A new malware family called Jaff has been identified by researchers who say they are currently tracking multiple and massive spam campaigns distributing the malware via the Necurs botnet.
Google won’t fix Android ‘contentjacking’ flaw for months
Google Play is a bit like a happening nightclub: the faster you let people in, the less time you have to spend keeping troublemakers out.
Session Hijacking, Cookie-Stealing WordPress Malware Spotted
Researchers spotted a strain of cookie stealing malware, injected into a legitimate JavaScript file, masquerading as a WordPress core domain.
Mac video app HandBrake – now with free spyware
Last week, crooks hacked one of the HandBrake app’s download servers and used the popular video app to distribute Mac spyware.
The Google Play apps that say they don’t collect your data – and then do
Our researchers have found more than 50 apps in Google Play that contain XavirAd, which says it doesn’t collect your personal information and then promptly sucks it up and sends it back to the mothership
Dating site users spammed with smut after ‘third-party’ data leak
The publisher’s blaming a third-party contractor and “human error.”
Downloading Chrome for Android? Be careful – we’ve found an evil twin
Techniques used to poison a version of the Android Chrome browser with Andr/SandRat-C, Andr/Rootnik-AH are finding their way into other apps – and into the Play Store
HandBrake for Mac Compromised with Proton Spyware
The open source HandBrake project is warning anyone who recently downloaded the Mac version of the software that they’re likely infected with malware.
The Google-phish-that-was-also-a-worm – what happened and what to do
More on that Google-phish-and-worm saga, with some tips on what to do now, and how to avoid this sort of thing in the future.
Carbanak Attackers Devise Clever New Persistence Trick
Hackers behind the Carbanak criminal gang have devised a clever way to gain persistence on targeted systems to more effectively pull off financially motivated crimes.