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Fake DirectX12 download site installs crypto-stealing malware

6 months

It seems malware owners have found a new way to trick users into installing their software, and unfortunately, Google is helping. Security researcher Oliver Hough discovered that hackers have created a fake DirectX 12 download sit...

Malware authors are creating fake Microsoft Store pages

by Surur

6 months

We recently reported on malware writers tricking iPhone owners into downloading gambling apps by pretending they are games and advertising them using normal channels. Now a separate malware group is trying something similar but sl...

Microsoft warns of Adrozek adware attack

by Surur

11 months

Microsoft has issued an advisory about a concerted push to spread Adrozek, a new piece of adware which is being distributed by large, well organized threat actors. Microsoft warns the browser modifier “adds browser extension...

Microsoft remove malicious Edge extensions from the Store pretending to be NordVPN, TunnelBear, more

by Surur

11 months

Some Edge users have been reporting that when they do a Google Search they are being redirected to a website oksearch.org/xa2/click.html and from there to a variety of other websites such as Amazon or Zoom. After the issue was rai...

Microsoft disrupts Necurs, a botnet that has infected nine million computers globally

by Pradeep

2 years

A botnet is a group of PCs controlled by cybercriminal through a malicious software, or malware. Cybercriminals will use these PCs to commit crimes. Microsoft and its partners across 35 countries today announced that they have dis...

Unimax removed pre-installed malware from Assurance Wireless’s government-subsidised UMX U683CL smartpho...

by Surur

2 years

We reported on January that Security company Malwarebytes had discovered a US Government-subsidized low-cost smartphone is being sold to customers with pre-installed malware. The UMX U683CL, being sold by Virgin Mobile’s Assuran...

Apple Mac malware threats growing faster than Windows counterparts

by Pradeep

2 years

Malwarebytes today released its annual “State of Malware” report. The most interesting part in the report is about malware threat situation on Apple Macs. According to the report, malware threats on Mac are growing faster than...

Excel is being used as fresh bait for phishers- here’s how.

by Atiya

2 years

Evil Corp has found a new way to phish their victims- using Microsoft Excel documents. The cybercrime group, also known as TA505 and SectorJo4, are financially motivated cybercriminals. They’re renowned for targeting retai...

Assurance Wireless’s government-subsidised UMX U683CL smartphone comes with pre-installed malware

by Surur

2 years

Security company Malwarebytes has discovered a US Government-subsidized low-cost smartphone is being sold to customers with pre-installed malware. The UMX U683CL, being sold by Virgin Mobile’s Assurance Wireless program for only...

New hard-to-detect “file-less Malware” is spreading by the thousands

by Atiya

2 years

New hard-to-detect Malware is in active development and is currently making its way around thousands of computers across Europe and US, according to Microsoft and Cisco Talos. The malware, dubbed Nodersok by Microsoft, or Divergen...

Joker is the new malware in town and Android users should be careful about it

by Anmol

2 years

It’s another day and there’s another malware doing rounds on the Google Play Store. Named after Batman’s villain, Joker is capable of stealing money through subscription services that users don’t even know ...

[Updated] Popular Android PDF creator Cam Scanner found to be riddled with Malware

by Anmol

2 years

Update: The Cam Scanner team acknowledged the malware on Twitter and released a statement confirming that they have fixed the issue by removing the 3rd party library. They also confirmed that a new version will be releasing soon a...