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Infected Word documents are used to spread GandCrab and Ursnif malware
Spam campaigns are used to spread data-stealer Ursnif and GandCrab ransomware.
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News Viruses and parasites January 28, 2019
Anatova ransomware strikes: researchers warn it might be devastating
Sophisticated malware poses as an icon for a game or other software, making victims to click without thinking.
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News Viruses and parasites January 25, 2019
HAnt ransomware threatens China nationals to destroy their mining rigs
Antminer S9 and T9 Chinese mining rigs infected with hAnt ransomware.
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News Viruses and parasites January 24, 2019
Avast: Chrome - the most popular app, Windows 7 - the most used OS
Avast PC Trends Report 2019 is released, the most important facts highlighted.
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News January 23, 2019
DarkHydrus APT is found using Google Drive to communicate with RogueRobin Trojan horse
Malware related to DarkHydrus APT group is found manipulating the Google Drive functions.
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News Viruses and parasites January 22, 2019
Hackers combine ransomware and PayPal phishing to acquire personal data
The in-development ransomware uses PayPay phishing page to make users enter their credit card details.
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News Spam and phishing January 21, 2019
Collection #1 - massive data breach that contains 773 million records
A security researcher found a massive amount of users' email addresses and unhashed passwords on MEGA cloud service.
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Fortnite hack allows cybercriminals to steal gamers' accounts
The sign-in tool used by Fortine players could allow bad actors to take over any user's account.
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SingHealth data breach: employees fired, CEO fined, penalties issued
Two staff members were fired and five senior management executives fined due to negligence that resulted in the biggest Singapore data breach.
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TA505 hackers take up ServHelper backdoor and FlawedGrace RAT
The new phishing campaign by the infamous TA505 group has been targeting various sectors across the globe.
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Hackers accessed sensitive information of Humana clients
Healthcare provider notices data exposure after a report from Bankers Life.
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The exposed MongoDB compromises 202 million Chinese job seekers' data
A security researcher discovered an unprotected database that was not protected by a password.
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CryptoMix ransomware demands payment for fake children foundation
CryptoMix ransomware claims that the ransom paid for encrypted data later goes to a medical children charity .
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News Viruses and parasites January 10, 2019
9 million people infected by adware from 85 Google Play Store apps
85 adware-infected apps removed from the Google Play Store.
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GandCrab ransomware and Vidar stealer used together for a deadly combo
A deadly mix of GandCrab ransomware and Vidar data-stealing malware is proliferated with the help of new malvertising campaign spotted by security researchers.
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News Viruses and parasites January 08, 2019