Security News

Xiaomi smartphones come equipped with backdoor (Help Net Security)
2016-09-19 21:22

When you buy a new mobile device with certain apps already pre-installed on, you’re effectively forced to trust that the device maker or reseller (depending on who pre-loaded the apps) is not up...

Sophisticated Mokes backdoor targets Mac users (Help Net Security)
2016-09-08 17:51

A new malware targeting Macs has been discovered: the Mokes backdoor. Capable of making screenshots, recording keystrokes, capturing audio, and rifling through Office documents and removable...

Data-Stealing Mac OS X Backdoor Uncovered (Threatpost)
2016-09-07 16:55

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab on Wednesday confirmed that an OS X variant of a recently discovered family of cross-platform backdoors exists.

Twitter-controlled Android backdoor delivers banking malware (Help Net Security)
2016-08-25 13:30

A backdoor Trojan named Twitoor is the first instance of Android malware that receives its commands from a Twitter account. Keeping their botnet out of law enforcement’s and other criminals’ hands...