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IoT Worm Can Be Mounted on Cars, Drones to Take Over Entire Smart Cities

Security researchers have created an experimental IoT worm that can spread on its own to nearby compatible smart devices, causing havoc inside a modern smart city by allowing an attacker to jam WiFi connections, disturb the electric grid, or brick devices making entire critical systems inoperable.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 08, 2016
- 08:30 AM
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Android Banking Trojans Based on GM Bot Infected Over 200,000 Users in the Past 3 Months

Over the course of three months, more than 200,000 users have downloaded apps infected with an Android malware derived from the source code of the GM Bot, Czech security firm Avast reports.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 05, 2016
- 05:20 PM
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Fake Cain XPii Cleaner App Is Actually a Backdoor with Very Annoying Features

Researchers have come across a new malware variant, currently in development, that likes to bombard victims with countless of popup ads, and kill their CPU by opening countless processes.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 04, 2016
- 03:11 PM
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Gamers Face Waves of Booby-Trapped Game Cheats That Steal Login Credentials

Security researchers have come across a series of Minecraft money adders that promise to give users free in-game coins, but end up stealing their credentials.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 03, 2016
- 07:36 PM
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CIA Election AntiCheat Control malware preys on the fear of Voter Fraud

Criminals love to to prey on people based on current news topics and there are few topics right now that are bigger than the 2016 United States presidential election. This can be seen in a new malware called CIA Election AntiCheat Control - 2016. that tries to scam people to send $50 or their vote won't count.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 22, 2016
- 04:43 PM
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50% of Users Fall for Clickbait Despite Knowledge of Risks, Finds Experiment

Researchers have found that approximately half of all users will click on links sent to them from unknown senders despite knowing the risks of phishing and a malware infection.
- David Bisson
- September 01, 2016
- 12:00 PM
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Millennium Hotels & Resorts Warns of Potential POS Breach at 14 Locations

Hospitality chain Millennium Hotels & Resorts North America is warning customers that malware may have affected food and beverage point-of-sale (POS) systems at 14 of its locations. MHR first learned about a possible malware infection, which is believed to have occurred in early March 2016, from the United States Secret Service.
- David Bisson
- August 26, 2016
- 12:30 PM
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Credit Card Info exposed by POS Malware at some Starwood and HEI Hotels

Malware is believed to have infiltrated point-of-sale (POS) terminals and compromised customers' payment card information at 20 HEI Hotels & Resorts locations. This malware affected a total of 12 Starwood hotels, six Marriott resorts, and one location of Hyatt and Intercontinental each.
- David Bisson
- August 16, 2016
- 01:13 PM
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New Information Stealing Trojan Steals and Uploads Corporate Files

Information theft can be very lucrative for malware developers who target companies for the theft of corporate secrets. BleepingComputer has discovered a computer infection that scans victim's computer for files containing certain file extensions and then uploads matching files to a server under the malware developer's control.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 12, 2016
- 01:48 PM
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Malicious Android Apps Use Obfuscation, Antiemulation Techniques to Avoid Detection

A set of malicious gaming applications for Android available on the Google Play Store employ obfuscation at multiple levels and antiemulation techniques to avoid detection. There are six malicious apps in total. They all advertise a different mod for Minecraft, the popular sandbox video game.
- David Bisson
- August 10, 2016
- 01:00 PM
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2015 was the worst in history for OSX malware

A new report from Bit9 and Carbon Black details how 2015 was the worst year in history for OSX malware. In a 10 week study conducted by both organizations it was discovered that 2015 had 5 times more malware than all of 2010-2014 combined. OSX users need to take security seriously or they are bound to be affected by future malware.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 16, 2015
- 09:20 AM
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