used legitimate Ask signing certificates to authenticate malware that was masquerading as software updates. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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CTOvision

JANUARY 22, 2014

As always these articles represent my opinions and research; I will attempt to tie some of the different threads that have emerged related to the data breach that occurred in late 2013. In thread two, we are introduced to the potential culprit: Kaptoxa which is a purpose built form of malware for targeting POS systems.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

It’s no longer enough to share and compare yesterday’s malware samples. Related articles. Analysis Big Data CTO Cyber Security Cyber Threats DoD and IC Computer security Cyber Threat Fortinet FTNT Intel Malware McAfee Palo Alto Networks PANW Symantec SYMC' CyberIQ Launches Cyber Threat Analytics 2.0 ctovision.com).

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TechSpot

APRIL 17, 2023

However, the developers who used Goldoson didn't realize that they were adding a malicious malware component to their programs. Read Entire Article McAfee's mobile research team discovered a third-party software library it named Goldoson, which collects sensitive information and performs ad fraud.

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Check Point Research recently discovered and analyzed a new worm with USB spreading capabilities, a seemingly "simpler" malware created by Gamaredon, a well-known group working with the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).

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TechSpot

AUGUST 1, 2024

The Mandrake malware family was initially discovered by Bitdefender in 2020. Read Entire Article The Romanian cybersecurity company detected the threat in two major infection waves, first in fake apps available for download on Google Play in 2016-2017 and again in 2018-2020.

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TechSpot

JUNE 24, 2024

Google said last week that in 2024, less than 1% of all installs from the Chrome Web Store, which now contains more than 250,000 extensions, were found to include malware. Read Entire Article The company added that while it was proud of its security record, some bad extensions still get through, which is.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The malware embeds itself within the system storage area, allowing it to download and install third-party software remotely when commanded by an attacker. The origin of the malware is currently unknown, but researchers suspect it may result from a prior compromise that exploits operating system vulnerabilities to gain root privileges.

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Network World

APRIL 7, 2017

A cycle of increasing new malware is well underway and could last the rest of this year if a trend established over the past two years continues. Defenders enjoyed a nine-month dip in malware innovation last year, but that’s over with, according to a cycle identified by McAfee Labs.

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TechSpot

APRIL 26, 2023

The Gootloader malware originated from the Gootkit banking trojan, which has been active against European targets since 2010. The malicious operation allows third-party criminals to put their malware (especially ransomware) into a compromised network. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

APRIL 5, 2023

Alarmingly, the malware even evaded detection from all vendors on VirusTotal. Read Entire Article A cybersecurity researcher claims to have used ChatGPT to develop a zero-day exploit that can steal data from a compromised device.

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TechSpot

MAY 12, 2023

Last month, we learned that malware had been discovered in 60 Android apps with over 100 million downloads – another black eye for the mobile operating system that has an estimated three billion active users worldwide. Read Entire Article

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Network World

MAY 9, 2017

Over 100,000 internet-connected cameras may be falling prey to a new IoT malware that’s spreading through recently disclosed vulnerabilities in the products. The malware, called Persirai, has been found infecting Chinese-made wireless cameras since last month, security firm Trend Micro said on Tuesday.

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Gizmodo

JANUARY 8, 2022

Using friendly-looking USB sticks as a vector for malware distribution is a trick as old as the internet itself and, apparently, it’s still quite popular with the criminals. Read more.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

A court-authorized FBI operation has taken down a network of hundreds of Ubiquiti Edge OS routers worldwide infected by a known malware called Mooboot. The malware worked as a botnet and was controlled by state-backed agents with the help of a Russian hacking group known by various names, including Fancy. Read Entire Article

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Network World

APRIL 17, 2017

Mirai -- a notorious malware that's been enslaving IoT devices -- has competition. Security researchers have dubbed the rival IoT malware Hajime, and since it was discovered more than six months ago, it's been spreading unabated and creating a botnet.

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TechSpot

MARCH 27, 2024

Researchers at the Black Lotus Labs discovered a new malicious campaign involving an updated version of "TheMoon," a malware family first identified ten years ago. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

MAY 4, 2023

Facebook parent Meta published its latest threat research and technical analysis into persistent malware campaigns this week. Read Entire Article

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Network World

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Cloud repositories are actively supplying malware, according to computer experts. It’s “challenging to find,” Georgia Tech writes in an article on its website. The problem being that the resulting malware is quick to “assemble from stored components that individually may not appear to be malicious.”

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Backdoor.Frebniis, or simply Frebniis, is a stealthy new malware discovered by Symantec researchers that leverages a vulnerability in IIS to put a backdoor into Windows web servers. Read Entire Article Unknown cyber-criminals have actively exploited targets in Taiwan. To infect a system, hackers first need access to an IIS server.

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Additionally, the malware lets the criminals use. Read Entire Article

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Network World

MARCH 24, 2017

What’s the best way to avoid Android malware? Security researchers do find new Android malware lurking on Google’s official app store. To be sure, most Android users will probably never encounter malware on the Google Play store. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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TechSpot

APRIL 27, 2023

In the past 12 months alone, the malware infected approximately 670,000 computers, as the cyber-criminals behind it targeted users of. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A global enforcement action known as "Operation Magnus" took down RedLine and Meta, two lines of infostealer malware that scammed millions of victims worldwide. An international coalition of agencies from the Netherlands, US, Belgium, Portugal, United Kingdom, and Australia called "Eurojust" took down the two malware rings.

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TechSpot

MARCH 14, 2023

CloudSEK, a contextual AI company that predicts cyberthreats, writes that since November 2022, there has been a 200-300% month-on-month increase in YouTube videos containing links to stealer malware, including Vidar, RedLine, and Raccoon. Read Entire Article

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CTOvision

JULY 3, 2019

Despite best efforts to protect the organization’s health information, a hacker has breached the walls and now client files are encrypted, ransom demands have been made to restore health records and more malware may have been placed on the network. An article from […].

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The Verge

JULY 12, 2021

Microsoft says it’s gone door-to-door replacing routers compromised with the Trickbot malware in Brazil and Latin America, hoping to squash an international hacking group. The Daily Beast reported the detail in an article about the group, which is an ongoing target for US Cyber Command as well as information security companies like Microsoft.

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Some third-party software companies behave like true malware sellers, packing their products with really questionable functionality and hidden payloads. Read Entire Article When Microsoft shows the same behavior, however, Windows users tend to react swiftly and in an extremely negative way.

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CTOvision

JULY 24, 2019

Read Danny Palmer’s article on why ransomware affects cities and why it will continue to be so on ZDNet : Ransomware once seemed to be on the decline, but it’s now gained a new lease of life — and additional notoriety — after crooks identified a lucrative new set of targets for their file-encrypting malware.

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Network World

MAY 9, 2017

Microsoft has released an update for the malware scanning engine bundled with most of its Windows security products in order to fix a highly critical vulnerability that could allow attackers to hack computers. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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TechSpot

APRIL 6, 2023

The eFile.com online platform recently got caught in this tax-related cybercrime resurgence, becoming a (likely) unaware spreader of malicious JavaScript files and malware. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Google Cybersecurity Action Team (GCAT) notes in this month's Threat Horizons report that Google Play continues to have a known malware problem. Malicious app developers have been using "versioning" to upload malware to seemingly innocuous apps. Read Entire Article

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Computerworld Vertical IT

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Microsoft provides Windows users with two tools that offer malware scanning and repair services, should those scans turn up anything in need of fixing. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story) One is named MSRT; the other runs an executable called MSERT.

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TechSpot

JANUARY 31, 2024

Security analytics firm Mandiant recently uncovered a "never-before-seen" attack chain that used Base 64 encoding on at least two different websites to deliver the second-stage payload of a three-stage malware. Read Entire Article The two sites were tech publication Ars Technica and video hosting site Vimeo.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The use of Microsoft OneNote pages to disseminate malware to unwary users is increasing according to security experts. The researchers at Proofpoint claim they found six campaigns in December 2022 that used OneNote to distribute the AsyncRAT malware in a thorough study. Read Entire Article

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