How to scan router for malware

Consumer router security is pretty bad. Attackers are taking advantage of lackadaisical manufacturers and attacking large amounts of routers. Here’s how to check if your router’s been compromised. The home router market is a lot like the Android smartphone market. Manufacturers are producing large numbers of different devices and not bothering updating them, leaving them open to attack. How to Increase Battery Life Volume 0%   How Your Router Can Join the Dark Side RELATED: What Is DNS, and Should I Use Another DNS Server? Attackers often seek to change the DNS server setting on your router, pointing it at a malicious DNS...

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Malware Campaign Targeting Jaxx Wallet Holders Shut Down

A site spoofing the official Jaxx website was discovered packing several infections for Windows and Mac machines, and has been shut down. A malware campaign targeted Jaxx cryptocurrency wallet holders through a website spoofed to mimic the legitimate Jaxx site, researchers at Flashpoint reported this week. The fraudulent site has since been taken down. Jaxx was created by Ethereum cofounder and Decentral founder Anthony Di Iorio, who built the wallet in 2015 to help people manage digital assets. It has been downloaded more than 1.2 million times on desktop and mobile, the company reported in March. Its latest version, Jaxx Liberty supports more than a dozen cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum. Earlier this month, Flashpoint...

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Malware in fake Fortnite Android apps is already spreading

Malicious websites offering Android versions of Fortnite downloads have been discovered already, just days after the game was officially launched as a beta outside of the Google Play Store. Developer Epic Games had already announced the game would not be available through Google Play, in a move that avoids it having to pay Google’s 30% cut on all purchases made, and instead provides the game as a download through its own website. In a Wired report, the publication found seven websites advertising Fortnite for Android, all of which were then identified to carry malware by security experts Lockout. Upon investigation, the most common malware fools downloaders into visiting websites loaded with ads, on the promise of a code or opportunity...

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The new strategies and tactics of cybercriminals

There has been an average of eight new threat samples per second, and an increasing use of fileless malware attacks leveraging Microsoft PowerShell in the last quarter of 2017, according to the McAfee Labs Threats Report: March 2018. The Q4 spike in Bitcoin value prompted cybercriminals to focus on cryptocurrency hijacking through a variety of methods, including malicious Android apps. “The fourth quarter was defined by rapid cybercriminal adoption of newer tools and schemes—fileless malware, cryptocurrency mining, and steganography. Even tried-and-true tactics, such as ransomware campaigns, were leveraged beyond their usual means to create smoke and mirrors to distract defenders from actual attacks,” said Raj Samani, McAfee...

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Move over ransomware attacks as hackers take to cryptojacking

When it comes to increased cryptojacking activities, India is second in the Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) region and ninth globally as hackers create a highly-profitable, new revenue stream with crypto-mining, cyber security giant Symantec said on Wednesday.According to Symantec's "Internet Security Threat Report", detection of coinminers on endpoint computers increased by a whopping 8,500% in 2017."Cryptojacking is a rising threat to cyber and personal security," Tarun Kaura, Director, Enterprise Security Product Management, APJ at Symantec, said in a statement."The massive profit incentive puts people, devices and organizations at risk of unauthorised coinminers siphoning resources from their systems,...

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Do you know the difference between viruses, trojans and malicious software? This primer should help explain it:

Playlist 02:00 / 02:21 AUTOPLAY: ON Share Fullscreen What is malware? Everything you need to know about viruses, trojans and malicious software Cyber attacks and malware are one of the biggest threats on the internet. Learn about the different types of malware - and how to avoid falling victim to attacks. What is malware? Malware is shorthand for 'malicious software'. It is software developed by cyber attackers with the intention of gaining access or causing damage to a computer or network, often while the victim remains oblivious to the fact there's been a compromise. A common alternative description of malware is 'computer virus' - although are big differences between these...

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