Category: Anti-malware

1st April 2017  By Catalin Cimpanu                                              Yesterday, at the BlackHat Asia 2017 security conference, researchers from cyber-security firm Cylance disclosed two vulnerabilities in the firmware of Gigabyte BRIX small computing devices, which allow an attacker to write malicious content to the UEFI firmware.   During… Continue reading Gigabyte Firmware Flaws Allow the Installation of UEFI Ransomware

March 31, 2017 by Christopher Boyd Users of gaming platform Steam have the ability to upload images from games, post messages, and more besides, into their social network stream. They also have the option to upload game-related artwork. Spammers occasionally make use of this feature to sling some spam at the gaming masses.   We’ve… Continue reading Steam spammers have a night at the movies

By Ionut Arghire on March 31, 2017   A newly discovered piece of malware features a modular design and has been used in highly targeted campaigns, Forcepoint security researchers reveal.   Dubbed Felismus, the malware is a well-written Remote Access Trojan (RAT) believed to have been created by professional cybercriminals. The threat packs numerous anti-analysis capabilities (including… Continue reading Modular Felismus RAT Emerges

31st March 2017   Once you understand how easy and common it is for thieves to attach “skimming” devices to ATMs and other machines that accept debit and credit cards, it’s difficult not to closely inspect and even tug on the machines before using them. Several readers who are in the habit of doing just that… Continue reading Why I Always Tug on the ATM

        When was the last time you backed up your files?   113 phones are stolen every minute in the country. 30% of people don’t backup their files.   Precious family photos, important documents and emails – you name it and you’ve probably got it saved on your various devices.   If… Continue reading World Backup Day 2017

At the time of discovery, no AV could detect this stealthy ransomware which infected a popular application                                         Mar 31, 2017 00:30 GMT  ·  By Gabriela Vatu   A new type of Android ransomware was discovered in the wild. What makes this one particularly scary… Continue reading New Android Ransomware Goes Undetected by All Antivirus Programs

30th March 2017 By Tara Seals   About one-third of respondents in a survey of RSA attendees describe the state of security monitoring within their organization as “complex and chaotic,” thanks to a lack of visibility into the cloud and proliferating internet of things (IoT) devices.   According to AlienVault’s latest report, many IT professionals… Continue reading Cloud Complexity Leads to Chaotic Security Environments

30th March 2017 By Tara Seals   A fake WordPress plugin is trending, targeting one of the world’s largest open-source applications in order to allow back-door access to a host of websites.   Dubbed WP-Base-SEO, the plugin is a forgery of a legitimate search engine optimization plugin, called WordPress SEO Tools, according to SiteLock, the… Continue reading Fake WordPress Plugin Opens Sites to Criminals

By Catalin Cimpanu March 30, 2017                               In an era of the Internet when most browser vendors are taking steps to migrate away from Flash and all security experts recommend you blast that piece of insecure junk software off your computer, the nice people at FedEx are giving you… Continue reading FedEx Will Give You $5 If You Install Flash

March 30, 2017 by William Tsing                                                   We all know about tech support scams by this point. We know how they cold call, lie their way into your computer, and steal your money. Unfortunately for the scammers, banks know this as well, making it quite difficult at times to maintain an account to… Continue reading Tech support scammers and their banking woes