Virus Malware Threads Archives - Jayakumar Sadhasivam || Educator – Researcher

Top 10 Security Vulnerabilities And Their Prevention Measures

Hackers, Security, Virus Malware Threads

Web applications security is more about code-level and configuration-based security vulnerabilities and not as a set of server and host-based security issues. Servers and hosts may be the most vulnerable sections, but it\’s very important for security professionals that they identify the real impact of poorly scripted web applications. The Internet world stores lots of …

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Developer expelled by Google Play Store on posting Malicious Android apps

Android, Google, Virus Malware Threads

Google Play Developer Console enables developers to easily publish and distribute their applications directly to users of Android-compatible phones. Recently someone posted on Reddit that a developer is trying to spread malware by masquerading infected programs as legitimate software. The account of the the developer called, “apkdeveloper” and readers spotted that they are posting fake …

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Threat of mass cyberattacks on U.S. banks is real, McAfee warns

Hackers, Virus Malware Threads

The wave of distributed denial of service attacks that hit U.S. banks in October was next-to-nothing compared to what could happen if cybercriminals actually carry through with their plans for next year. According to a report released by McAfee Labs, an impending attack on U.S. financial institutions — dubbed Project Blitzkrieg — isn\’t only a …

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Facebook helps FBI take down $850M botnet crime ring

Facebook, Hackers, Virus Malware Threads

Facebook helped the FBI take down an international crime ring that used a botnet to infect 11 million computers and steal more than $850 million, one of the largest cybercrime hauls in history. The FBI announced today that with the social-networking giant\’s assistance, it had arrested 10 people from countries around the world who it …

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Stallman Appeals Free Software Users To Ban Ubuntu!

Ubuntu, Virus Malware Threads

Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman has now attacked Ubuntu distribution calling it a \’spyware\’ and as bad as Windows. Stallman said that the latest version of the Linux-based operating system, contains dangerous \’surveillance code\’. In his post on the FSF blog, Stallman has criticised Ubuntu and the company behind it for adding the search …

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Java-based malware Jacksbot Affect Multiple Platforms

Virus Malware Threads

In the past month a new multiplatform malware package called Jacksbot has been discovered, and while it was initially deemed a minimal threat, it might not stay that way for some Mac, Windows, and Linux users. Jacksbot is in part a Java-based remote access Trojan (RAT) that appears to be built by a hacking group …

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