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Android alert: This new type of rowhammer GPU attack can hijack your phone remotely

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  1. Android alert: This new type of rowhammer GPU attack can hijack your phone remotely  ZDNet

  2. New Rowhammer attack can be used to hack Android devices remotely  Help Net Security

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Keylogger found on thousands of WordPress-based sites, stealing every keypress as you type

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Keylogger found on thousands of WordPress-based sites, stealing every keypress as you type

While the website’s front-end is digging for cryptocurrencies, the back-end is secretly hosting a keylogger designed to steal unsuspecting users’ login credentials.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Graham Cluley

A new, vicious type of malware caused an Android phone to overload and bulge

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  1. A new, vicious type of malware caused an Android phone to overload and bulge  Mashable

  2. This Android malware can overheat and warp your phone  Fox News
  3. The Cryptocurrency Mining Malware So Powerful It Deformed A Phone  IFLScience
  4. malware Archives – ExtremeTech  ExtremeTech
  5. ITEMS TAGGED WITH KASPERSKY | HotHardware  HotHardware

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Internet Explorer bug leaks whatever you type in the address bar

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(credit: Manuel Caballero)

There’s a bug in the latest version of Internet Explorer that leaks the addresses, search terms, or any other text typed into the address bar.

The bug allows any currently visited website to view any text entered into the address bar as soon as the user hits enter. The technique can expose sensitive information a user didn’t intend to be viewed by remote websites, including the Web address the user is about to visit. The hack can also expose search queries, since IE allows them to be typed into the address bar and then retrieved from Bing or other search services.

The flaw was disclosed Tuesday by security researcher Manuel Caballero. This proof-of-concept site shows the exploit works as described on the latest version of IE.

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