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Last month, Symantec blogged about an Android malware named Android.Fakedefender that is the first example of a Ransomware that we have seen on the Android platform.Fortinet detects this malware as Android/FakeDefend.A!trThe malware’s operation can be broken down into 3 rough stages. For details of the modus operandus of this very sophisticated malware, read on.. CONVINCE […]

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According to a post on the Opera Security Blog, the company suffered on June 19th “a targeted attack on internal network infrastructure”. The attackers were able to obtain at least one old and expired Opera code signing certificate, which they have used to sign some malware. This has allowed them to distribute malicious software which […]

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German users are at risk of having their systems rendered unusable by a malware that we’re seeing being sent via spam messages. This particular malware, on top of its ability to remotely control an affected system, is able to wipe out the Master Boot Record – a routine that had previously caused a great crisis […]

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