Not exact matches
The destructive software, called Dyre
malware or Dyreza, steals user log - in data, according to the statement released
by Salesforce
today.
Two of
today's biggest cloud service providers are now blocking a technique called «domain fronting» that has been used
by websites and applications to avoid government - based censorship, but also
by malware to secretly siphon stolen data to covert servers.
According to statistics released
by Symantec
today, the second most widespread Mac
malware today is a cryptocurrency miner called DevilRobber, which saw a huge spike in activity last month.
Because much of
today's
malware evades signature - based detection
by constantly changing its own code, Bitdefender's anti-
malware engine also looks at software behavior to determine if unfamiliar items pose a threat.
Security blogger Brian Krebs noted
today (May 7) that many
malware creators test their products to make sure they will not be detected
by antivirus signature scanners upon initial release.
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.