Unknown sources account for hundreds of thousands of Trojan installations on Android devices, but Google Play and pre-installation are also main sources of malware installation, a recent report from Cheetah Mobile Security Research Lab reveals.
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Canada ‘Very Concerned’ About Russian Hacking: FM Dion
Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion said Monday he is very concerned about possible Russian hacking, following US accusations against the Kremlin.
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Assange’s Internet Cut by ‘State Party’: WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks on Monday accused a "state party" of cutting the internet connection of its founder Julian Assange, claiming the connectivity problem was related to the group's publication of documents related to US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.
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US Lawmakers Seek Answers on Yahoo Email Scanning
U.S. lawmakers want the Department of Justice and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to provide clarifications on the reports about Yahoo being asked to scan its customers’ emails.
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U.S Awards Cyber Attack Prediction Program Contract to BAE Systems
The U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) has awarded its $11.4 million Cyber-attack Automated Unconventional Sensor Environment (CAUSE) program to BAE Systems.
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“Shadow Brokers” Wants 10,000 Bitcoins for NSA Exploits
The group calling itself “The Shadow Brokers” has changed tactics and announced the launch of a crowdfunding campaign for the exploits allegedly stolen from the NSA-linked threat actor known as the Equation Group.
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Compromised Routers Used for Variety of Badness
Concern over the security of home routers is nothing new, but has soared with the increasing fear that the Internet of Things (IoT) can (and already has) been used to generate huge distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The problem is that many home routers are known to include vulnerabilities, while home users are not known for their ability to behave securely.
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Siemens Patches Flaws in SIMATIC, License Manager Products
Siemens has released software updates to address several vulnerabilities in its SIMATIC and Automation License Manager (ALM) products.
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Dyre Authors Apparently Working on New Banking Trojan
At least one of the individuals involved in the development of the notorious Dyre (Dyreza) banking Trojan has apparently started working on a new piece of malware dubbed “TrickBot.”
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Organizations Struggle to Protect Growing Number of Endpoints
A recent study conducted by Dimensional Research has revealed that most organizations don’t have a security strategy in place to protect the growing number of endpoints on their networks.
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