Virus

Eavesdropping Malware Discovered Gathering Audio Data In Ukraine

"Operation BugDrop" malware stealthily infects computers and secretly turns on the onboard microphone

8 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Cyber Security In 2017

Hackers, ransomware, and malicious code do not seem to be going anywhere in 2017

8 years ago

Avast CTO: AVG Purchase Lets Us Build Tools For Data-Driven Cybersecurity Era

INTERVIEW: Avast bought AVG for £1bn last year so it can gain access to 1 in 3 PCs around the…

8 years ago

Zeus Banking Trojan Returns To Snatch Passwords And Credentials

The trojan used web injection to sneakily snatch credentials imputed into fake forms

8 years ago

Apple Patches Garageband Flaw To Prevent Malicious Code Execution On Mac

The Cupertino company moved to squash another Garageband bug before it got exploted

8 years ago

February Patch Tuesday Is Delayed To Fix ‘Last Minute Issue’

The brand new Patch Tuesday will have to wait a bit longer for its debut because of a botched update

8 years ago

Apple Mac Attacking Malware Xagent Linked To Russian Hacker Group APT28

The malware can steal passwords and exfiltrate iPhone backup data

8 years ago

Dozens Of Cyber Attacks Against Global Banks Linked To Lazarus Hacker Group

The Lazarus cyber criminal group appears to be behind a spate of custom malware attacks

8 years ago

Executives And IT Managers Disagree On Who Is Responsible For Cybersecurity

BAE survey says that unless there is more coordination between executives and IT departments, hackers will find holes to exploit

8 years ago

Security Firm Trend Micro’s Blog Falls Victim To Content Spoofing Attack

Trend Micro confirms a content spoofing vulnerability allowed fake articles onto its blog and says firms should respond honestly and…

8 years ago

Kaspersky Discovers New Malware Designed To Stealthily Steal Data

ANALYSIS: Kaspersky Lab has discovered a new strain of malware that hides in memory and trusted applications while it stealthily…

8 years ago

Google Pushes Out Android Security Patch To Crush Critical Flaws

Google continues to fight new flaws found in its Android mobile operating system

8 years ago

Hacker Prosecuted After Creating Android Smartphone Seizing Software

A student has been sentenced to three years’ probation for selling malicious software that allowed cyber criminals to remotely control…

8 years ago

Ransomware Attack Tongue-Ties Licking County Comms And Computers

Sucks to be Licking County right now after major systems shutdown

8 years ago

LogicHub Security Intelligence Automation Platform Debuts

Startup emerges from stealth with new funding and the promise of improving threat detection by automating activities that typically require…

8 years ago

Google Coughts Up $1m For Each Chrome And Android Bug In 2016

The search company paid out over 1,000 individual rewards in 2016

8 years ago

Europe Is The Most ‘Malware Riddled Continent’

Cisco also finds that malware attacks come with costly consequences for targeted businesses

8 years ago

Malware-Loaded Microsoft Document Aimed At NATO Governments

Cisco’s Talos researchers discovered the threat which sported unusual cyber features

8 years ago

How To Avoid Fake Apps And Keep Your Online Data Private

We're all internet users, so we all must know how to spot fake apps and how to keep our own…

8 years ago

Ransomware Seizes Control Of Electronic Lock System In Austrian Hotel

The cyber attack highlights how digital malware can make its presence known in the physical world

8 years ago

HummingBad Android Malware Returns Badder Than Before As HummingWhale

The fraudulent advertising malware makes a comeback by being harder to detect and remove from Android smartphones and tablets

8 years ago

Apple Issues Security Updates For iPhone, Mac & Apple Watch

Two dangerous kernel bugs highlighted by Google's Project Zero have been squashed

8 years ago

Heartbleed OpenSSL Bug Is Still Alive And Kicking & Affects 200,000 Services

Nearly 200,000 services are still at risk from the OpenSSL bug, with majority coming from the US

8 years ago

‘Prank’ Emoji iMessage Is Crashing iPhones And iPads

Another iMessage bug has been found, affecting most versions of iOS

8 years ago

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft To Stop Publishing Security Bulletins

Patch Tuesday is changing: From February, Microsoft will communicate security updates via a dynamic online portal rather than a static…

8 years ago

Hacker Group ‘ShadowBrokers’ Release NSA Exploits After Auction Fails

"ShadowBrokers" releases 61 files said to contain exploit tools used by the NSA, which could fuel a race between attackers…

8 years ago