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Terrifying Android Malware Hacks Your PC, Eavesdrops On You With Its Microphone
It’s one thing when malware attacks your phone, but it’s another when that same malware hops over to your PC and then uses it to listen in on all your conversations on top of just messing with your phone. A newly discovered Android app — one that’s in the Google Play store — can do just that. Users beware.
Red October: Global Cyber Espionage Ring Spent 5 Years In Shadows
There are plenty of cyberweapons floating around out there, like Stuxnet, Flame and that whole gang. Now, Kapersky has turned up a cyber-espoinage operation it has dubbed “Red October”, and it’s up there in the big leagues. But unlike its cohorts, it doesn’t look State-sponsored. This is a freelance job, and it’s professional grade.
Google Flags Twitpic As A Malware Distributor
I really like Chrome. I like it for a lot of reasons, and one of them is because it warns you when a site has been flagged as a malware distributor. Sometimes, though, these warnings seem a little out of place. Twitpic — one of the most popular Twitter image hosting sites on the web — has just been flagged by Google as distributing internet nasties, and Twitpic is pretty mad.
Official Fix Coming For The Crazy Samsung Phone-Bricking Exploit
There’s a crazy exploit sneaking around that could brick your Samsung phone and break into your physical memory to steal your data. But don’t freak out — Samsung says it’s aware of the problem and is working quickly on software fixes.
New Malware Can Steal Your Payment Info From Your Browser In Real Time
“Being hacked” is an amorphous catch-all of a term. Typically, it means your computer has been infected with some kind of malware — a trojan or keylogger or something. And one of them, the Man in the Browser scam, just got a lot more sophisticated: now it works in real time.
