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Android-malware

Taomike SDK Library Spies on SMS in 18,000 Android Apps

The simple truth is that we’re being monitored 24/7, whether we like it or not. If you’re on the Internet, you’re not anonymous anymore. If you’re running a third party Android application, you may have suffered private messages theft. At…

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000Webhost Security Breach:13,5 Million Passwords Leaked

One of the biggest free web hosting companies out there – 000Webhost – has been compromised and has suffered a gigantic data breach. The personal records of at least 13.5 million of its users have been exposed. Compromised data consists…

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whatsapp

WhatsApp FunXMPP Protocol Analyzed, PII Stored on Servers

Privacy of personal information is slowly becoming a myth. We know enough about the data collection policies of a bunch of global companies and various service providers. The truth is we can easily be identified remotely – by both legitimate…

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Duuzer, Brambul and Joanap Triple Attack Hits South Korea

Researchers at Symantec have just unveiled yet another sophisticated backdoor, currently targeting South Korean organizations. The threat seeks to obtain full control over the infected systems and can execute a number of malicious operations. Researches have named the backdoor Duuzer…

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Cybercrime Predictions 2016. Is Cryptowall 4.0 Pending?

Every business field needs its predictions, and IT security doesn’t make an exception. We are already starting to read forecasts about what to expect in 2016. And to be honest, what we read is mostly bad stuff. Cybercrime will not…

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Backdoor-Trojan

CIA, You’ve Been Hacked by a Teen!

We can only imagine how (ridiculous) experts at NASA, FBI, CIA and other reputable organizations had felt after finding out they had been breached by… teenagers. This may sound like a movie script but it is not. In reality, many…

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Windows-downgrade

Force-Upgraded to Windows 10? KB 3083710 and KB 3083711 Patches

Windows 10 has been around for several months now, but there are many users who still prefer running Windows 7 and 8.1. However, Microsoft may have just found what to do to increase the number of PCs running its latest…

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New Phishing Campaign for Facebook Users in the Wild

iOS 9.0.2 Facebook App Causes Battery Issues

Many user complaints have appeared regarding the latest version of iOS 9.0.2. What users are recently concerned about is that their phone batteries seem to drain quite quickly. One of the reasons for the utter inconvenience may be Facebook’s iPhone…

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Moker RAT Bypasses Detection by All VirusTotal Engines

A new unique RAT (Remote Access Trojan) and APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) has been just discovered by researchers at enSilo. The malicious threat, dubbed Moker, has features that haven’t been observed before, and can go completely undetected by the 65…

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facebook-scam

Facebook Privacy Policy Hoax Keeps Spreading

Name Facebook Privacy Policy Hoax Type Online scam, usually containing malware Short Description The scam is of unknown origin and is spread via Facebook posts. Symptoms Posting on others behalf without users consent. Distribution Method Distributed by spam posts in…

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DIMM vs SODIMM

How to Install new Memory to Your Machine

RAM memory or also referred to as main memory is used by a computer to store data for processing by a computer’s processor. In other words, the more RAM you have the more programs you can run simultaneously without slowing…

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Windows 10 – the Most Frequent Errors

When using an operating system it is next to impossible not to encounter some type of error. This article contains the most frequent Windows 10 errors and how to fix them. Even though Windows 10 is already officially released, the…

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google-chrome-crashed

Google Chrome Crashed by Simple 16-Character Code

There is a single sixteen string code that can successfully crash your Google Chrome browser in an instant. If you don’t want that to happen – do not type it in, click it, copy it or even hover over it…

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200 Cisco Routers Infected with SYNful Knock Malware

After the initial discovery of a few Cisco routers being infected with a new type of malware, new scans indicate that almost 200 Cisco devices across the globe have a malicious IOS image put in place of the legitimate one.…

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200,000 Devices Are Still Exposed to the Heartbleed Bug

It has now been discovered that even after a year of patching the cryptographic software library OpenSSL, changing passwords, and other security measures applied, the Heartbleed bug still poses a big threat. Thousands of devices are still prone to the…

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Vulnerabilities Revealed in Yahoo, PayPal, Shopify and Magento Apps

Researchers have disclosed information about certain vulnerabilities inside web and mobile applications of the popular sites Yahoo, PayPal, Shopify and Magento. This could have led to phishing attacks, hijacking of sessions and even, stealing of accounts. Vulnerability Lab researchers Ayoub…

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Windows10-keylogging

Windows 10 Keylogger is Still An Active Feature

Microsoft has left in Windows 10 the keylogger from its “Technical Preview” versions, even after the official release of the operating system in July. It was previously stated by Microsoft that they may collect data from everything you say, type…

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suceful-architechture

Backdoor.ATM.Suceful – ATM Malware Like No Other

Stealing money online has never been easier. ATM malware, along with other online money theft scams, has been quite popular during the last couple of years. One of the latest ATM ‘viruses’ enables criminals to physically harvest debit and credit…

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Carbanak New Versions Target Europe and USA

The infamous Carbanak Banking Trojan that stole more than $1 billion from global financial organizations is active once again. Security researchers at Csis.dk managed to isolate a signed binary that later turned out to be a new sample of Carbanak,…

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Windows10-update

Uninstall Windows Updates KB3081448, KB3081449, KB3081452

Microsoft has released three new cumulative updates for Windows 10. Windows 10 updates have turned into a hot topic among users and security professionals. Some of the updates, like KB3081424, have caused lots of crashes and, as a result, stirred…

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