How to Detect and Prevent Crypto Mining Malware?

Hackers are moving to opt for crypto-jacking infecting IT infrastructure with crypto mining software to have a stable, reliable, constant revenue stream. As a result, they are getting very smart in hiding their malware. CoinHive is an online service that provides cryptocurrency miners, in other words, crypto-mining malware that can be installed on several websites using JavaScript. The JavaScript miner runs in the browser of the website visitors and mines coins on the blockchain. It is promoted as an alternative to placing advertising on the website which is being used…

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Google Needs All Android Phones Approved to Run on Android 10

Reportedly, Google has been launched Android 10 approving all smartphones to be run on it after January 31, 2020. According to Google’s GMS – Google Mobile Services – documents accessed by XDA Developers, Google has made it mandatory for all smartphone makers to ship new smartphones approved with the latest version of the company’s mobile operating system. GMS is essentially a suite of Google apps, services, and libraries that has to be licensed by smartphone makers because it enables them to pre-install Google Play Store and Google Play Services on…

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How Smominru Botnet Malware is Infecting Windows PCs?

According to the report published by cybersecurity firm, Guardicore Labs, a viral Botnet malware, Smominru, has been detected frequently as one of the most spreading entities affecting the Windows operating system across the world. And also the Botnet has been affecting nearly 4,700 PCs every day, with over 90,000 PCs affected worldwide in just August itself. One of the main reasons for PC networks being affected is due to the failure of the company administrators unable to patch their servers and PC networks. However, it also affects various firms due…

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373% Growth in Android Spying Stalkerware Apps

Stalkerware apps are generally used to spy on users’ call information, messages, and GPS locations. And it has been increased an overwhelming 373% during the first eight months of 2019 when compared to the same period the year before. This has been discovered by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky when most of the prominent regions around the world have affected due to its illicit nature.   Stalkerware apps have been exposed and publicly criticized many times, yet in most countries, their presence has prevailed. According to its functionality, these apps, firstly, are…

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GIF Images via WhatsApp platform could have resulted in Android Phone Hack

WhatsApp is widely known for its usability in Android devices as it includes various functions incorporating exchanging text and voice messages making voice and audio calls, delivering images, documents and several types of files. Recently this year in May, a Vietnam-based researcher found the remote code execution vulnerability believing that the code could have been used to steal essential files and information from WhatsApp users. However, it remains unsettled for three months after it was discovered. This potential dangerous vulnerability helping hackers to execute commands remotely on the WhatsApp platform…

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Will You Trust US Carriers Debut New Password-less Login System?

Google, Microsoft, Apple tech companies, and cellular operators are trying to kill the password. The four major US mobile carriers – AT&T, Sprint, T-mobile US, and Verizon Wireless – have joined together for a new authentication system that would manage your logins without even entering a password.   A new system ZenKey works just like any other single sign-on service (SSO) that provides enhanced protection from data breaches resulting from username and password hacks because ZenKey uses multiple unique data elements to identify and authenticate your accounts.   ZenKey continuously…

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How Email becomes Greatest Cybersecurity Vulnerability?

In today’s digital world, Email has become the most lucrative channel for cyber crooks to make money. And that’s because it is very simple to gain financial assistance by acquiring someone else’s monetary and personal data via emails. A survey conducted recently says that 57% of respondents admitted that their company has experienced a malicious attack in the past 12 months. And over 12% of them admit that their business could experience the risk soon. In most cases of email malicious attacks, hackers not only access personal data from emails…

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New Malware Converts PC into a Hacking Tool : Microsoft 

Tech-giant Microsoft recently revealed a new malware campaign affecting thousands of Windows computers across the world. This new strain of malware that downloads and installs in the system automatically infecting the system turns into proxies for launching other cyberattacks and performs click-fraud.   The malware, named Nodersok, was first spotted over the summer, circulated via malicious ads that forcibly downloaded HTA which is HTML application files on users’ computers. Users who found and ran these HTA files started a multi-stage infection process involving Excel, JavaScript, and PowerShell scripts that eventually…

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DoorDash Data Breach, Affecting 4.9M Customers

Popular on-demand food delivery platform DoorDash has upheld a data breach affecting 4.9 million customers around the world.   DoorDash, an economy giant founded in 2013, connects customers with local restaurants, on independent contractors who use their vehicles for door-to-door delivery, also known as “Dashers.” It operates in over 4,000 cities across the US and Canada.   The data which have been found breached was accessed by an unspecified third-party service provider on May 4, including profile information such as names, emails, delivery addresses, phone numbers, useful official passwords, as…

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How to Remove VBS/Agent.NUG Trojan from Your Device?

VBS/Agent.NUG is a Trojan that steals passwords and other sensitive user information. It serves as a backdoor controlled by a remotely accessible process. Unless and until it removes from the system, it will cause serious damage to the system. However, there has been available some renowned software to wipe out such Trojan viruses, one of them is Sushkom Antivirus software. To remove this VBS/Agent.NUG Trojan by using Sushkom AV software, you need to follow the following steps to do that.   How VBS/Agent.NUG Trojan affects Your Device?   VBS/Agent.NUG Trojan,…

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