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This Android app spreads malware, so delete it right now if you have it
If you were trying to design Android malware in such a way that the appearance ensured it mimicked one of the most popular smartphone apps in existence in order to ensnare the biggest >>
Scary piece of malware has infected more than 30,000 Macs
A sophisticated piece of malware called Silver Sparrow has already infected 30,000 Macs across the world. Security researchers still aren’t sure what the end-goal of the malware is. Silver Sparrow is quite sophisticated >>
Delete this malicious Android app from your phone right now
More Android app malware has been found and removed from the Google Play Store, this time in the form of an app called Barcode Scanner. Researchers found that the app seemed to be >>
This malware can make an ATM spit out all of its cash on demand
The bank employee in the city of Freiburg, Germany, who noticed a bank ATM acting screwy one morning was greeted with a bizarre message on the control panel: “Ho-ho-ho! Let’s make some cutlets >>
Sophisticated iPhone malware specifically targeted China’s Uyghur Muslims
Late last week, security researchers from Google’s Project Zero team provided us with fascinating details regarding a sophisticated exploit targeting iPhone users. The exploit itself relied upon a number of 0-day vulnerabilities and >>
Someone hacked The Weather Channel
We live in an age where companies suffer data breaches and hacks of various types on a disturbingly regular basis. Credit card companies, social networks, and online retailers are the usual targets, and >>
How Android defeated ‘the biggest botnet you’ve never heard of’
Speaking this week at the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit in Singapore, Android security engineer Maddie Stone shed new light on the years-long battle between Google’s mobile operating system and a particularly nasty malware >>
