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A Linux Trojan that emerged more than a year ago is once again actively targeting routers in an attempt to install backdoors on them.
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Wildfire, a recently observed piece of ransomware targeting mainly users in Belgium and the Netherlands, has generated roughly $80,000 in payments for its operators in just a month, Intel Security and Kaspersky Lab researchers reveal.
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Researchers with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have demonstrated a new method of successfully bypassing modern face authentication systems.
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Cybercriminals have discovered a new method of hiding their nefarious activity on compromised machines, by using virtual machines (VMs), SecureWorks researchers warn.
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A new ransomware family was recently observed being distributed under two different variants, including one that takes screenshots of a victims’ computer and sends them to the operator’s servers.
Continue reading DetoxCrypto Ransomware Sends Screenshots to Operators
A newly observed Linux Trojan is capable of self-spreading through infected websites and can recruit the infected machines into a peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet, Doctor Web researchers warn.
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Security researchers at IOActive have discovered multiple security vulnerabilities in the BHU Wi-Fi “uRouter,” a device that is manufactured and sold in China.
Continue reading BHU Wi-Fi Router Inundated With Security Holes: Researchers
Gozi, one of the oldest banking Trojans out there, is using highly elaborated webinjects along with behavioral biometrics for fraud protection bypass in new campaigns targeting global brands, buguroo researchers warn.
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Since mid-2015, Twitter has suspended 360,000 accounts for violating its policies related to promotion of terrorism, of which 235,000 accounts were suspended in the past six months.
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With Brazil currently hosting the 2016 Olympics, cybercriminals appear determined to profit from this major sporting event as much as possible, such as using banking Trojans that abuse PowerShell, Kaspersky Lab researchers reveal.
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