Canadian organizations are being warned that they are increasingly becoming the targets of cyber-threats, with researchers discovering nearly 100 malicious email campaigns that have been…
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China installs spyware on tourists’ Android phones, downloads data from iPhones
Foreigners visiting certain areas of China are having their smartphones searched at the border. With Android phones, authorities install a piece of spyware that has…
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New Android Spyware Tools Emerge in Widespread Surveillance Campaign
Researchers have uncovered a surveillance campaign, dating back to at least 2013, which has used a slew of Android surveillanceware tools to spy on the…
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New Dridex Malware Strain Avoids AV Detection
A new variant of the Dridex banking Trojan has been shaken up with the ability to avoid detection by traditional antivirus products. Dridex is a…
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What is malware? How to prevent, detect and recover from it
Malware, short for malicious software, is a blanket term for viruses, worms, trojans and other harmful computer programs hackers use to wreak destruction and gain access…
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Data breaches cost US companies more than $1.2 trillion last year
A data breach can inflict pain on an organization by stealing and leaking sensitive information. With user or customer accounts compromised, a company can suffer…
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Botnet Abusing Android Debug Bridge, SSH is Back
A new cryptocurrency-mining botnet malware is abusing Android Debug Bridge (ADB) and SSH, according to Trend Micro. “This attack takes advantage of the way open…
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Website Attack Attempts Rose by 69% in 2018
Millions of websites have been compromised, but the most likely malware isn’t cyptomining: it’s quietly stealing files and redirecting traffic, a new Sitelock report shows.…
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NSO Group Impersonated Facebook To Help Clients Hack Targets
Infamous Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group created a web domain that looked as if it belonged to Facebook’s security team to entice targets to click…
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Process Reimaging: A Cybercrook’s New Disguise for Malware
As of early 2019, Windows 10 is running on more than 700 million devices, including PCs, tablets, phones, and even some gaming consoles. However, it…
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