You might be exceedingly careful on Facebook, dutifully changing privacy settings every time Facebook automatically opts you in to a new change, but it only takes one friend who is not careful to open the way to harvesting a wealth of personal information about you. Now, thanks to FBStalker and GeoStalker, new Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) data-mining tools, if just one of your online “friends”…
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Bitcoin Mining Botnet ZeroAccess Was The No. 1 Threat Last Quarter
Biztech2.com FortiGuard Labs observed that the Bitcoin mining botnet, ZeroAccess, was the no. 1 threat this quarter as reported by FortiGate devices worldwide. The report also reveals two new Android adware variants that have moved up in the watch list in the last … |
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Bitcoin mining botnet ZeroAccess tops Fortinet's threat landscape report
ITBusiness.ca The report wasn't all Bitcoin-related, though. A massive malware attack targeted South Korean banks and television networks in March, apparently using the Viper malware. And two new aware variants were identified propagating on Android devices, Android. |
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ZeroAccess Botnet Cashing in on Click Fraud and Bitcoin Mining
Threatpost (blog) A mid-year switch in communication protocol and distribution strategy is behind a spike in activity from the ZeroAccess botnet, a prolific and malicious ad click fraud network. Researchers at Kindsight Security Lab reported today that ZeroAccess … Malware infects 13 percent of North American home networks 2.2 million infected with fraudulent ad-click botnet's malware, new report finds Study: Online Threats Keep Multiplying, Mobile Phones Still Comparatively Safe |