Kaspersky, one of the top IT security organizations has reportedly discovered the “most sophisticated” android trojan yet.known as “Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad.a” it is able to send SMS to premium-rate numbers, download, install, and infect the device (and other devices via bluetooth) with malware, and remotely perform commands in the console.“One feature of this Trojan is that the malicious application […]
MoreIT PINOYs should beware, cybercrooks are @ it again as they ride the recent infamous swimsuit mishap of Philippine actress, Anne Curtis. just like in the past virals (e.g. Fake “Ondoy” Antivirus), criminals would do everything and jump on every occasion just to wreak havoc by spreading new FAKEAV variants to the cybercommunity. using blackhat […]
Morein time for the 40th anniversary of the Internet, Symantec have just rolled out a list of the “Top Web Threats in the History of the Internet.” At number 10: Morris (1988), Robert Morris claims that he wrote the worm in an effort to gauge the size of the Internet (duh!), unfortunately it had a […]
Morethe outpour of search queries for the recent passing of former Philippine President Cory Aquino has caught the attention of cyber crooks as they used these times to redirect users to malicious sites. abs-cbnnews reported that Trend Micro recently alarmed users that search queries containing “corazon aquino’s death” would lead users to sites, which auto-redirects […]
Moreit’s april fools day and for some reason the virus developers seem to like this date and time the release of their “babies.” i did some research (what i got is not much so feel free to correct me) and listed the top april 1 viruses (or viruses that appeared/current in this month) in the […]
More— VIRUS ALERT!!! —- there’s a fast-spreading virus that is now lurking through the usa, europe and asia, this in fact has affected around 9mil users already. F-Secure’s chief research officer, Nikko Hypponen, also noted that it is migrating “more rapidly through corporate networks than anything seen in years.” The worm called MS08-067, also known […]
Moremy last post about DTI’s website being hacked prompted me to do some research on internet viruses and worms. according to snowplow.org, the term “worm” originated from a science fiction story called “The Shockwave Rider” written by John Brunner in 1975. the story is about a totalitarian government that controls its citizens through a powerful […]
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