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Amnesty UK website hacked to serve lethal Gh0st RAT Trojan
Amnesty International?s UK website was hacked to host the dangerous Gh0st RAT Trojan for two days this week, security firm Websense has revealed.
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Android Trojan copies PC drive-by malware attack
Researchers have noticed one of the first examples of Android 'drive-by' malware from an ordinary website, a dangerous type of automatic attack more commonly used to infect Windows PCs.
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Syrian regime uses Skype to fire Trojan at opposition activists
Further evidence has emerged that the Syrian Government is targeting opposition activists using a well-known remote access Trojan distributed through bogus Skype calls.
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Oxford University hit hard by Mac Flashback infections
In a small window into the chaos wrought by the Mac Flashback Trojan, the University of Oxford Computing Services team has described it as the worst malware outbreak it has had to contend with since the Windows Blaster worm of 2003.
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Cellcrypt announces voice encryption tie-up with Verizon
British mobile security firm Cellcrypt is partnering with carrier giant Verizon to sell its voice encryption technology for mobiles and smartphones to the US Government, the pair have announced.
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Ransom malware merged with bank Trojan in new attack
Adding injury to insult, fraudsters have merged the phenomenon of ransom Trojans with banking malware, producing a hybrid that demands money before attempting to steal user logins.
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Mac Flashback flaw re-used by new malware campaign
Malware criminals are on the hunt for Mac victims again, repurposing the Java-based vulnerability used by the Flashback bot to push a new drive-by web attack, security firm Sophos has reported.
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One in five Apple Macs harbour PC malware
A recent security scan of 100,000 Apple Macs found that almost three percent were infected with Mac-capable malware including the recent Flashback Trojan, security company Sophos has reported.
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Flashback Trojan still on 650,000 Macs, security company discovers
The Mac Flashback Trojan was still installed on more than half a million Apple computers late last week and is declining only slowly, Russian security company Dr. Web has reported.
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Proof-of-concept Android Trojan app analyses motion sensor data to steal info
A team of researchers from Pennsylvania State University (PSU) and IBM have designed a proof-of-concept Android Trojan app that can steal passwords and other sensitive information by using the smartphone's motion sensors to determine what keys victims tap on their touchscreens when unlocking their phones or inputting credit card numbers during phone banking operations.
