Tag: Malware
Do These to Keep Your Smart TVs Secure This 2021
Your smart TVs are great for all the additional features that they bring to the set-top box experience: from internet access to microphones and...
4 Most Common Types of Cybersecurity Threats
There’s every indication that the Covid-19 pandemic is changing the nature of cybersecurity. Online threats are evolving to match our new remote-work paradigm, with...
Hackers exploit websites to get excellent SEO before deploying malware
Cyberattackers have turned to search engine optimization (SEO) techniques to deploy malware payloads to as many victims as possible.
According to Sophos, the so-called search engine "deoptimization"...
Five signs of malware infection on your computer and how to...
Remember when you could surf the web without being barraged by one pop-up ad after another? Between ”Congratulations! You’ve won $1 million” and “Alert!...
New ‘Silver Sparrow’ malware infects nearly 30,000 Apple Macs
Days after the first malware targeting Apple M1 chips was discovered in the wild, researchers have disclosed yet another previously undetected piece of malicious software that...
About 3 million devices infected by 28 malware-laced Chrome and Edge...
As many as 3 million people have been infected by Chrome and Edge browser extensions that steal personal data and redirect users to ad...
Danger: VivaVideo App stopped from stealing US$27m in 20 million transactions
VivaVideo is a top-rated video editing app for Android devices that has been caught initiating premium subscription attempts, delivering invisible ads to users while avoiding...
Malware on Google Play Store infects millions of devices
This week Google removed 17 Android applications from the official Play Store. According to Viral Gandhi, a security researcher from Zscaler, all 17 applications were infected...
Malware found in 21 more Android apps, over 7 million downloads
Google has removed 15 of 21 Android applications from the official Play Store over the weekend following a report from Czech antivirus maker Avast.
The...
Microsoft winning fight against major malware botnet
As part of a coordinated effort that began around a week and a half ago, Microsoft and its partners have almost completely disabled an...