Sentences with phrase «targeted by malware»

Also, popular programs like Adobe Reader are heavily targeted by malware creators, and there are many forms of malware that infect your system through the use of specially crafted PDF files.

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According to the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol), the gang targeted financial transfers and ATM networks from late 2013 by using a series of malware attacks called Anunak and Carbanak, before more recently adapting security - testing software called Cobalt Strike into heist - ready malware.

Neiman Marcus reported that a more - than - expected 1.1 million shoppers may have been affected by a hack job that employed similar malware to the kind that compromised Target.

The increase follows a rash of high - profile data breaches suffered by brands like Target, Home Depot and J.P. Morgan; the infamous «Backoff» malware package that compromised tens of millions of Target shoppers» credit cards in late 2013 also affected the in - store payment systems of more than 1,000 American businesses, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Further research found that the domain names of some of the malware command - and - control servers used by the attackers mimicked domain names used by industrial companies — «more proof that the attacks were primarily targeting industrial companies,» said researchers.

«It can sometimes be difficult to quantify the real dangers that are present, but start by asking friends if they've had a computer infected by malware, or if they've ever been the target of cyber bullying, and you might just be surprised how wide spread these things are», says Michael McKinnon, Security Advisor at AVG (AU / NZ).

Leaked emails between Italian spyware vendor Hacking Team and Boeing subsidiary Insitu revealed that drones carrying malware to infect targeted computers via Wi - Fi by flying over...

Leaked emails between Italian spyware vendor Hacking Team and Boeing subsidiary Insitu revealed that drones carrying malware to infect targeted computers via Wi - Fi by flying over their proximity is close to becoming a reality.

«DHS and FBI characterize this activity as a multi-stage intrusion campaign by Russian government cyber actors who targeted small commercial facilities» networks where they staged malware, conducted spear phishing, and gained remote access into energy sector networks.

The US - CERT report explains that the «DHS and FBI characterize this activity as a multi-stage intrusion campaign by Russian government cyber actors who targeted small commercial facilities» networks where they staged malware, conducted spear phishing, and gained remote access into energy sector networks.»

Criminals are specifically tuning new malware to avoid detection by the antivirus software running on their targets» computers.

By targeting random end - users (sic) via malicious advertisements, using seemingly innocuous names for the malware files, and using both built - in Windows utilities and scripting files, the attackers are able to gain a foothold on victim systems at large scale.»

Android is a derivative of Linux, an operating system generally considered less likely to be targeted by viruses and malware.

The DHS and FBI said: «DHS and FBI characterise this activity as a multi-stage intrusion campaign by Russian government cyber-actors who targeted small commercial facilities» networks, where they staged malware, conducted spear phishing and gained remote access into energy sector networks.

Facebook suggests that any users who are notified that their accounts may be the target of state - sponsored hackers should «rebuild or replace» any hardware that may have been infected by malware.

The malware is capable of identifying a variety of financial and retail mobile apps on the infected devices and tailors the phishing attack to display a fake version of the banking app the victim uses, if the target bank is recognized by the malware.

Quoting the Europol release: «The leader of the crime gang behind the Carbanak and Cobalt malware attacks targeting over a 100 financial institutions worldwide has been arrested in Alicante, Spain, after a complex investigation conducted by the Spanish National Police, with the support of Europol, the US FBI, the Romanian, Moldovan, Belarussian and Taiwanese authorities and private cyber security companies.»

One of the most recent ones revealed that Russia found a way to track Ukrainian artillery sites by targeting soldiers» phones with Android malware.

Malware identified by Palo Alto Networks targets data held on user clipboards from cut, copy and paste actions.

KeepKey provides top - notch security and this wallet can be used on any computer, even one that's been infected with malware or targeted by hackers.

Trojan.PWS.Stealer.23012 by researchers, the malware is written in Python programming language and aims at targeting Microsoft...

One of the methods used by the North Korean hacking group was Spear Phishing, the FireEye report stated, which targeted individual cryptocurrency users with highly sophisticated phishing attacks and malware.

bleepingcomputer.com - Windows Server, Apache Solr, and Redis servers have been targeted this week by cyber-criminals looking to take over unpatched machines and install malware that mines cryptocurrency (known as a coinminer).

The ATMs of affected banks — none of which have ever been named — had been targeted by hackers installing malware within the financial institutions» computer systems.

A story published by Silicon Angle states that the hackers targeted exchange workers by sending them emails loaded with malware.

But while this spyware only affected a tiny fraction of Android devices — 0.000007 percent — and it remains unclear who was targeted by Equus and how they were convinced to download the apps, Google has issued advice on protecting against Lipizzan and other malware.

The amount of malicious software, known as malware, targeted at devices running Android — by far the most popular smartphone operating system worldwide — is growing rapidly.

Ransomware may get most of the headlines today, but there are still significant risks of being infected by other types of malware by hackers targeting banking credentials or personally identifiable information.