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A new malicious attack has been detected, distributing a form of very dangerous malware which researchers dubbed Tonedeaf. The Tonedeaf malware is in fact a sophisticated backdoor which communicates with a specific command and control server via HTTP GET and…
A brand new cybersecurity report points that “in 2018, global malware volume hit a record-breaking 10.52 billion attacks, the most ever recorded by SonicWall Capture Labs threat researchers”. Of all these attacks, scanning of non-standard ports and the deployment of…
Security researchers came across a malicious campaign that is using quite convincing, fake Google domains to trick website visitors into trusting the pages to perform online transactions. More specifically, the campaign was reported by Sucuri researchers who were contacted by…
DllKit PRO is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) of the system optimizer type, which generates false positives in its attempt to persuade users to buy the full version of the software. This is a well-known approach used by scammers and…
Another day, another scam. Fraudsters have established a new way to exploit users, in a very tricky and well-thought scam involving Craigslist and Google Voice. Google Voice Craigslist Scam: How Does It Happen? The scam was recently reported by ABC11…
News-page.net is a suspicious domain and website, which is associated with the display of push notifications and intrusive pop-up ads. The website is not secure but it features the logo of CNN to trick users into believing it is a…
A new malicious attack against Jira and Exim servers has been launched. The purpose of the attack is to infect the targeted servers with the so-called Watchbog Linux Trojan. Infected hosts become part of a botnet which is mining for…
Fake versions of the currently popular FaceApp are delivering the MobiDash adware, report cybersecurity researchers. The number of affected users seeing unwanted and intrusive ads has been increasing in the last 48 hours. Fake FaceApp Campaign Delivers MobiDash Adware According…
Rumor has it that Apple may be closing on a big deal to acquire Intel’s 5G modem business for $1 billion. Apple initially had discussions with Qualcomm but the negotiations didn’t get anywhere, and now the company appears to be…
Are you seeing Victoriamilan.co.uk pop-ups in your browser? If yes, you may have installed a potentially unwanted program with adware capabilities. Or you may have visited a suspicious website where you clicked on a link or an ad. This may…
A malicious app that advertised itself as an unofficial version of Telegram was downloaded more than 100,000 times, reported Symantec security researchers. The app is called MobonoGram 2019, and it claimed to provide more features than the official and other…
Have you heard of media file jacking attacks? This is the type of attack where malicious actors become capable of manipulating media files. Unfortunately, the media file jacking attack is not hypothetical. Symantec’s Modern OS Security team just reported that…
It’s not only the winter holidays season – it’s also the scamming season! Besides being buried by ransomware cases, unprotected users are also tricked by the multiple online scams, mostly associated with well-known shopping websites such as AliBaba and Amazon.…
Update July 2019! What is Firefox Redirect “Virus”? What does Firefox Redirect “Virus” do? How to get rid of Firefox Redirect “Virus”? SIDENOTE: This post was originally published in May 2015. But we gave it an update in July 2019.…
Security researcher Laxman Muthiyah discovered a critical vulnerability that could have allowed remote attackers to reset the password of Instagram accounts, thus obtaining full access to the compromised accounts. The vulnerability resided in the password recovery mechanism in the mobile…
Update August 2019. What is Loompasplace (loompasplace.com) and why does it pop-up on your iPhone / Mac device? Loomasplace is an invasive pop-up stemming from a suspicious domain that has been reported to harass Apple users. Once it appears on…
It’s been some time since we last talked about Windows-related telemetry. However, this is now changing with the latest Patch Tuesday for July 2019, which includes a bonus for Windows 7 users. According to “hawk-eyed” users, a “security-only” Windows 7…
Security researchers just came across a new type of mobile malware “that has quietly infected around 25 million devices” without users being aware of the infection. The malware is targeting Android users and is called Agent Smith after the Matrix…
RIG exploit kit has been detected to spread ERIS ransomware. This means that the infection vector is based simply on visiting a compromised website which downloads the malicious payload on victims’ computers. It is curious to mention that the same…
Jonathan Leitschuh just reported “a vulnerability in the Mac Zoom Client” that allows “any malicious website to enable your camera without your permission”. The issue known under CVE-2019-13450 potentially puts at risk up to 750,000 companies around the world that…
