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Malware may abuse Android’s accessibility service to bypass security enhancements

06

May

2016

Android’s recent API modifications have hampered some malware’s ability to determine which application is currently running in the foreground of a device at any given point of time. As Android begins to successfully block this attack method, attackers may adopt a trick used by adware so that their threats can work again. Though we have […]

Category Malware Written by Symantec 0 Comments

Hidden in plain sight: Four signs your network might be under attack

05

May

2016

It’s a well-documented fact that an organization may be under attack and not even know it, with malware spreading undetected across the network for days, weeks or even years. With increasingly sophisticated, polymorphic malware hitting enterprise networks daily — either opportunistically or by intention — how can security staff on the front lines effectively combat […]

Category Network security Written by Feedproxy 0 Comments

DHS: Risk of destructive cyberattack on grid ‘low’

07

Apr

2016

The risk that nation-state hackers will launch a destructive cyber-attack on the U.S. grid is low, according to a Department of Homeland Security intelligence assessment leaked by the research project Public Intelligence. “The majority of malicious activity occurring against the U.S. energy sector is low-level cyber-crime that is likely opportunistic in nature rather than specifically […]

Category Cyber warfare Written by Thehill 0 Comments

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