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What is malware and what you can do to keep your computer safe

sudshr47 September 19, 2018

Ah yes, the question on every tech newbie’s mind: What is malware?

The short answer: malware is software designed to either disable or damage your computer in some way. It’s a portmanteau of the words malicious and software. But when we ask, What is malware? I actually think that’s not what we’re asking.

I think truly what we’re asking is Do I have to worry about malware? And if the answer is yes, then the immediate follow up question is, In what ways should I be worried about malware? Or perhaps, What can I actually do about malware? How can I prevent its installation? Read more…

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Android devices are stunningly vulnerable if you’re a careless power-user

sudshr47 August 11, 2018

Don’t chuck your Android phone across the room in fear just yet.

A report from the security firm Kryptowire, via Wired, shows that many Android phones are stunningly vulnerable thanks to Android’s open operating system. But while this report is concerning, the real-world threat it poses to actual Android phone users might not be that big of a deal.

Kryptowire analyzed 10 Android devices supported by U.S. carriers, and found that bugs in the firmware — the permanent pre-loaded software responsible for running the phones — left them open to attack by a malicious app. Read more…

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Ransomware attack forces town’s employees to go back to typewriters

sudshr47 August 2, 2018

A borough and a town in Alaska have been hit by a devastating ransomware attack, forcing employees to completely forego computers and go back to typewriters and hand receipts.
Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su), a borough in the Anchorage Metropolitan …

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Chinese “hackers” are sending malware via snail mail

sudshr47 July 30, 2018

In what amounts to one of the simplest but most baffling forms of social engineering, hackers from China have taken to sending CDs full of malware to state officials, leading the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a government security outfit, to release a warning detailing the scam. The trick is simple: a package arrives […]

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Here’s how malicious Android apps are sneaking malware onto your phone

sudshr47 July 20, 2018

If you’ve ever wondered why those pesky pop-ups are showing up on your Android phone, you may be shocked to learn that it could be infected with malware — and it might have came through the official Google Play Store.

As Bleeping Computer points out in a new report, malicious app developers have been using a surprisingly successful trick to sneak malware into the Google Play Store, and ultimately onto your phone. The method is performed using something called “droppers,” which is a type of code hidden deep within an app that attacks a device with malware in multiple stages.

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‘Fortnite’ cheaters get a lesson in karma via malware

sudshr47 July 4, 2018

“Cheaters never win” and “if it’s too good to be true, it probably is” are just a few maxims that come to mind with the news that PC Fortnite players who may have tried to employ a certain cheat may have exposed themselves to some vicious malware.
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New malware highjacks your Windows clipboard to change crypto addresses

sudshr47 July 3, 2018

In what amounts to be an amazingly nefarious bit of malware, hackers have created an exploit that watches 2.3 million high-value crypto wallets and replaces the addresses in the Windows clipboard with an address associated with the hackers. In other words, you could paste your own wallet address – 3BYpmdzASG7S6WrpmrnzJCX3y8kduF6Kmc, for example – and the […]

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Social SafeGuard scores $11M to sell alerts for brand-damaging fakes

sudshr47 June 27, 2018

Social SafeGuard, a 2014-founded U.S. startup which sells security services to enterprises aimed at mitigating a range of digital risks that lie outside the corporate firewall, has closed an $11 million Series B funding round, from AllegisCyber and NightDragon Security. It’s hoping to ride the surge in awareness around social media fakery — putting the […]

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New malware is being disguised as Fortnite for Android

sudshr47 June 21, 2018

Don’t download the game Fortnite: Battle Royale, Android users.
The year’s most popular video game (which made almost $300 million last month) is currently available on all major gaming platforms except for Android. So of course, malware developers h…

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VPNFilter malware that attacks routers is far more dangerous than thought

sudshr47 June 7, 2018

VPNFilter, a recently discovered malware that attacks routers and switches, is far more dangerous than originally thought.

Cisco Talos, which first posted information about VPNFilter in May, has now updated its blog with new findings about this threat, and the results are not good.

Originally, Cisco Talos said that VPNFilter attacks several brands of home and small office routers — namely Linksys, MikroTik, NETGEAR and TP-Link — as well as QNAP’s NAS devices, with the ability to steal certain types of data and render infected devices unusable. Read more…

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Some low-cost Android phones shipped with malware built in

sudshr47 May 24, 2018

Avast has found that many low-cost, non-Google-certifed Android phones shipped with a strain of malware built in that could send users to download apps they didn’t intend to access. The malware, called called Cosiloon, overlays advertisements over the operating system in order to promote apps or even trick users into downloading apps. Devices effected shipped […]

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Cryptojacking malware was secretly mining Monero on many government and university websites

sudshr47 May 8, 2018

A new report published by security researched Troy Mursch details how the cryptocurrency mining code known as Coinhive is creeping onto unsuspecting sites around the web. Mursch recently detected the Coinhive code running on nearly 400 websites, including ones belonging to the San Diego Zoo, Lenovo and another for the National Labor Relations Board. The […]