More than nine years after it infected millions of systems worldwide, the malware continues to be highly active, according to a Trend Micro report. The Conficker worm has become the malware that just won’t die. More than nine years after it was first spotted in 2008, the worm continues to be detected by anti-malware systems with enough regularity to suggest that it remains a potent...
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More than 5,000 Android ransomware kit listings have been spotted so far this year, with the median price range hitting $200. Most ransomware kits still focus on targeting Windows systems, but Android ransomware kits are selling for a premium and are expected to grow in volume and price, according to a new report. Android ransomware kits sell for a median price that is 20 times higher...
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The security expert Michael Gillespie discovered a new variant of the Shadow BTCware Ransomware which is manually installed on unsecured systems. The security expert Michael Gillespie discovered a new variant of the BTCWare ransomware, the malicious code was spread by hacking into poorly protected remote desktop services and manually installed by crooks. The new Shadow BTCware Ransomware variant appends the .[email]-id-id.shadow extension to the encrypted files, compared to previous versions it uses new email addresses a...
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The Firefox web browser is looking to alert visitors whenever they visit a website that is known to have suffered a data breach. While the ‘Breach Alerts’ feature will issue a warning about a website, it won’t actually prevent users from visiting it. “This is an extension that I’m going to be using as a vehicle for prototyping basic UI and interaction flow for an...
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Google has expanded enforcement of Google’s Unwanted Software Policy waring Android developers to explicitly declare data collection behaviors. A few days ago, Google was caught collecting users’ location data even when location services were disabled, many privacy experts questioned the behavior of the tech giant. Google promptly admitted the practice and suspended it. Now Google made another move to protect the privacy of its users, it has warned Android developers...
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