A newly discovered Android Malware called Loapi, which has been dubbed the “jack of all trades” to emphasize its versatility, is among other things, a cryptocurrency miner of the digital currency Monero. Loapi is distributed through malicious third party applications and most often poses as fake antivirus software. Once installed, it attempts to take control […]
Wordfence (WordPress Security plugin developer) has detected large scale brute force attacks targeting WordPress website administrator accounts using weak, default or compromised credentials. These attacks are profit-motivated and attempt to compromise administrator login credentials to gain access to sites and embed malware designed to mine the cryptocurrency Monero to generate profit for the malicious actor(s). […]
Google has released a security update for Chrome, version 63.0.3239.108 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This update addresses two security vulnerabilities. It is recommended that you update asap. For more information, please see: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/search/label/Stable%20updates
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Phishing can come in many guises. People are familiar with emails that ask them to “confirm their details immediately” and know not to click on them. Just as common, though, are social engineering attacks that come through social media, such as Facebook and Twitter. In this case, a community member has reported an event targeting NYU […]