Category: Anti-malware

No one is safe from malware these days, even macOS users. 2017 has been a banner year for malware on Apple computers, including a new threat that allows total remote control from a web console.                                      By Brandon Vigliarolo | March 2, 2017   Apple recently patched macOS… Continue reading macOS malware on the rise as Apple silently patches a mysterious new threat called Proton

March 5, 2017  By Pierluigi Paganini   Rapid7 released the Metasploit Vulnerable Services Emulator, a new tool that can be used by IT experts to emulate vulnerable services.                                  Which is the best way to protect a system? You need to think of the system in the attacker’s perspective, for this… Continue reading Metasploit team released Metasploit Vulnerable Services Emulator

Don’t want to be identified as Telegram user? Yeah, about that… David Bisson | March 4, 2017                                                 Scammers can use the Telegram mobile messaging app to connect with a potential victim if they already have their phone number in their contact list.   In a blog post, Fidelis… Continue reading Telegram lets scammers connect directly with potential victims by way of stored contacts

March 4, 2017  By Pierluigi Paganini   Exclusive: MalwareMustDie for Security Affairs released the list of the sites under attack. A criminal gang is using SSH TCP direct forward attack technique.                                                           Figure 1: The scheme adopted by… Continue reading Exclusive: A criminal group using SSH TCP direct forward attack is also targeting Italian infrastruc

  During tax season most of us are probably still dreading the moment we have to quit procrastinating, buckle down, and file our income taxes. Coincidentally, it’s also a time that cybercriminals are working overtime to scam home users into giving over their financial data, and even their tax returns. The frequency of attacks only… Continue reading Top 5 Tax Season Scams

  Take a look at ransomware behind the scenes with Jesse Lopez, lead advanced malware removal engineer at Webroot.    Take a look at the best antivirus, anti-malware, anti-spy, etc. software Powered by WPeMatico

March 3rd, 2017  By Catalin Cimpanu                                                  A new service launched on the Dark Web this week simplifies the process of tricking victims whose card details have been exposed into revealing their card’s PIN.   The service, which we’ll reference in this article based on… Continue reading New Dark Web Service Helps Crooks Trick You in Revealing Your Payment Card PIN

A supporter of the antivirus industry has defended the practice of intercepting encrypted traffic for malware analysis, but admits vendors need to clean up their act.                                        By Liam Tung | March 3, 2017   An advocate for the antivirus (AV) industry has warned security vendors to take heed of… Continue reading Dealing with Overwhelming Volume of Security Alerts

March 3, 2017 by Jérôme Segura                                   In a previous blog post, we showed how users were redirected to a tech support scam page via a rogue Google Chrome extension. This time we take a look at another clever ruse to trick you into calling for assistance, and ultimately getting scammed. This scheme is… Continue reading Free antivirus coupon leads to tech support scam

March 1st 2017  By Lawrence Abrams   The Crypt0L0cker ransomware, otherwise known as Torrentlocker or Teerac, was a common ransomware infection that mostly targeted Australia and European countries in 2014. Towards the middle of 2015, though, this ransomware slowly started dying off to the point that it was hardly distributed anymore.   Fast forward to… Continue reading Crypt0L0cker Ransomware is Back with Campaigns Targeting Europe