The harmful code recently found on Lenovo machines is now surfacing in other apps
As we previously reported, Lenovo apparently pre-loaded a number of its machines with Superfish adware along with other malicious code. […]
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VirusTotal tackles the tricky false positives problem plaguing antivirus software
VirusTotal, a Google-owned online malware scanning service, is creating a whitelist of products from large software vendors to reduce bad
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Sneaky Linux malware comes with sophisticated custom-built rootkit
A malware program designed for Linux systems, including embedded devices with ARM architecture, uses a sophisticated kernel rootkit that’s custom
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Malicious advertisements on major sites compromised many, many PCs
Attackers who have slipped malicious advertisements onto major websites over the last month have potentially compromised large numbers of computers.
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Adware-infected apps in Google Play Store were downloaded ‘millions of times’
Google has pulled numerous apps from its Play Store, after they were found to be infected with malicious software. A
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Beware: Fake “The Interview” movie download app is in the wild
“The Interview” is undeniably the hottest movie of the year, which is a comedy about a plan to kill North
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Russian malware targets WordPress users, over 100,000 sites infected
Our blog was not affected…NCCT. A Russian malware dubbed SoakSoak has infected nearly 100,000 WordPress websites since Sunday, prompting Google
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Stealthy, sophisticated ‘Regin’ malware has been infecting computers since 2008
Symantec researchers have identified a particularly sophisticated piece of malware, called “Regin” that was likely developed by a nation state
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YouTube served users malicious advertisements, Trend Micro says
Malicious advertisements, some of which were displayed on YouTube, redirected more than 113,000 people in the U.S. to harmful websites
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Botnet malware discovered on Healthcare.gov server
Thanks to a poor initial launch followed a few months later by the Heartbleed scare, Healthcare.gov has had its