Browsing the "malicious" Tag

Malware Creators Are Turning to WAV to Hide Malicious Code

October 20th, 2019 📆 | 7734 Views ⚑

The battle between malware creators and security researchers will always be ongoing in this digital age. As you may expect,

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Malware hackers using steganography in WAV audio files to hide malicious code / Boing Boing

October 19th, 2019 📆 | 4540 Views ⚑

Beware the rogue .wav file. Two reports published in the last few months indicate that authors of malware programs are

Tagged with: audio • files • hackers • malicious • malware • steganography • using

Malicious WAV files can be used to deliver malware and cryptominers

October 19th, 2019 📆 | 7638 Views ⚑

Security researchers have discovered a malware campaign that uses seemingly innocent audio files to deliver malicious code and cryptocurrency miners.

Tagged with: cryptominers • deliver • files • malicious • malware

Malicious fake WordPress plugins are mining for cryptocurrency

October 18th, 2019 📆 | 7595 Views ⚑

Malicious plugins for WordPress websites are being used not just to maintain access on the compromised server but also to

Tagged with: cryptocurrency • malicious • mining • plugins • wordpress

Hackers Use Malicious Code in WAV Audio Files To Mine Cryptocurrencies

October 18th, 2019 📆 | 4533 Views ⚑

Threat researchers have discovered malicious code in WAV audio files, code that hackers use to mine cryptocurrencies. Hackers earn thousand

Tagged with: audio • cryptocurrencies • files • hackers • malicious

Cozy Bear never really left. Iran denies it suffered a US cyberattack. Malicious WAV files….

October 17th, 2019 📆 | 4860 Views ⚑

Cozy Bear isn’t back–Cozy Bear never really left at all. Iran says the Americans are dreaming: there was no cyberattack

Tagged with: cyberattack • denies • files • malicious • never • really • suffered

WAV audio files are now being used to hide malicious code

October 17th, 2019 📆 | 6492 Views ⚑

Two reports published in the last few months show that malware operators are experimenting with using WAV audio files to

Tagged with: audio • being • files • malicious

WAV files spotted delivering malicious code

October 16th, 2019 📆 | 5299 Views ⚑

Attackers have embedded crypto-mining and Metasploit code into WAV audio files to stymie threat detection solutions. “All WAV files discovered

Tagged with: delivering • files • malicious • spotted

DeBug Computer: Malicious software – Is your computer protected?

October 15th, 2019 📆 | 2491 Views ⚑

Better known as malware, malicious software is defined as software that has a malicious effect or was developed with a

Tagged with: computer • debug • malicious • protected • software

Google still fails to secure its Android store from malicious apps / Digital Information World

October 14th, 2019 📆 | 1853 Views ⚑

Despite so many efforts by Google to maintain its Android store free from any of the malicious apps but it

Tagged with: android • fails • google • malicious • secure • still • store

Google Play Store Flooding with Malicious Applications

October 10th, 2019 📆 | 7998 Views ⚑

Google Play continues to be the source for malicious applications, researchers found several Android banking malware, adware, and other threats.

Tagged with: applications • flooding • google • malicious • store

Phishing attempts increase 400%, many malicious URLs found on trusted domains

October 9th, 2019 📆 | 5469 Views ⚑

1 in 50 URLs are malicious, nearly one-third of phishing sites use HTTPS and Windows 7 exploits have grown 75%

Tagged with: attempts • domains • found • increase • malicious • phishing • trusted

WhatsApp RCE Vulnerability Allowed Hijacking Chats Via Malicious GIFs

October 7th, 2019 📆 | 2609 Views ⚑

Heads up WhatsApp users! If you haven’t updated your WhatsApp yet, you must do it now as a serious security

Tagged with: allowed • chats • hijacking • malicious • vulnerability • whatsapp

WhatsApp chats can be hacked with a malicious GIF

October 4th, 2019 📆 | 6805 Views ⚑

A new vulnerability has been discovered in WhatsApp which leverages malicious GIFS to compromise user chat sessions, files and messages.

Tagged with: chats • hacked • malicious • whatsapp

Email is an open door for malicious actors looking to exploit businesses

October 1st, 2019 📆 | 5323 Views ⚑

There’s an alarming scale of risks businesses are up against in a time when email is proving an open door

Tagged with: actors • businesses • email • exploit • looking • malicious

Hackers Aim At U.S Veterans With Malicious Employment Website

September 27th, 2019 📆 | 3011 Views ⚑

Cybercriminals have recently been targeting U.S. Veterans. As discovered by researchers, the hackers tend to entice U.S Veterans with a

Tagged with: employment • hackers • malicious • veterans • website

New Report Shows Lack of Awareness About Malicious Third-party Code Leaves Decision Makers in the Dark About Security Risks

September 26th, 2019 📆 | 6623 Views ⚑

PerimeterX, the company that protects the world’s largest and most reputable websites and mobile applications from malicious activities, today released

Tagged with: about • awareness • malicious • party • report • shows • third

29 Malicious Adware apps found on Google Play with 10M+ Downloads

September 26th, 2019 📆 | 8563 Views ⚑

Google has removed 29 malicious adware apps that have more than 10 million downloads from the Google play store. These

Tagged with: adware • downloads • found • google • malicious

Don’t Let Your Users Download Malicious Chrome Extensions

September 25th, 2019 📆 | 1838 Views ⚑

Tagged with: chrome • download • extensions • malicious • users

Malicious Android Apps On Play Store As They Evade Google Play Protect

September 25th, 2019 📆 | 8166 Views ⚑

Although, the existence of malicious applications on the Android Play Store isn’t anything new. Researchers have now discovered how these

Tagged with: android • evade • google • malicious • protect • store

25 Malicious Apps with Over 2.1 Million Downloads in the Google Play

September 24th, 2019 📆 | 2482 Views ⚑

Researchers uncovered several malicious apps in the Google play poses as photo utility app and a fashion app. These malicious

Tagged with: downloads • google • malicious • million

Police Warns Of Scammers Targeting Venmo Users Via Malicious SMS

September 20th, 2019 📆 | 2802 Views ⚑

Phishing attacks do not always involve emails or web links. Sometimes, the attackers also leverage the SMS facility to trick

Tagged with: malicious • police • scammers • targeting • users • venmo • warns

DLL Hijacking | System Hacking through Malicious DLL | Network Pentesting (Ummed Meel-Cyber Expert)

September 20th, 2019 📆 | 3586 Views ⚑

DLL Hijacking | System Hacking using Malicious DLL | Network Pentesting (Ummed Meel-Cyber Expert) 2019-09-20 08:32:50 source

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Wikipedia Went Down Following A ‘Malicious’ DDoS Attack

September 10th, 2019 📆 | 6919 Views ⚑

Popular information resource website Wikipedia suffered a malicious DDoS attack over the weekend, following which, it went down for a

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