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Leaked CIA Hacking Tools Linked to Prolific Longhorn Hacking Group
Last month, WikiLeaks released a massive dump of files from their so called Vault7. The large variety of hacking tools within were attributed to the Central Intelligence Agency’s hacking group. Since then, numerous exploits found within have been exposed and in some cases fixed. With more time with the files, researchers have now…
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Researchers Uncover Advanced Cyber-Espionage Malware
Malware can be easy to spot sometimes, but other times it can be incredibly elusive, especially it was put together by government-sponsored hacking groups. A good example is the Stuxnet worm, which was allegedly created by the US and Israel in order to infect Iran’s nuclear program, or this impressive…
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Symantec Vulnerability Exposes Three Operating Systems All At Once
When it comes to security holes, there are a few things that you don’t want to create security holes. One of these things is your anti-virus software and yet, Symantec’s antivirus engine did just that. The vulnerability was discovered by Google’s Travis Ormandy, and not only did it open up…
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Malware Could Be Using Legitimate Signature Certificates
When it comes to installing software on your computer, we often have to take it on faith that the software is safe to use. As an extra precaution, the latest step is to allow companies to use “certificates”, digital signatures that show that a trusted company created the software. A…
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Shape-Shifting ‘Beebone’ Malware Taken Down by Europol and the FBI
It looks like a shape-shifting malware that was able to change its identity up to 19 times a day to avoid detection has been put to rest by Europe’s Cybercrime Centre and the FBI. The malware dubbed ‘Beebone’ is said to have been controlling 100,000 computers at its peak back…
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Symantec Uncovers Tricky ‘Regin’ Malware
Anti-Virus company Symantec has identified a heavy malware threat named ‘Regin’. It’s said by PC World that this nasty piece of work was likely developed by a nation state and used by these criminals to spy on governments, infrastructure operators, businesses, researching and individuals as far back as 2008. Symantec…
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More Than One Thousand Power Plants Found Compromised by Unknown Cyberattack
Since the major topics nowadays are secret service cyber conspiracies and cyberattacks, the latest news points to another cyberattack aimed at more than one thousand power plants worldwide. Symantec, a company specialising in software security, has apparently uncovered a malware campaign started by a group called Dragonfly, allowing remote access…
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Microsoft Is Leading PC Anti-Virus Vendor According To Report
New research figures by software and IT solutions company OPSWAT suggest that Microsoft dominates the desktop and laptop anti-virus markets with its free Microsoft Security Essentials offering. Microsoft has an impressive 25.4% of the market with all its products combined, though this is mainly comprised of MSE and Windows Defender. Microsoft…
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New Report Says Google Glass Is Vulnerable To WiFi Hijacking
According to Symantec there is a major flaw with Google Glass and we all know that a flaw in glass means something is going to shatter sooner or later. Yet Symantec have found a potentially dangerous and simple way of attacking a Glass device and it’s pretty much the same technique…
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