Overview Destructive malware presents a direct threat to an organization’s daily operations, directly impacting the availability of critical assets and data. Organizations should increase vigilance and evaluate their capabilities encompassing planning, preparation, detection, and response for such an event. This publication is focused on the threat of enterprise-scale distributed propagation…
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…
It’s Not ‘Malware’ When We Have a Warrant, FBI Says
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Your ads will be inserted here byEasy Plugin for AdSense.Please go to the plugin admin page toPaste your ad code OR Suppress this ad slot. The FBI has been in the hacking business for a long time, famously using malware to…
Lenovo Might Face Claims Over Installed Malware
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Unpatched eBay vulnerability leaves shoppers at risk of downloading malware
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Be extra careful the next time you visit a suspicious-looking eBay store page. According to Help Net Security, researchers from the Check Point security firm have discovered a vulnerability in the eBay platform that allows criminals to distribute malware by bypassing the…
FBI Randomly Used Malware on TORMail Users While Busting Pedophiles
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans In 2013, the Federal Bureau of Investigation seized one of the most popular dark web email platform called TorMail and soon after the department began to rifle through the contents of the server. Back then, the researchers suspected that the FBI…
Android Malware ‘Dendroid’ targeting Indian Users
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The devices are becoming smarter, therefore the chances to abuse them have increased. As the share of Android has become 87% in the global Smartphone market, so the Android is by far an elementary target of the mobile malware developers.The number…
Most Sophisticated Android Bootkit Malware ever Detected; Infected Millions of Devices
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hardly two month ago we reported about the first widely spread Android Bootkit malware, dubbed as ‘Oldboot.A‘, which infected more than 500,000 Smartphone users worldwide with Android operating system in last eight months, especially in China.Oldboot is a piece of Android…
9 charged for stealing millions of dollars with Zeus Malware
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Zeus malware is one of the most damaging pieces of financial malware that has helped the culprits to infect thousands of business computers and capture passwords, account numbers and other information necessary to log into online banking accounts. U.S. Department…
Hacker alleges Fitbit smartband could be a malware carrier
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans PCs, smartphones, and tablets are fair game to hackers these days. And we’ve also started to see cars with sophisticated infotainment systems and controls also getting hacked. But how about the innocent little whose sole purpose is to keep your body…