Tag: Malware
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New Petya Ramsom classified as Wiper Malware
The Petya ransomware attacks that has spread in several countries, including Russia, Ukraine, France, India and the United States on Tuesday, and demands $300 ransom, was not created with the purpose of restoring infected computers at all. Comae Technologies Founder Matt Suiche, who closely looked at the operation of the malware, said after analyzing the […]
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Newly Discovered Mac Malware with Ancient Code Spying on Biotech Firms
Security researchers have discovered a rare piece of Mac-based espionage malware that relies on outdated coding practices but has been used in some previous real-world attacks to spy on biomedical research center computers. Dubbed Fruitfly, the malware has remained undetected for years on macOS systems despite using unsophisticated and “antiquated code.” Infosec firm Malwarebytes discovered […]
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Chinese ISPs Caught Injecting Ads and Malware into Web Pages
China has gained a considerable global attention when it comes to their Internet policies in the past years; whether it’s introducing its own search engine dubbed “Baidu,” Great Firewall of China, its homebrew China Operating System (COP) and many more. Now, Chinese Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have been caught red-handed for injecting Advertisements as well […]
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Apple’s Mac OS X Still Open to Malware, Thanks Gatekeeper
A new Exploit for Apple computers discovered by researchers shows the Mac OS is still open to Malware. Last year, The Hacker News reported a deadly simple exploit that completely bypassed one of the core security features in Mac OS X known as Gatekeeper. Apple released a patch in November, but now the same security […]
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‘Hacking Team’ Gets Hacked! 500GB of Data Dumped Over the Internet
Yes, sometimes even the Hackers get Hacked. “Hacking Team”, one of the most controversial spyware and malware providers to governments and law enforcement agencies all around the world, allegedly been hacked, with some 500 gigabytes of internal data leaked over the Internet. The leaked data indicates that despite its denials, the spyware company did sell […]