According to Kaspersky Lab, one of the fastest growing IT security companies, Cyber weapons such as Stuxnet and others will play a big role in the coming major conflicts between countries. Nations’ critical infrastructures will be at risk. The recent attacks on government assets as a form of protest will continue to grow and...
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Last month, Trend Micro published its findings about the reported Android malware known as Tigerbot. The malware was found in an application called Spyera available in third-party Chinese app stores. Trend Micro advices users of Android phones to determine if their phones are infected with Tigerbot by sending a DEBUG command to the device...
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According to security vendor Symantec, Spammers are abusing a Dropbox feature that lets users share a shortened link, directing people to websites selling questionable pharmaceuticals. Dropbox, the file-sharing and synchronization service, has a public folder that is dedicated to sharing content. Some 1,200 spammed Dropbox Urls have been detected by Symantec over a 48-hour...
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The DNSChanger malware controls your web activity by redirecting your web requests to rogue servers controlled by cyber criminals. It is estimated that over four million computers are infected with the malware which has more than 2000 variants. The malware alters your computer’s DNS settings so that your requests are redirected to compromised websites...
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The latest version of Microsoft’s Windows Defender anti-malware software can help remove such hard to find malicious and potentially unwanted programs using definitions that recognize threats. Apart, from detecting malicious software Windows Defender Offline Beta can notify you of the risks and is able to scan for malicious code even before Windows boots. The new...
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We have become accustomed with threats that surface during the festive season and this year is no exception. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning consumers about a spear phishing campaign involving personal and business bank accounts based on Zeus trojan, DDoS attacks, and money mules. According to FBI Denver Cyber Squad, “the...
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