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New Android malware difficult to delete?

New Android malware difficult to delete? Another virus that targets Android users has been discovered. This latest malware not only steals credit card and money transfer information, it also allows payments that you don’t know about. TrustGo security labs called this new malware SMSZombie.A. It was initially discovered in China and exploits vulnerabilities in the country’s mobile payment system via SMS. [...] Read more →

Lookout: 5% of free apps are borderline malware

Lookout: 5% of free apps are borderline malware Con-artists and other unscrupulous individuals now have a new weapon to unleash their wrath to unsuspecting individuals. With technology being one of the most important things that we now have, they have jumped into the bandwagon and have used them as front to their modus. With app developers and apps sprouting out from nowhere, it [...] Read more →

Malware kills your net by July 9!

asd1 Read up dear readers, and read it well. Many of us may no longer be able to access the Internet pretty soon. How soon? Talk about July 9, 2012 soon! A piece of Malware has been floating around in the internet that we all share. You may want to triple think about going to those [...] Read more →

Android malware creators caught

Android malware creators caught Malware developers and hackers have targeted Android users as their new victims. With the influx of smartphones in the market, and Google’s Android being one of the popular operating systems, these scums have set their sights to unsuspecting victims. But in Japan, 6 individuals who were found to be creating and distributing a malicious app [...] Read more →

Malware detected! Cyber-war lunges forward

free app that easily turns your notebook into wifi hotspot Now may be a good time to click the update button to your anti-virus software. A couple of weeks ago, while trying to locate and identify a very illusive viper/wiper program that has been infecting Iranian computers, Kaspersky Lab has detected something even larger and more threatening than described. The malware, currently dubbed as “Flame”, is [...] Read more →

Virus created solely for espionage

Virus created solely for Espionage Researchers have uncovered a new sophisticated virus that could possibly be developed with the help of state sponsored funds. This said virus, dubbed as Skywiper, Flamer and Flame, is considered to be one of the most complex malwares ever developed and could be created solely for spying purposes. Similar to the Stuxnet malware, this new [...] Read more →

Topless supermodel image used as in Mac malware

mac Users of Macintosh computers beware! A new malware is spreading targeting your computers that uses photos of a topless supermodel to lure you into infecting your system. Security firm Sophos said the malware, which is called OSX/Imuler-B, is using images of a Russian model Irina Shayk an FHM magazine cover girl. Sophos said in a [...] Read more →

Scareware hides files and folders, charges $80 for repair

Scareware hides files and folders, charges $80 for repair BitDefender developers have recently discovered a new scareware tactic threatens the victims that all their files and folders have disappeared due to hard disk issues and invites them to buy a disk repair utility that will solve the problem priced at $80. The scareware is installed in the victims computer Win32.Brontok.AP@mm. It is a popular worm [...] Read more →

Facebook app spreads Android malware

Facebook app spreads Android malware A new program called Bouncer was developed for Android devices to ward of malware’s off of their operating systems. Unfortunately, scammers have found a way to circumvent the later to wreak havoc and continue to spread their menacing ways. Sophos reports that a malware is spreading via the Facebook app. According to Vanja Svajcer of [...] Read more →

Caution: Facebook Valentine theme may be a malware!

caution: facebook valentine theme maybe a malware Beware! The cybercrooks are at it again. Computer security developer Trend Micro has unveiled a new malware that could harm your PC’s. This new attack starts with a Facebook post on affected users walls inviting their friends to install a Valentines Day theme on their FB profiles. Trend Micro said in a blog post, “Clicking the Install button [...] Read more →
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