Malware Is Still Spying On You Even When Your Mobile Is Off

Friday, February 20th, 2015

Most of us have seen Hollywood movies where hackers trace and spy on mobile devices even though they are switched off. Like most things in spy movies, we disregard it as fiction. However, recent malware discovered by the AVG mobile security team may change this preconception. This malware hijacks the shutting down ...

Lenovo shipping laptops with pre-installed adware that kills HTTPS

Thursday, February 19th, 2015

Lenovo is in hot water after it was revealed on Wednesday that the company is shipping consumer laptops with Superfish (Adware) pre-installed. Security experts are alarmed, as the software performs Man-in-the-Middle attacks that compromises all SSL connections. It's a fact of life; PC manufacturers are paid to install software at the ...

NSA planted surveillance software on hard drives, report says

Tuesday, February 17th, 2015

The National Security Agency is able to infect hard drives with surveillance software to spy on computers, Reuters said on Tuesday, citing information from cyber researchers and former NSA operatives. In a new report, Kaspersky revealed the existence of a group dubbed The Equation Group capable of directly accessing the firmware ...

Millions stolen from banks through sophisticated malware

Saturday, February 14th, 2015

Hackers infiltrated over 100 banks in several countries, stealing millions of dollars in possibly the largest bank theft the world has seen, according to a report published by the New York Times on Saturday. The Times said it received an advance copy of an upcoming report by Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab that ...

Simplocker Android ransomware variant identified, tougher to decrypt files

Tuesday, February 10th, 2015

A new and improved variant of Simplocker ransomware for Android devices is currently being distributed, according to Avast. When Simplocker was first identified in June 2014, it was considered possibly the first ransomware for Android devices that encrypts files. However, the encryption key was hardcoded inside the malware and was not ...