Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard military force hacked email and social-media accounts of Obama administration officials in recent weeks in attacks believed to be tied to the arrest in Tehran of an Iranian-American businessman, U.S. officials said. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,…
New free tool detects Hacking Team exploits
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A security company has released a free tool to users who suspect they may be a victim of Hacking Team’s exploit cache. Hacking Team is a secretive Milan-based firm which specializes in the sale of surveillance tools, malware and exploits to…
South Korea Detects Suspected North Korea Hacking Attempt.
South Korean defense ministry has accused North Korea of breaking into its military servers. Defense Ministery official told AFP that an infected notebook belonging to a defense Ministery journalist was used last Thursday to break into its military network but attack was detected before it could gain access to…
Lastline’s Innovative Anti-Hacking Service Detects and Protects Against Malware Code
Traditional anti-virus software is designed to detect the malware, or malicious software, before it disrupts and then distributes sensitive, personal information to unintended recipients. The trouble with some of those software programs, however, is speed and accuracy. As technology has progressed, so have the cyber hackers, a detail not lost on UC Santa…
Microsoft detects malware targeting Mac OS X Office vulnerability
Microsoft has detected a new piece of malware targeting Apple OS X computers that exploits a vulnerability in the Office productivity suite patched nearly three years ago. View full post on malware – Yahoo! News Search … View full post on National Cyber Security » Virus/Malware/Worms
Microsoft Detects New Malware Targeting Apple Computers
Microsoft has detected a new piece of malware targeting Apple OS X computers that exploits a vulnerability in the Office productivity suite patched nearly three… View full post on malware – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security » Virus/Malware/Worms
Free Tool Detects Flashback Mac Malware
A Mac developer has posted a tool that detects a Flashback malware infection on Apple’s computers. The tiny tool — it’s just a 38KB download — was created by Juan Leon, a software engineer at Garmin International, the Kansas-based company best known for its GPS devices. Ars Technica first reported…
Panda detects 200 millionth piece of cloud-based malware
Collective Intelligence, the engine for internet security created in 2006 by Panda Security’s malware research laboratory, recently processed its 200 millionth malware file via the cloud. CI uses the internet “community” – users of Panda’s free CloudAntivirus, along with other companies and collaborators – to locate malware. The company says…
Kaspersky Lab detects Duqu incidents in Iran and Sudan
Security vendor Kaspersky Lab has identified infections with the new Duqu malware in Sudan and, more importantly, Iran, the main target of the Trojan’s predecessor – Stuxnet. Duqu took the security industry by storm last week when the Hungarian research laboratory Crysys shared its analysis of the new threat with…
Free Security Tool Detects Banking Malware
A Finnish penetration testing company has released a free tool it says can detect all variants of five major families of malicious software that steal online banking credentials. The tool, called Debank, was built by Finnish penetration testing company Fitsec, which has used the tool to scan its customers’ machines,…
