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Despite being used by millions of users worldwide, Android continues to be prone to various exploits. Unfortunately, the operating system is often targeted by suspicious apps that smartly trick the user into installing them. This happens mainly because malicious apps…
Mirai is not the biggest IoT worm anymore, as a battle is forming between the remains of the infamous botnet and a newly emerging family dubbed Hajime. Initially discovered in October 2016, Hajime uses unsecured devices with open Telnet ports…
Oracle has just issued a patch addressing a whole lot of vulnerabilities, 299 to be particular. This patch is making a new record, breaking last year’s July patch of 276 flaws. The company has addressed 39 MySQL and 39 Oracle…
BankBot is back, once again bypassing the security measures of Google Play Store. The banking Trojan landed for the first time in January this year, when attackers used the source code of an unnamed Android banker. Attackers took the code…
Yet another phishing scam involving LinkedIn has been detected. The scheme is trying to trick users of the professional network to upload their CVs. Scammers are sending emails about alleged “job openings for active LinkedIn users”. Related: LinkedIn Data Breach:…
Security firm ESET has reported new attacks associated with an iteration of Sathurbot, a backdoor Trojan that has infected more than 20,000 users. Researchers say that the backdoor has been active since June, 2016, and has been using illegal torrents…
A recently released report by WatchGuard Technologies indicates that approximately 20 percent of today’s malware is new and zero-day-related. This simply means that traditional antivirus programs didn’t succeed in detecting and blocking the threats. The researchers gathered threat data from…
If you’re a Windows 10 user it’s very likely you’ve been wondering about the type of data being collected by Microsoft. The company has finally revealed this information as part of its mission to deal with privacy-related criticism and comply…
A new bug affecting Wi-Fi chips by Broadcom, the supplier for iPhones, Nexus and Samsung devices has been discovered by Google’s Project Zero. More particularly, researcher Gal Baniamini has provided a detailed analysis on the exploit showing how an attacker…
Remember the No More Ransom project? Launched in July 2016 with the collaborative efforts by Europol, the Dutch National Police, Intel Security (currently McAfee) and Kaspersky Lab, the project seeks to fight ransomware and help its victims. Since it was…
Nowadays, all your devices can be hacked, your IoT sex toys included. Security researchers from Pen Test Partners have made the troublesome discovery that an Internet-connected vibrator equipped with a camera can be hacked without a hitch. As a result,…
CVE-2017-7269 is a buffer overflow vulnerability that is currently being exploited in the wild. Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn’t plan on fixing the flaw because the victims are running unsupported software. The vulnerability was discovered by researchers at South China University of…
Phishing attempts are constantly being improved and made more sophisticated and personalized. Currently, carefully crafted spear phishing emails are being spread posing as airlines and financial departments. The attempts go so far that they imitate internal corporate travel and expenses…
New Android ransomware has been discovered, and apparently no mobile antivirus program has been able to detect it. The ransomware was discovered in a popular app called “OK”, a Russian-based entertainment social network app available in Google Play store. Interestingly,…
VMware has released a security advisory regarding several critical vulnerabilities that were demonstrated during the recent Pwn2Own hacking content. The flaws could be exploited to escape from the isolation of virtual machines, researchers explain. The teams were awarded $105,000 for…
Dimnie is the name of a recently reported new malware family which has been flying under the radar for more than three years, researchers at Palo Alto Networks say. Dimnie Malware Technical Overview The malware was attacking open-source developers via…
Researchers have uncovered yet another phishing scam which involves World of Warcraft. Being one of the most popular games in the world it should come to no one’s surprise that scammers have decided to exploit its fans. The phishing campaign…
Ransomware scareware attempts based on users viewing adult content is not something new but they often turn out to be successful. A brand new such campaign was recently detected by Lookout researchers on iOS Mobile Safari browser, extorting money from…
This article will help you to remove Hakuna Matata ransomware effectively. Follow the ransomware removal instructions down, at the bottom of this article. Hakuna Matata is a ransomware cryptovirus. Your files will become encrypted and receive the extension .HakunaMatata when…
Do you think of any leftover personal information when you are disposing of your old device? As it turns out, 40 percent of hard drives, mobile phones and tablets offered for re-sale contain personally identifiable information, analysis by NAID (National…
