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By Kawabata Kohei They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Take the case of CrypMIC—detected by Trend Micro as RANSOM_CRYPMIC—a new ransomware family that mimics CryptXXX... more…A malicious pairing of cryptor and stealer
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By: Hiroyuki Kakara and Kazuki Fujisawa, Cyber Threat Research Team We discovered a potential targeted attack that makes use of legitimate script engine AutoHotkey,in combination with malicious... more…January 2013 Microsoft Security Bulletins – Start the New Year with XML Core Services, Print Spooler Updates and More
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Microsoft begins its monthly set of bulletins for 2017 with relatively few bulletins released in January. Four security bulletins make up this month’s Patch Tuesday—one of which is... more…Android is almost impenetrable to malware
Until now, Google hasn’t talked about malware on Android because it did not have the data or analytic platform to back its security claims. But that changed... more…Apple releases Java security updates
It's probably safe to turn your Mac on again. Just a day after reports spread about a Java-based Trojan horse that could install itself on your Mac without... more…Changes to Gmail’s Image Display Defaults May Change Your Privacy
Recently Google announced that it had changed its policy dealing with images in email. In a blog post on the official Gmail blog, Google said: [You’ll] soon see... more…Apple fan buys lunch with Tim Cook for $300,000
Fancy lunch with Apple CEO Tim Cook to find out about the iPhone 6, the firm’s plans for the long-rumoured iWatch or just what on earth he... more…WordPress Pluggable.php Being Compromised
The last few days we have seen a large number of WordPress sites compromised with a hidden malware payload that lands inside wp-includes/pluggable.php. This is not a WordPress... more…Kam dál?
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