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Most Sophisticated Android Bootkit Malware ever Detected; Infected Millions of Devices

jeudi 3 avril 2014 à 12:15
Hardly two month ago we reported about the first widely spread Android Bootkit malware, dubbed as 'Oldboot.A', which infected more than 500,000 Smartphone users worldwide with Android operating system in last eight months, especially in China. Oldboot is a piece of Android malware that's designed to re-infect Mobile devices even after a thorough cleanup. It resides in the memory of

Update Your Safari Browser to Patch Two Dozen of Critical Vulnerabilities

jeudi 3 avril 2014 à 11:43
So, is your Safari Web Browser Updated?? Make sure you have the latest web browser updated for your Apple Macintosh systems, as Apple released Safari 6.1.3 and Safari 7.0.3 with new security updates. These Security updates addresses multiple vulnerabilities in its Safari web browser, which has always been the standard browser for Mac users. This times not five or ten, in fact about two

Dumb Ransomware Developer leaves Decryption Keys on Infected Computers

mercredi 2 avril 2014 à 14:43
So, How do Hackers compromise a Website? Simply by exploiting the flaws in it, that means they took advantage of the error in the developers’ code. Now, this time the hackers itself has left behind a crucial flaw in its malware code which can be exploited by us to help save our computer systems. Believe me, it’s not an April Fools’ joke! A malicious software program that holds the victims’

WinRAR File Extension Spoofing vulnerability allows Hackers to Hide Malware

mercredi 2 avril 2014 à 12:04
Imagine, You Open a Winrar archive of MP3 files, but what if it will install a malware into your system when you play anyone of them. WinRAR, a widely used file archiver and data compression utility helps hackers to distribute malicious code. Israeli security researcher Danor Cohen (An7i) discovered the WinRAR file extension spoofing vulnerability. WinRAR file extension spoofing

MiniDuke Malware spreads via Fake Ukraine-related Documents

mercredi 2 avril 2014 à 12:00
A year back, Security Researchers from the Antivirus firm Kaspersky found a sophisticated piece of malware which they dubbed as ‘MiniDuke’, designed specifically to collect and steal strategic insights and highly protected political information, which is a subject to states’ security. Now, once again the MiniDuke virus is spreading in wild via an innocent looking but fake PDF documents