New Type of Malware Gives Online Gamers an Unfair Advantage
There is a lot more to the concept of malware than meets the eye. It is malicious software, pure and simple, yet many different variations and use cases exist. …
Category: Security
Nearly 200,000 IP Cameras are Vulnerable To Botnet Malware Intrusion
Botnets are a far more serious cyber threat than most people give it credit for. As we saw with the DynDNS outage last year, a botnet can shut down …
Viewer or Viewed? Your Television May Have Been Spying On You
March 11, 2017
News, Security, Technology
If you own a Vizio TV your convesations, the channels you watch, and every thing you did was recorded and stored on the company’s servers. Not only did the …
132 Android Apps are Embedded With Windows Malware
Cyber criminals have come up with yet another tactic that leaves security researchers puzzled. It appears windows malware code is showing up in Android applications all of a sudden. …
New Ransomware-as-a-service Program Will Cause a Spike in Malware Infections
Not a day goes by without a new form of malware making quite an impact. Dot ransomware, a new ransomware-as-a-service offering found on the dark web, makes the distribution …
Updated TorrentLocker Ransomware Capable of Stealing Login Credentials
One of the most disconcerting cybersecurity headlines this week revolves around TorrentLocker resurfacing all of a sudden. This ransomware strain was believed to be defunct since 2015, yet nothing …
Cyber Criminals Start to use DNS TXT Records to Control Remote Access Trojans
Trojans are one of the most annoying types of malware to deal with these days. Not only can Trojans infect computer systems and cause programs to stop working, but …
Dharma Ransomware Master Encryption Key Released
It is not the first time developers of a popular ransomware strain suddenly throw in the towel. Various types of ransomware have had their master encryption key released to …
Necurs Botnet Developers Add DDoS Capabilities To Their Modular Malware
The last thing this world needs is botnets getting even more capable of causing havoc. Unfortunately, that is exactly what is happening with the Necurs botnet right now. In …