Tag Archives: Malware
Remove These 25 Malware Infested Android Photo Editing Apps NOW
Many Android photo editing apps in the Google Play Store were found to be malware infested, cybersecurity firm Symantec said they should be removed Now. Symantec uncovered 25 malware infested apps in the Play Store, which were downloaded more than 2 million times. Symantec reported the malicious apps to Google already but if they are…
Identity Thieves Pushing New Chase Phishing Scams
Identity thieves continually develop new ways to obtain your personal information. I personally have gotten the latest Phishing email scam these thieves are using. Looks like these Hackers didnt stop at just hacking Chase but now also taking advantage of the Chase breach to do more harm to people. This email is not legitimate. If…
Windows Actively Exploited Privilege-Escalation Bugs
The software giant recently released important-level patches for two of the privilege-escalation vulnerabilities in Win32k and splwow64, which are being actively exploited in the wild. Qualys said that the patches, though labeled as important, should be quickly deployed as they could be chained with other vulnerabilities to provide the hacker with complete system access. In…
Mac Users Affected by Zero-Day Webcam Hijacking
The Mac Zoom Client allows any malicious website to enable your camera without your permission. The flaw potentially exposes up to 4 million workers that use the Zoom for Mac web-and videoconferencing service. According to a researcher Jonathan Leitschuh (he noted that Mac users make up about 10 percent of Zoom’s customer base of 4+…
Point-Of-Sale Malware Found at 102 Checkers Restaurants
Checkers Restaurants suffered a cyber security breach according to a report by ZD Net, the company found Point-Of-Sale malware in 102 Checkers and Rally’s locations. The Checkers released statement emphasizes that “not all Checkers and Rally’s restaurants were affected by this issue.” The business also announced that the Point-Of-Sale malware did not affect all…
Patch That WhatsApp Zero-Day Exploit
Facebook has recently patched a critical zero-day exploit in WhatsApp, WhatsApp is urging users to update as soon as possible because hackers are able to exploit you remotely to install spyware on phones by calling the targeted device. WhatsApp did not name the threat actor exploiting the CVE-2019-3568, it described the attackers as an “advanced…
A Free decryptor tool for ZQ Ransomware
Victims affected by the ZQ Ransomware can have a breathe of relief due to researchers developing a free decryptor tool to decrypt files encrypted by the ZQ Ransomware. About The ZQ Ransomware Michael Gillespie Discovered this specific ransomware that adds a specific ZQ extension to encrypted files. The malware has infected users in the US,…
Malware Can Hide Within DICOM Medical Images
It has been found that malware can now hide within DICOM medical images. These are the type of images that doctors look at when they do XRay, CT or MRI scans. The analysis named Markel Picado Ortiz was able to take advantage of the DICOM flaw which allows the “128-byte section at the beginning of…
TrickBot phishing scams for 2019 tax season
Hackers are once again using the TrickBot banking trojan to exploit the tax season by pushing malicious Microsoft Excel spreadsheet documents via spam campaigns. IBM noticed a few different types of phishing emails are pretending to be from ADP and Paychex which are malicious emails spreading the TrickBot trojan. “Taxpayers should be on constant guard for…
Counter-Strike 1.6 servers used to push malware
Just about 39% of all Counter-Strike 1.6 servers were being used to push malware to end users. It’s amazing that still to this day counter-strike 1.6 is still being play after 20 years. The game still has many players and there is a high demand for hosting providers to provide players to rent game servers. …
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