Tag «Trojan»

Seqrite detects high-risk Trojan; Delivers Ransomware & Cryptomining payloads

Blocked by the brand’s innovative security solutions, the malware exhibits advanced attack methodology Pune, July 23, 2018: In a breakthrough which highlights how rapidly the threat landscape is evolving, leading enterprise security solutions provider Seqrite has broken the existence of a highly-sophisticated Trojan dropper targeting businesses which delivers both ransomware and cryptomining payloads. The multipurpose ransom-miner …

Cheetah Mobile’s 2015 Security Report Finds Almost 1 Million Devices Infected in India in 2015

INDIA, January 25th, 2016 – Cheetah Mobile, the world’s leading mobile utility provider committed to providing a safer, faster and simpler mobile internet experience, today announced findings from its latest global mobile security report focused on Android devices. The report details the growth of viruses, phishing sites, malwares, infected devices across major markets (including India), …

Your Hompage or Mine? Love in the times of 4G – Chawm Ganguly

Growing up in a typically middleclass, co-educational school back in the Eighties – around the time Michel Jackson was Moonwalking “Beat-it” – love was all about letters. Seemingly endless tomes, professing affection that begun with “quotations” from Medieval English poems and were in fact, collaborative efforts. Typically, one wrote it (he with the neatest handwriting), …

Dr. Web Discovered Trojan that exploits Android Applications Spreading New Vulnerability

BANGALORE, India- August 23, 2013 Dr.WEB, Russian developer of information security software, discovered the first malignant application for Android that spreads by exploiting the vulnerability Master Key. Android.Nimefas.1.origin can send text messages, transmit confidential information to criminals and allows intruders to remotely execute certain commands on the infected mobile device. Currently the Trojan is spread …

Dr.Web Warns Users of Trojan.Hosts Malware

Trojan.Hosts malware infects eight thousand computers every day BANGALORE, India – March 20, 2013 Dr.WEB, Russian developer of information security software, has warned users about the growing number of compromised websites from which Trojan.Hosts malware is being downloaded onto computers. In early 2013, the threat spread at almost epidemic magnitude. The outbreak remained at its peak …