Category: Antivirus & Malware
A virus is a piece of code which is capable of copying itself in order to do damage to your computer, including corrupting your system or destroying data. Malware, on the other hand, is an umbrella term that stands for a variety of malicious software, including Trojans, spyware, worms, adware, ransomware and yes, viruses.
Anti-Malware Software – How to Get Anti-Malware Software to Find and Scan Only Infected Files
When your antivirus has detected a new infection, it will usually provide the anti-malware service software with a unique fingerprint, which will tell it which piece of malware is responsible. It will use this fingerprint to find an alternate scan of the same files to avoid false positives for each separate software scanner to scan…
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Malware for Apple M1 Chips
Malware for Apple M1 Chips. What can be used as a part of security toolkit for Apple M1 Chips? Cybercriminals, hackers and malware are used to carry out hacking attacks against Apple M1 Chips and it creates havoc in its systems. There are three types of malware for Apple M1 Chips and we will be…
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The Rise and Fall of Mac OS X Malware
A new malware family is attacking the Apple M1 and M2 security chips and the iFixit data encryption chip that are shipped by major chip makers. The malware infects the chips and attempts to take control of them. When the chip is rebooted, it seems to be fine, and if there are no unusual events,…
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Rootkit Installation – The First Three Steps
The first step in a rootkit installation is for a computer user to have knowledge of the operating system’s operating system files. This knowledge can come from an operating system or from a rootkit installer. A computer user should know that installing rootkit software creates a false appearance that the user is running an up-to-date…
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The First Wave of COVID-19 Cases
The first wave of COVID-19 cases were reported just a week or two after the Novel Coronavirus outbreak. As a result, healthcare organizations were forced to begin to implement several new protective and safety measures. However, this also means that there are still two major threats that health care providers are facing: Ransomware and malware.…
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The Chinese Hacking Group
After being released by the U. software, and have been monitoring them for some time. the Pentagon’s computer network, Pentagon. Command’s (DoICS) network. kills Chinese hacking group. intentions of the Chinese group’s recent activities. Wednesday, Aug. communities. not known, to restrict access to its citizens’ Internet content. ban to entities whose identities are not known.…
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69K LimeVPN Users Up for Sale on Dark Web | Antivirus & Malware
Last Updated on Oct 30, 2018. Re: 69K LimeVPN Users Up for Sale on Dark Web | Antivirus & Malware. Re: 69K LimeVPN Users Up for Sale on Dark Web | Antivirus & Malware. Re: 69K LimeVPN Users Up for Sale on Dark Web | Antivirus & Malware. Re: 69K LimeVPN Users Up for Sale…
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Ransomware Attack – How to Decrypt a Ransom Note
There is an ongoing ransomware outbreak. It has a number of similarities to the notorious Ransomware attack on October 2013. We are reporting new links and analysis relating to the campaign. The first phase of the attack was launched in December 2015 and by January 2016 two of the groups involved in the attack had…
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What Is Ransomware?
For years now, information security companies have been facing a constant threat of ransomware outbreaks. Ransomware can be targeted on the PC, laptop, mobile phone, or simply through email attachments. Ransomware outbreaks are occurring worldwide and are making ransomware look as a very low threat. Yet, the volume of ransomware attacks is increasing by the…
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Article Title: Babuk Ransomware Attack Could Affect Most Windows Systems
“Babuk Ransomware was first reported on July 21 by Russian security firm FireEye, with the first sample files being sent to users in October. The malware was downloaded thousands of times and the latest version can be downloaded from the file archive. The latest version is 4. 1 and was downloaded at 10:48am GMT on…
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