Ransomware Created for Smart Televisions Proved Hard Removing – SPAMfighter News (press release)

Ransomware Created for Smart Televisions Proved Hard Removing
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It has been a 365-day period for ransomware designed to attack Android smart televisions to navigate from the proof-of-concept state onto their in-the-wild assaults. The ultimate date was when one victim found the malware during the 2015 Christmas

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EnerBank USA Launches Secure Mobile Loan App to Offer Even Greater Convenience and Faster Credit Decision Times – Digital Journal

EnerBank USA Launches Secure Mobile Loan App to Offer Even Greater Convenience and Faster Credit Decision Times
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ORLANDO, Fla.–(Business Wire)–EnerBank USA launched a mobile loan app to provide another convenient—and highly secure—choice in applying for its myriad of home improvement loans. The EnerBank Mobile App, available for iOS and Android devices …

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Turks point to U.S. as source of cyberattacks, but don’t level blame

Figuring out who’s behind cyberattacks is always difficult, and responsible security analysts are reluctant to point fingers without a smoking gun, which seems to be the case with recent disruptions of the power system in Turkey.

News sources here and here say the Turkish Energy Ministry blames storms and sabotage of underground power lines for outages around the country. It also says coordinated cyberattacks originating in the United States have been thwarted but also been keeping security teams busy. It doesn’t like the outages directly to the cyberattacks, the sources say.

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Google Android Security Patches Takes Care of Extensive Vulnerability List – Gigjets


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Google Android Security Patches Takes Care of Extensive Vulnerability List
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There is great news for those concerned about the capability of Google's security measures. As a late Christmas gift, Google has prepared a new security update. The aforementioned update hit live merely days after we'd passed into 2017, bringing more …

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