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Return of the Android SMS virus – self-spreading “Selfmite” worm comes back … – Naked Security

Return of the Android SMS virus – self-spreading "Selfmite" worm comes back
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Thanks to Nagy Ferenc László of SophosLabs for the behind-the-scenes effort he put into this article. Ferenc, we love your work and the enthusiasm you put into it! Back in June 2014, we wrote about an Android virus that worked a bit like the email

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Research: Attacks on HTML5-based apps infect smartphones, spread like a ‘worm’

By 2016, experts estimate that over 50% of mobile apps will be based on HTML5 technology and coded, at least partially, in JavaScript. Apps are usually written in a language native to a specific platform, but developers only need to create one HTML5-based app and it runs on any platform. While that’s handy for app developers, it’s also “just a disaster waiting to happen,” according to Syracuse University…
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Cyberespionage Worm May Have Ties To Multiple Spy Campaigns – Dark Reading

Cyberespionage Worm May Have Ties To Multiple Spy Campaigns
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of recent years. According to researchers from Kaspersky Lab, Agent.btz may have some cousins circulating the Internet, namely the recently-revealed Turla malware – also known as Snake – as well as the infamous Flame, Gauss and Red October malware.
How Turla and "Worst Breach of U.S. Military Computers in History" are ConnectedSYS-CON Media (press release)

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New fear: Worm that ransacked US military PCs was blueprint for spies’ super … – Register


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New fear: Worm that ransacked US military PCs was blueprint for spies' super
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A mystery worm that burrowed into US military computers to steal secrets six years ago may have inspired the development of subsequent government-grade malware Red October, Turla, Flame and Gauss. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab reached this 
Agent.btz Malware May Have Served as Starting Point for Red October, TurlaThreatpost

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