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An Android banking trojan pops-up fake login forms in front of legitimate banking apps in order to steal credentials.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Anti-virus away! Android banking trojan blocks security apps to evade detection
The Dark Overlord hacking gang claims to have made off with 500 GB of Gorilla Glue’s data including R&D materials and access to personal email accounts of staff.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Gorilla Glue finds itself in sticky situation after hackers steal data
A new Android banking trojan can stay connected with its command & control servers, even after infected devices have gone dormant.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Android banking malware remains active when infected devices sleep to save power
An attacker can abuse a vulnerability to launch a shell with root privileges on most Linux machines… just by holding down the ‘Enter’ key for 70 seconds.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Holding down the Enter key can smash through Linux’s defenses
The Karma ransomware has been spread disguised as free software downloads in its mission of encrypting the data of unsuspecting users.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Bad karma! Ransomware piggybacks on free software downloads
The Android.MulDrop.924 trojan likes to disguise itself as games and other apps on Google Play Store and other app marketplaces.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading More than a million Android users have downloaded this trojan on Google Play
Vulnerability researchers broke the Google Pixel, Apple’s Safari browser, and the Microsoft Edge browser running on Windows 10 at PwnFest 2016.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Google Pixel, Safari, and Microsoft Edge all pwned at PwnFest 2016
The notorious Pawn Storm group exploited a Microsoft zero-day vulnerability in a number of spear-phishing campaigns before the tech giant had a chance to release a patch.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Pawn Storm used Microsoft zero-day in spear-phishing attacks before patch
Fake pharmaceutical web services are always looking for new methods to trick unsuspecting users. And now they’re displaying marketing messages when users try to close their browser tab.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Fake pharmacy sites gets crafty with modified goodbye messages
A security hole allows attackers to crash Android phones and force them to soft-reboot.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Update now! Bug means large PAC files can crash Android phones