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Android Trojan malware makes hackers $500000 – ZDNet
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Android Trojan malware makes hackers $ 500000
ZDNet Hummer prompts pop-up adverts, installs unwanted apps on your phone — and is extremely difficult to get rid of. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto. A prolific piece of Trojan smartphone malware which installs malicious apps, games, and continually pushes … |
Windows XP flaws help Russian ‘Qbot’ gang build 500,000 PC botnet
The Russian gang behind the obscure Qbot botnet have quietly built an impressive empire of 500,000 infected PCs by exploiting unpatched flaws in mainly US-based Windows XP and Windows 7 computers, researchers at security firm Proofpoint have discovered.
A year or two ago, what the Qbot (aka Qakbot) campaign has achieved in the roughly half dozen years the actors behind it have been operating would have been seen as a major concern. Recently, standards have gone up a notch.
These days Russian hackers are grabbing headlines for altogether more serious incursions such as the recently revealed attack on US bank JPMorgan Chase, and botnets sound like yesterday’s problem.
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Prof wins $500000 NSF grant to study ethics of cyberwarfare – WMU News
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Prof wins $ 500000 NSF grant to study ethics of cyberwarfare
WMU News KALAMAZOO—A Western Michigan University professor has been awarded a $ 500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study ethical issues associated with cyberwarfare. Dr. Fritz Allhoff, associate professor of philosophy, received the grant as … |