Tag: Malware
Researchers find many Android TV boxes infested with malware
With streaming becoming the de facto medium for modern television entertainment, Android TV boxes have proven to be an effective way of enhancing older TV...
Microsoft Teams vulnerable to malware attack – Security Report
Security researchers have found a simple way to deliver malware to an organization with Microsoft Teams, despite restrictions in the application for files from external...
African users hit by new malicious WhatsApp malware
Kaspersky researchers discovered a new malicious version of a popular WhatsApp messenger mod dubbed YoWhatsApp.
Popular for having features that the official app does not...
Backdoor MALWARE spread skyrocketing in Africa – Kaspersky
According to data collected by Russia-based cybersecurity provider Kaspersky, the number of backdoor computer malware detected in Q2 2022 for corporate users in South...
Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations increased 94% – Report
A new sectoral survey report titled, “The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2022” from Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity has revealed that...
RANSOMWARE attacks increased by 105% globally in 2021 – Report
The world also saw an alarming 105% surge in ransomware cyberattacks last year according to the 2022 Cyber Threat Report released by SonicWall, an...
MALWARE ALERT: ‘Escobar’ on Android steals Google Authenticator Code, money from...
Cybersecurity firm, BleepingComputers has revealed that a new virus with the name 'Escobar’, which is able to steal Google Authenticator Codes and money from...
Fake Windows 11 upgrade installers infect you with RedLine malware
Threat actors have started distributing fake Windows 11 upgrade installers to users of Windows 10, tricking them into downloading and executing RedLine stealer malware.
The...
71% malicious apps still in app stores available to emerging markets...
The 2021 Mobile Ad Fraud and Malware Report from Upstream's Secure-D, dubbed “A pandemic on mobile”, indicate that 71 per cent malware-infected apps discovered...
Covid-19 boosts fraudulent mobile transactions in emerging markets – Report
In year 2020, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Upstream's global anti-fraud and cybersecurity platform, Secure-D discovered that 95 per cent of some one billion plus...