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Stay safe online - 2019-12-08
Hardly removable Xhelper malware targets thousands of Android phones
Highly persistent Android malware Xhelper entered the Android scene, and the infection rate keeps growing.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-10-30
The infamous MageCart hits the American Cancer Society and Sixth June fashion site
Digital payment skimmer group is found targeting Cancer.org and SixthJune.com customer credit card data.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-10-29
Apple removes 17 apps from its official store for committing ad-fraud
The malicious apps were programmed to perform background activities on iPhones in order to collect ad-generated profits.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-10-28
Android adware spread via 42 Play Store apps by a Vietnamese student
42 Google Play Store apps involved in the Ashas adware campaign were downloaded for over 8 million times.
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TikTok might be a threat to national security, US senators say
US senators urge National Intelligence to investigate TikTok over potential national security threats.
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Discord is targeted by malware which can turn the app into a data-stealing backdoor
A new strain of malware turns Windows Discord client into the information-stealing Trojan.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-10-24
FTC banned Retina-X Studios-produced stalkerware apps
Retina-X Studios violates the FTC Act and COPPAR by producing stalkerware apps PhoneSheriff, TeenShield, and MobileSpy.
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Iranian hacking tools hijacked by Turla group to perform cyber-espionage
Russian hackers masqueraded as Iranian threat group OilRig by using its tools to perform spying attacks in 35 countries, says NSA and NCSC.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-10-22
A new STOP decryptor allows most victims to recover files for free
A new set of tools from Emsisoft allows most of STOP ransomware victims to recover their data for free.
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Phorpiex botnet used in sextortion email spam campaign
After 10 years, Phorpiex botnet is still active.
After being active for around 10 years, Phorpiex botnet has recently been delivering millions of sextortion messages to random users via email spam campaigns. More
News Spam and phishing 2019-10-19
Monero-mining malware found in the European international airport
Security researchers uncovered crypto-malware that affected over 50% of the systems of an unknown European airport.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-10-18
WAV audio files filled with the malicious Monero miner and backdoors
A malicious code with Monero cryptominers and backdoors is found hidden in WAV audio files.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-10-17
Apple accused of sending user browsing data to China's tech giant Tencent
"Fraudulent Website Warning" function included in Safari reveals user's IP addresses to Chinese company Tencent.
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Postage company Pitney Bowes falls victim to ransomware
Global mailing and shipping company suffers from malware attack that encrypts systems and disrupts its work.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-10-15
White hat's revenge: Muhstik actors hacked back, decryption keys released
White hat hacker battleck hacked into Muhstik ransomware-used servers and released almost 3,000 decryption keys to public.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-10-14