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The back-door-type Trojan was likely developed by a nation state Symantec researchers have identified a particularly sophisticated piece of malware, called “Regin” that was likely developed by a nation state and has been used to spy on governments, infrastructure operators, businesses, researchers and individuals since at least 2008. “Regin displays […]
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The ads redirected victims to the Sweet Orange exploit kit, which tries to install malware, Trend Micro says Malicious advertisements, some of which were displayed on YouTube, redirected more than 113,000 people in the U.S. to harmful websites in just a month, Trend Micro said Tuesday. Although online advertising companies […]
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When a eBay suffered a massive data breach a few weeks ago, most of the attention revolved around the compromise of passwords and the vulnerabilities in the site’s security. While those are legitimate concerns, they obscure the most glaringly weak link in the security chain: people. Indeed, it was not […]
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VP of Android mgmt. Hugo Barra headed from Google to Xiaomi – but why? And just like that, Google I/O 2014 will be a different show – vice president of Android product management Hugo Barra abruptly announced that he’ll be leaving Google in “a few weeks” to join Chinese phone […]
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NotCompatible’ Android malware rears its ugly head, again Mobile security vendor Lookout says Android malware is showing signs of sudden activity The “NotCompatible” malware, designed to infect Android devices and turn them into unwitting Web proxies, is suddenly showing a sharp uptick in activity, according to mobile security vendor Lookout. […]