Grand Theft Auto V Mods Steal Passwords
From InfoSec Magazine: Grand Theft Auto fans have been warned off loading two game modifications (mods) which were found to contain hidden trojan malware designed to steal sensitive information from...
View ArticleCryptowall Ransomware Installed via Online Ads
Earlier this year bad guys took vicious advantage of an Adobe Flash Player security vulnerability. They used it to install Cryptowall ransomware on victims’ computers. How? Through regular on-line...
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If You Don’t Automatically Update Your Software, Malvertising Has Probably...
New form of malware preys on outdated, buggy software that people don’t update The security community has been surprised this year by a new form of malware that can infect your computer simply by your...
View ArticleAnother Endemic Lenovo Security/Privacy Problem
Are you still buying Lenovo? I used to have an older Lenovo laptop and it worked great. With this next set of revelations on their products, I’m glad I don’t have one anymore. They have a piece of...
View Article142 Million Websites Poised to Deliver Ransomware Just by Your Visiting One...
Security vulnerabilities are being used as conduits to deliver malware. Most people don’t update their software, whether it’s on their own PC or their wordpress site. For their own PC, that leaves...
View Article1 Million Android Malware Samples This Year, Phones Infected Right Out of the...
A report from InfoSecurity Magazine warns us: Following its findings in 2014 that the Star N9500 smartphone was embedded with extensive espionage functions, G DATA security experts have continued the...
View ArticleHow a SmartWatch Could Track Your Keyboard Entries
Recently some researchers from the University of Illinois built a demonstration app that uses the Samsung smartwatch’s built-in accelerometers to record how a hand wearing the watch moves across a...
View ArticleGovernment Can’t Help You Against Ransomware
Even the FBI is admitting, at least temporarily, defeat against ransomware: The FBI wants companies to know that the Bureau is there for them if they are hacked. But if that hack involves Cryptolocker,...
View ArticleDo NOT Pay the Ransom on Power Worm Virus
There’s a new version of ransomware out there that is particularly nasty. Because of a bug in the code, after the Power Worm virus encrypts all of your data, it cannot decrypt it. The BBC tells us:...
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