Xafecopy Trojan Will Steal Money From Your Mobile, protect your phone now!

Xafecopy Torjan is a new malware reported by cyber security firm, Kaspersky. As per the report, a new Malware is hitting the technology world which is stealing money from your smartphone. Xafecopy Trojan malware is spreading slowly over the world starting from India. As per the report, over 40% of malware target was found in India. Since, India is becoming more advance with technology, people are more into digital payment services. For that reason, hackers are moving on to this country. img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-41277" data-attachment-id="41277" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="Xafecopy Trojan Will Steal Money From Your Mobile, protect your phone now! " data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}"...

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Mobile malware grows nearly three-fold in Q2 2015

So you’ve got your PC locked down so tight you even battle to get in sometimes, but how much care are you taking when it comes to mobile security? If your answer to that question is something along the lines of “not much”, you might want to step it up a notch. According to security provider Kaspersky, some 291 800 new mobile malware programmes emerged in Q2, which is 2.8 times greater than in Q1. There were 1-million mobile malware installation packages in Q2, which is seven times greater than in Q1. The company notes that mobile banking remains a main target for mobile threats. A new version of apreviously existing Trojan for instance is capable of attacking 114 (four times more) banking and financial applications as its previous iteration. Its main goal is to steal the user’s...

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Facts About Remote Access Trojans (RATs) vs AlienSpy

AlienSpy is the latest in a family of RATs which target both consumers and enterprises in a bid to steal valuable data and compromise systems. Remote Access Trojans (RATs) never fully vanish; instead, they are often recycled and redeveloped in the changing cybersecurity landscape. These kinds of Trojans, often deployed through phishing campaigns which use spoof emails and malicious files to deliver malware payloads, can be tailored to target particular industries -- such as banking or manufacturing -- or be used indiscriminately against both consumers and businesses. In a security advisory (.PDF) posted Thursday, security firm Fidelis said the newly-discovered AlienSpy Trojan is currently being used in international phishing campaigns against both consumers and the enterprise,...

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5 Ways to Stay Away from Malware on a Smartphone

A malware is some software specially designed to harm your computer or smartphone, or to get your personal information for various anti-social purposes (let’s say spying on you). It may be a virus, a spyware, worm, or a Trojan, but their sole purpose is to harm you. Nowadays, since smartphones are more in use, these malwares are aimed mostly at them. So here are some precautions that you can adopt to stay away from them: 1. Download Stuff From Trusted Sources While you download stuff (songs, pictures etc.) into your mobile, be sure that you don’t download anything but what you want to download. Sometimes, rather most of the times, a file that you want to download is accompanied with a malicious software, that drains out your personal...

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