Security News

Variant of Android WireX Bot Delivers Powerful UDP Flood Attacks (Security Week)
2017-09-06 13:00

Variant of WireX Android Botnet is Able to Deliver High-volume UDP Flood DDoS Attacks read more

Week in review: Cyber threat hunting, Android DDoS botnet, drone bug bounty (Help Net Security)
2017-09-03 18:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: New, custom ransomware delivered to orgs via extremely targeted emails Ransomware campaigns are usually...

Tech firms band together to take down Android DDoS botnet (Help Net Security)
2017-08-29 16:59

An ad-hoc alliance of tech firms has managed to seriously cripple an Android-based botnet that was being actively used to DDoS multiple content providers. The botnet, dubbed WireX by the...

Collaborative Effort Defangs WireX, an Android Botnet (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-29 14:48

WireX launched DDoS Attacks Using At Least 70,000 DevicesWhat was perhaps the largest-ever botnet composed of infected Android devices has been disabled. The Wirex botnet cleverly used legitimate...

MoqHao Banking Trojan Targets South Korean Android Users (Security Week)
2017-08-29 12:10

A recently spotted Android banking Trojan targeting South Korean users via SMS phishing messages (smishing) was linked to an infection campaign from two years ago, McAfee security researchers...

Tech Firms Unite to Neutralize WireX Android Botnet (Security Week)
2017-08-28 17:24

Major New WireX Android Botnet Neutralized by Cross-Vendor Collaborative Research read more

WireX DDoS Botnet: An Army of Thousands of Hacked Android SmartPhones (The Hackers News)
2017-08-28 10:32

Do you believe that just because you have downloaded an app from the official app store, you're safe from malware? Think twice before believing it. A team of security researchers from several...

Week in review: Android Oreo security, hacking robots, DDoS attacks on the rise (Help Net Security)
2017-08-28 01:46

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: Judge limits DOJ’s search of anti-Trump website data On Thursday, District of Columbia Superior Court Judge...

Easy-to-Use Apps Allow Anyone to Create Android Ransomware Within Seconds (The Hackers News)
2017-08-25 01:53

"Ransomware" threat is on the rise, and cyber criminals are making millions of dollars by victimizing as many people as they can—with WannaCry, NotPetya and LeakerLocker being the ransomware...

WAP Billing Trojans Threaten Android Users (Security Week)
2017-08-24 19:54

Several of the pieces of malware targeting Android devices in the second quarter of 2017 abused WAP billing to help cybercriminals make money, Kaspersky reported on Thursday. read more