Security News

Beware of Cryptocurrency Mining Virus Spreading Through Facebook Messenger
2017-12-22 08:33

If you receive a video file (packed in zip archive) sent by someone (or your friends) on your Facebook messenger — just don’t click on it. Researchers from security firm Trend Micro are warning...

Anti-Virus: Don't Stop Believing
2017-10-21 12:33

'Devil You Know' Is Better Than No Anti-Virus At All, Security Expert WarnsWill all of the anonymously lobbed U.S. government allegations against Moscow-based security vendor Kaspersky Lab send...

Surveying 17 Anti-Virus Firms on Their Security Practices
2017-10-21 12:03

In Kaspersky Lab Saga's Wake, Here's How AV Firms Have Responded - Or NotThe Kaspersky Lab saga raises questions about how vulnerable any anti-virus products and back-end cloud networks might be...

Beware of Windows/MacOS/Linux Virus Spreading Through Facebook Messenger (The Hackers News)
2017-08-24 09:31

If you came across any Facebook message with a video link sent by anyone, even your friend — just don’t click on it. Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have spotted an ongoing cross-platform...

PoC Malware Exploits Cloud Anti-Virus for Data Exfiltration (Security Week)
2017-07-31 16:31

Security researchers at SafeBreach have created proof-of-concept (PoC) malware that can exfiltrate data from endpoints that don’t have a direct Internet connection by exploiting cloud-enhanced...

Anti-Virus Conspiracy Theories Cut Both Ways (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-06 12:03

Can Governments Compel Domestic Cybersecurity Firms to Spread Attacks?In the wake of the reported FBI probe into Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, here's a question: Could a government compel a domestic...

Kaspersky Patches Flaws in Anti-Virus for Linux File Server (Security Week)
2017-06-29 09:04

An update released earlier this month by Kaspersky Lab for its Anti-Virus for Linux File Server product addresses several potentially serious vulnerabilities discovered by researchers at Core...

International operation targets customers of counter anti-virus and crypter services (Help Net Security)
2017-06-15 12:30

Between 5 and 9 June, 6 suspects were arrested and 36 were interviewed during an internationally coordinated operation in 6 European countries. The targets are all suspected customers of a counter...