VirusTotal sets up huge AV whitelist to minimize false positives
One of the worst things that can happen to a software developer, and especially if they are a small firm or a single individual, is for their program to be falsely detected as …
Improved Simplocker variant hits Android users hard
Mobile crypto-ransomware Simplocker has evolved, and returning the encrypted files to their unencrypted state is no longer easy as it was. First spotted in June 2014, …
Google Play flaw opens Android devices to silent malware installation
Android users are in danger of getting malicious apps silently installed on their devices by attackers, warns Rapid7’s Tod Beardsley, technical lead for the Metasploit …
Forbes.com compromised by Chinese cyber spies targeting US firms
Forbes.com – the 61st most popular website in the US according to Alexa – has been compromised to redirect certain visitors to websites delivering espionage …
Majority of dating apps are open to hacks
IBM Security found that over 60% of leading Android dating mobile apps they studied are potentially vulnerable to a variety of cyber-attacks that put personal user information …
Corporate users hit with fake Microsoft email delivering sneaky malware
A well-crafted and extremely legit-looking spam email campaign is currently targeting corporate users around the world, ultimately leading the victims to difficult-to-detect …
New multi-purpose backdoor targets Linux servers
A new multi-purpose Linux Trojan that opens a backdoor on the target machine and can make it participate in DDoS attacks has been discovered and analyzed by Dr. Web …
French firms targeted with ransomware
French companies are the latest targets of cyber crooks wielding the CTB Locker (aka Critroni) ransomware. The emails look like their coming from an employee of the target …
Gamers, beware of fake in-game communication apps
Online gamers are often targeted by cyber thieves, as their game accounts hold coveted items and/or funds to buy them. In order to gain access, the crooks usually set up …
US health insurer Anthem suffers massive data breach
Anthem, the second-largest health insurer in the United States, has suffered a data breach that may turn out to be the largest health care breach to date, as the compromised …
iOS spyware used by Pawn Storm cyber spies
Trend Micro researchers have unearthed two variants of a spyware specially designed for targeting devices running iOS, and at least one of them can be installed on …
Massive malvertising campaign leads to latest Flash Player zero-day exploit
It has been a tough beginning of the year for Adobe and a dangerous one for Adobe Flash Player users. The recently discovered zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2015-0313) affecting …