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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 12th, 2016
Android.Bankosy Trojan Steals One-Time Passwords Sent to You via Voice Calls

Android.Bankosy Trojan Steals One-Time Passwords Sent to You via Voice Calls

Two-factor authentication is not what it used to be

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 12th, 2016
Rovnix Banking Malware Detected Snooping on Users in Japan

Rovnix Banking Malware Detected Snooping on Users in Japan

Rovnix crew leaves Europe, not targets Japanese banks

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 11th, 2016
Browser Scareware Evolves, Now Targets Smart TVs

Browser Scareware Evolves, Now Targets Smart TVs

More accounts of smart TV malware, new threats discovered

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 7th, 2016
Android-Based Smart TVs Aren't That Smart When You Install Malware on Them

Android-Based Smart TVs Aren't That Smart When You Install Malware on Them

Smart TVs running older versions of Android are vulnerable

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 7th, 2016
Malware Resurfaces on the Google Play Store

Malware Resurfaces on the Google Play Store

Brain Test malware is back, spotted in 13 apps

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 5th, 2016
Author of Linux.Encoder Fails for the Third Time, Ransomware Is Still Decryptable

Author of Linux.Encoder Fails for the Third Time, Ransomware Is Still Decryptable

Lucky Linux server admins are lucky, ransomware is still a dud, fails to properly hide its encryption key

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 3rd, 2016
Ransom32 Is a JavaScript-Based Ransomware That Uses Node.js to Infect Users

Ransom32 Is a JavaScript-Based Ransomware That Uses Node.js to Infect Users

Ransom32 may be the first cross-OS ransomware family

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 30th, 2015
Radamant Ransomware Author Has a Fit When Researcher Cracks His Encryption

Radamant Ransomware Author Has a Fit When Researcher Cracks His Encryption

Radamant ransomware v1 and v2 are now decryptable

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 28th, 2015
ProxyBack Malware Turns Infected Computers into Internet Proxies

ProxyBack Malware Turns Infected Computers into Internet Proxies

Clues point the finger at buyproxy.ru operators

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 18th, 2015
SlemBunk Android Banking Trojan Targets 31 Banks Across the World

SlemBunk Android Banking Trojan Targets 31 Banks Across the World

Trojan works by injecting fake logins into legitimate apps

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 16th, 2015
XRTN Ransomware Discovered, Currently Undecryptable

XRTN Ransomware Discovered, Currently Undecryptable

XRTN has lots of similarities with VaultCrypt

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 16th, 2015
Intense Nemucod Malware Campaign Spreads TeslaCrypt Ransomware

Intense Nemucod Malware Campaign Spreads TeslaCrypt Ransomware

TeslaCrypt ransomware infections continue to surge

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 12th, 2015
Latentbot Is the Next Step in Evolution for Stealthy Backdoors

Latentbot Is the Next Step in Evolution for Stealthy Backdoors

Backdoor bot manages to remain hidden for two years

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 11th, 2015
New TeslaCrypt Ransomware Version Released, Infections on the Rise

New TeslaCrypt Ransomware Version Released, Infections on the Rise

Current TeslaCrypt ransomware can't be decrypted

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 10th, 2015
Google Cloud Abused to Distribute Telax Banking Trojan

Google Cloud Abused to Distribute Telax Banking Trojan

Trojan targeted users living in Brazil alone

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 5th, 2015
Hackers Build Rootnik Trojan on Top of Android Rooting Toolkit

Hackers Build Rootnik Trojan on Top of Android Rooting Toolkit

Why create your own rooting functions when someone else has already put the effort into doing the same thing

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 3rd, 2015
Linux Users Targeted by New Rekoobe Trojan

Linux Users Targeted by New Rekoobe Trojan

First infections occurred around the start of October

 
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