Malware
Hackers cyber attack US Power firms with a new malware
Hackers have targeted the power firms operating in the United States with a new malware called Industry or Crash Override. But the best part is that the attack was pre-estimated by the National Security Agency in time which averted a major outage hitting the metropolitan cities of United States. Two cyber security firms named ESET […]
glass class: the malware maze
This post was originally published here by Chantelle Patel. Cyber attacks on sensitive data have made far too many headlines in the recent weeks. Each attack differs in execution, but one thing is often the same – malware is making its way into the network and it’s spreading like wildfire. With the increase of breaches occuring on a global […]
backdoor for malware?
This post was originally published here by Nat Kausik. Recently, a global airline deployed Bitglass. The firm had strong solutions in place for malware and threat protection. Top-shelf “Next-Gen” firewalls. Yet, what they found surprised them. Cloud applications can be accessed from any device anywhere- managed devices with anti-malware software and unmanaged devices running naked […]
Trend Micro detects Android malware embedded in 800 apps on Google Play store
Trend Micro has made an official announcement last week which said that the research carried out by its security analysts have discovered 800 apps on Google Play store embedded with Xavier malware. And as per the analysts, the malware has the potential to steal info on the phone and pass it on to remote servers […]
Google removes Ztrog Trojans infected apps from its Google PlayStore
Google these days is busy removing apps from its PlayStore which are infected by Ztrog Trojans. And as per our sources, the said malware induced by hackers has the potential to send premium rate texts without the knowledge of the phone user. Thus, for the second time in this year, Google was forced to remove […]
Cisco launches new technology to detect cyber threats in networks
Networking giant Cisco has come up with a new software technology called “Encrypted Traffic Analytics” which can detect malware when it’s hidden in encrypted traffic and can immediately alert the network admins about the presence of malicious software. The California-based company claims that this “intent based” technology is the first to hit the networking world […]
Schools in Florida turn extremely vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
Florida-based School Networks are extremely vulnerable to cyber attacks, says a research study made by United Data Technologies. The Doral-based cyber security firm also confirmed that at least 4 Florida school district networks were hacked by cyber crooks to slip into other sensitive government systems, including state voting systems just before the US 2016 Polls. […]
Russian Cyber Threat to American Power Grids
Hackers who are being secretly funded by Russian government have devised a new cyber weapon which can disrupt American Power Grids affecting the day to day life of all Americans. As per the information available to us from a cyber security firm named Dragos, Russian hackers have devised a cyber malware called CrashOverride which has […]
Hackers are launching fileless Cyber Attacks
Hackers are getting innovatively sophisticated these days by launching file-less cyber attacks without installing the malware on hard drives at all. Yes, in order to avoid detection by anti-malware solutions, cyber crooks have found a way to use computer’s memory as a malware nurturing zone. Technically, an anti-malware tool detects malicious software by scanning a […]
Latest WhatsApp scam triggers Mobile Security Alert!
All WhatsApp users are hereby alerted that new a WhatsApp scam is doing rounds which try to charge the users using the instant messenger. As per the source of Cybersecurity Insiders, hackers are circulating fake text messages which warn recipients that the subscription of their messenger service has run out and users need to follow […]
