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There were 290 Thousand Malicious Applications in Google Play

Wihas — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:38:53 +0000

Think that only buy apps from the official “shop” was safe? Not necessarily. Android users, beware of malicious applications that available on Google Play. The results of research conducted by cyber security firm Bit9 mentions, from 412 thousand apps in the Google Play tested, 290 thousand of them should look out for. This application has [...]

Iran and North Korea Unite Against Western Espionage Malware

Wihas — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:20:21 +0000

Iran and North Korea are two countries that are enemies of the West, especially the United States. Seeing this background, that two countries cooperate seriously in many aspects, one of them is in terms of technology and science. Cooperation between the two countries is regarded by security firm F-Secure as a form of collaboration in [...]

Hacker Claims Able to Take Over iPhone Texting Service

DTK — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 02:09:40 +0000

iOS security level which has been known strong enough to face an attacks, still has a vulnerability that can be exploited by a hacker. A blog claim that hacker can hack Apple’s smartphone, iPhone. A blog that belong to Pod2g write a statement that the short messaging services or texting on iPhone was able to [...]

Alert! Android Malware Threats Jumped 3 Times

Wihas — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:51:01 +0000

Android users should be extra vigilant. The latest report says, in the second quarter of 2012, malware threat in Android devices surged 3 times. The results of research conducted by security firm Kaspersky Labs showed, bad applications on Android tripled in the last three months. Recorded, there are 14,900 new bits of malware code in [...]

Gauss: Virus That Thieves Bank Customer Data Make Kapersky Overwhelmed

DTK — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:14:21 +0000

Kaspersky, an anti-virus manufacturers claimed were overwhelmed break the line of code inside the Gauss virus, a malicious program that is specifically designed to steal the identity of bank customers. Gauss virus detected some time ago when it was wandering in Iran. A malicious programs are still descendants of Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame has a [...]

6 Most Scooped Data Theft

Wihas — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:23:10 +0000

Recently, re-disturbing action of hackers back again. Some big sites had become a victim of the action, such as LinkedIn, Sony and others. Yes, some time ago LinkedIn hacked is quite horrendous. At least 6.5 million user password site hacker successfully compromised. Ironically, the action of stolen password continue to dating site eHarmony. Single user [...]

Watch out! Google Docs Being Password Thieves Tool

Wihas — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 10:20:08 +0000

Hackers are never run out of idea to perform an action. This time has been found a new mode of password theft using Google Docs. Like what? The presence of Google Docs is pretty useful. With this service users can do a wide range of documents in simple way, even without pay anything. But what [...]

3 Most Mighty Computer Virus

Wihas — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:00:02 +0000

Some computer viruses have very advanced capabilities. The aim is not simply just interfere the system, but already as a weapon in cyber warfare. Yes, a certain state-created virus is said to attack other countries. Although not yet revealed who is the real mastermind behind the virus, it’s a very complex virus that expressed sponsored [...]