MALWARE HITS MANTRALAYA, INFECTS 150-ODD COMPUTERS

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Malware wormed its way into Mantralaya over the weekend, as black hat hackers released a virus to infect some 150 computers at the administrative headquarters of the state government. But all the government’s data are safe. The virus, called Locky, a…

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The Unpatchable Malware That Infects USBs Is Now on the Loose

It’s been just two months since researcher Karsten Nohl demonstrated an attack he called BadUSB to a standing-room-only crowd at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, showing that it’s possible to corrupt any USB device with insidious, undetectable […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…

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Malware Infects US Power Plants through USB Drives

The US Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Emergency Response Team has released a report, which stated that two American electrical power plants were compromised late last year and has identified a number of glaring electronic vulnerabilities. Some unknown malware infected two power plants control systems using unprotected USB drives as…

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Flashback malware infects 2% of all Macs

Computerworld – Nearly 2% of the Macs whose owners have checked their computers have been infected with the Flashback malware, according to a Russian antivirus company. Of the 55,000 users who have used Dr. Web’s free tool to determine whether their Macs had been infected by Flashback, just over 1,000…

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Newly found Android malware infects millions: report

Symantec Android malware has infected possibly one to five million downloads — ”the highest distribution of any malware identified so far this year,” a major security company reports. As posted on its blog, Norton by Symantec identified 13 apps on the Android Market that are all hiding Android. Counterclank, a Trojan horse that steals…

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Surging Malware Infects Android Phones

November 15, 2011, 2:51 AM EST By Sarah Frier Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) — In the era of the personal computer, Apple Inc.’s machines were often less vulnerable to security threats than the alternatives. That may also be the case with the rise of smartphones. Google Inc.’s Android operating system for…

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Spyware virus infects US military drones

Home Calcutta News.NetTuesday 11th October, 2011 The United States’ fleet of remote-controlled Predator and Reaper drones has been infected with a computer virus that allows hackers to monitor every action by the pilots. The ongoing security risk in one of the US military’s most important weapons systems has resisted removal…

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