Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware targeting Linux systems, which spies on users, Called EvilGnome, the threat disguises as a Gnome extension and was found to include unfinished keylogging capabilities, as well as comments, symbol names and compilation metadataRead More…
Kaspersky research has found that cybercriminals are taking advantage of growing demand for video games by distributing malware through fake copies of the most popular ones. More than 930,000 users were hit by such attacks in the 12 months from early June 2018 to early June 2019.Read More…
IBM has revealed multiple critical and high-severity flaws across a range of products, the most severe of which can be found in its IBM Spectrum Protect tool. Researchers say the most severe of these flaws could cause a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on impacted systems. So far, IBMRead More…
Researchers have spotted a variant of the Dridex banking trojan with stronger capabilities that help it skirt anti-virus detection. While Dridex has been around since 2011, researchers have said that they recently spotted phishing emails distributing a never-before-seen variant of the malware. This variant uses file signatures that are difficultRead More…
Extending a word of caution to smartphone users, researchers from the University of Sydney and CSIRO’s Data61 have said that after thorough investigation and study, they have discovered that there over 2000 malware-laden counterfeit apps on Google Play Store. Some of these apps are popular and downloaded over a millionRead More…
A powerful money-eating malware called MobOk has been found to be hidden within legitimate photo editing apps on Google Play store. Researchers at Kaspersky said the Pink Camera and Pink Camera 2 apps, which have now been now removed, were installed around 10,000 times. They included genuine photo-editing functionalities, butRead More…
A new variant of the Mirai botnet has been found to use as many as 13 different exploits to target routers and other IoT devices. The malware, called Backdoor.Linux.MIRAI.VWIPT, includes both backdoor and DDoS capabilities. The Mirai variant uses three XOR keys to encrypt data and uses four different URLsRead More…
Hackers have breached two services and infected over 4,600 websites with malware by modifying their JavaScript code, according to cybersecurity researchers. In a series of tweets, a researcher said that Picreel, an analytics service that enables website owners to see what users are doing and how they interact with a website,Read More…
