Hilton, Trump hotel chains hit by PoS malware
“Payment card data of visitors of a number of Hilton and Trump hotels in the US have been compromised, and some of it is being already used by crooks to rack up …
Scandinavian users hit with fake post office emails, ransomware
“Scandinavian PC users are the latest group to be targeted with Cryptolocker ransomware. According to Heimdal Security, the threat comes via email. The malware peddlers …
GreenDispenser malware makes ATMs spit out cash
“A new type of malware is being used to drain ATMs in Mexico of all the cash they contain. Dubbed GreenDispenser by Proofpoint researchers, the malware displays an …
Cisco releases tool for detecting malicious router implants
“Cisco Systems has provided a tool that allows enterprise users to scan their networks and discover if their routers have been compromised with malicious SYNful Knock …
Chinese promotion company hijacks Android devices around the world
“A Chinese mobile app promotion company has created malicious adware that allows them to gain complete control of users’ Android devices. The company misuses this …
Apple tackles the XcodeGhost crisis by removing apps, alerting devs and users
“The XcodeGhost incident has demonstrated that however secure a system is thought to be, there’s always a way in. It also shows how the very human tendency of …
Android SMS Trojans evolve, go after bank and payment system accounts
“Once upon a time cyber crooks used SMS Trojans to earn themselves money by subscribing users to unwanted premium mobile services. Today, the situation has changed, and …
Reactions to the XcodeGhost malware infecting iOS apps
“Unknown malware pushers have managed to trick Apple into offering for download from the company’s official App Store a considerable number of malicious apps. Here …
Malware-infected game discovered on Google Play, up to 1 million users at risk
Check Point researchers found sophisticated new malware on Google Play which has infected between 200,000 and 1 million users. The malware is packaged within an Android game …
Number of XcodeGhost-infected iOS apps rises
“As the list of apps infected with the XcodeGhost malware keeps expanding, Apple, Amazon and Baidu are doing their best to purge their online properties of affected …
Millions of iOS users endangered by Trojanized apps from the App Store
“Unknown malware pushers have managed to trick Apple into offering for download from the company’s official App Store a considerable number of malicious apps …
Malicious SYNful Cisco router implant found on more devices around the globe
“After FireEye researchers published on Tuesday their discovery of 14 Cisco routers in India, Mexico, Philippines and Ukraine that have been implanted with a modified, …