Security News > 2017 > March

Minecraft players get scams instead of mods (Help Net Security)
2017-03-23 20:49

Google has recently removed 87 fake Minecraft mods from Google Play, after being notified by researchers about their malicious nature. A partial list of these malicious Android packages can be...

WikiLeaks Dump Shows CIA Interdiction of iPhone Supply Chain (Threatpost)
2017-03-23 19:46

Today's WikiLeaks Vault 7 Dark Matter release shows the CIA's capabilities to attack and persist on Apple iPhone and Mac firmware and an apparent interdiction of the iPhone supply chain.

Cisco Patches Critical IOx Vulnerability (Threatpost)
2017-03-23 19:24

Cisco Systems patched a critical vulnerability that could give an attacker root privileges to software running on two of its IoT router models.

Malware posing as Siemens PLC software is hitting industrial environments (Help Net Security)
2017-03-23 19:22

What kind of malware is hitting industrial control systems, and how worried should we and the operators of theses systems actually be? These are question that Ben Miller, Director of the Dragos...

Malware That Targets Both Microsoft, Apple Operating Systems Found (Threatpost)
2017-03-23 19:21

A new strain of malware is designed to spread malware on either Mac OS X or Microsoft Windows, depending on where it’s opened.

Java and Flash top list of most outdated programs on users’ PCs (Help Net Security)
2017-03-23 18:17

52% of the most popular PC applications, including Flash and Java, are out-of-date. People are exposing their PC and their personal data to risks, as malware targets older versions of software to...