Quite recently, one of my friends complained that he had to use a mobile app to transfer money. Supposedly, it felt very unsafe. I had to prove my point that mobile money transfers can be a lot safer than desktop
Continue reading 0 CommentsThe Most Significant Ransomware Threats of 2017
2017 is not over yet, and there is still time for a new major ransomware threat to emerge, but with only a few weeks left before 2018 begins, we have to start assessing what happened in the past twelve months.
Continue reading 0 CommentsTizi Backdoor Exploits Android Devices To Gain Their Users’ Sensitive Data
Google Play Protect and Threat Analysis teams quite recently discovered a dangerous threat targeting Android devices; it is known as Tizi. According to the specialists, it is a backdoor application with rooting capabilities. Apparently, it can install spyware on the
Continue reading 0 CommentsFile Spider Ransomware Hits the Balkans with Malspam and Gives 96-Hour Deadline
Security experts have recently detected another strain of ransomware targeted at the Balkans, including Bosnia and Herzogovina, Serbia, and Croatia. The ransomware is dubbed File Spider and has been known to researchers since December 10th, 2017, when the ongoing campaigned
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Popularity, arguably, is a good thing, but it also comes with certain disadvantages. Take mobile devices that run on Android, for example. The number of such devices (be it smartphones or tablets) has been continuously on the rise. According to
Continue reading 0 Comments8 Things You Can Do to Defend Your Company Against Ransomware
Individual computer users are not the only ones who can encounter ransomware infections. There are many threats targeting large and small companies available as well. These nasty malicious applications are programmed by cyber criminals and used for only one purpose
Continue reading 0 CommentsQkg Ransomware: A New Vicious Threat To Look Out For
According to IT specialists from Trend Micro Cyber Safety Solutions Qkg Ransomware is a self-replicating and document-encrypting threat. Apparently, it targets only Microsoft Word documents, although it seems it can only encipher such data if it is opened. In other
Continue reading 0 CommentsFBI, Microsoft, ESET and others kill Andromeda Botnet
After two years of intense research, international public and private effort finally took down the notorious Andromeda botnet network on November 29th. Andromeda was one of the biggest botnets out there, used to distribute malware and steal information from infected
Continue reading 0 CommentsThe Necurs Botnet has revived and is now involved in the distribution of Globeimposter Ransomware
Necurs is the name of the botnet actively distributing malicious software. It used to spread the nasty infection Locky Ransomware, but this report is not about this case. Malware researchers working at the cybersecurity department noticed another flow of malicious
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