Tag: malware
LA warns of ‘juice-jacking’ malware, but admits it has no cases
Los Angeles’ district attorney is warning travelers to avoid public USB charging points because “they may contain dangerous malware.” Reading the advisory, you might be...
Police hijack a botnet and remotely kill 850,000 malware infections
In a rare feat, French police have hijacked and neutralized a massive cryptocurrency mining botnet controlling close to a million infected computers. The notorious Retadup...
McAfee: Cryptomining and IoT malware both rose over 70% in Q3...
McAfee reported that internet of things malware was up 73 percent in the third quarter, while cryptocurrency mining malware was up 71 percent, even...
Credit card stealing malware on Canada’s 1-800-FLOWERS website went undetected for...
It’s going to take more than a bunch of posies to make up for this one.
The Canadian branch of 1-800-FLOWERS revealed in a filing...
Apple warns developers to get apps Notarized against malware threats
After announcing Notarized apps at a security-focused session at the 2018 Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple is today telling developers to submit their apps for...
A flood of fake installers will really update Flash for you...
If you think that Flash, the once-popular web plugin, couldn’t die fast enough, even those annoying fake Flash installers riddled with malware aren’t going...
California passes law that bans default passwords in connected devices
Good news! California has passed a law banning default passwords like “admin,” “123456” and the old classic “password” in all new consumer electronics starting in...
Beware! Apps Are Secretly Recording Your Screens – How To Stop...
In 2018, the privacy of users have become a huge joke for big tech companies. We are the target users, and companies are going...
