During the Christmas holidays, my mother received this email from a well-meaning friend. Since her daughter works for the most trusted security company in the world, she immediately asked me about the authenticity of the message. Here’s the email: Subject: VIRUS COMING ! Hi All, PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS! You […]
Does the title of this blog post have a mysterious meaning? Not exactly. In this first part about the gray-zone of Android malware detections, I will introduce the Android:SecApk, a detection regarding the protection that the App Shield (Bangcle) offers to Android applications (.apk). This detection has a big sample set that is still growing. […]
Love is in the air! People are going out to buy boxes of chocolates and flowers for their loved ones, preparing for romantic dinners, and some are hoping that a secret admirer will confess their love. Some seek help from the Internet to make Valentine’s Day as romantic as possible and since many people check […]
After being in oblivion for a while, the Xpiro family of file infectors is back with a bang—and this time with some notorious capabilities. Not only does the new variant infect 32-bit files, it also has broadened its scope of infection to 64-bit …
After being in oblivion for a while, the Xpiro family of file infectors is back with a bang—and this time with some notorious capabilities. Not only does the new variant infect 32-bit files, it also has broadened its scope of infection to 64-bit …
A dangerous Trojan named ZeuS is making its way among Facebook users. This old Trojan horse has infected millions of computers over the years, stealing banking credentials and other personally identifiable information. Zeus can lie dormant on infected computers until the unsuspecting victim logs into their bank’s website. Once you’re logged in, cybercrooks can steal […]
One thing that disturbs me is how people classify some malware by how surprising large the file is, how many libraries it uses, etc. In many cases, this just means the malware has inefficient code and all the tools are available to easily convert the binaries back into human-readable pseudocode. Let’s look back a bit Read more…
Wait…what! You heard it right: According to a recent security report, Internet users are 182 times more likely to get a virus from clicking on online ads than visiting an adult website. At first glance, this sounds extremely counterintuitive (and it is). In theory, wouldn’t your risk go up when visiting shady sites? Yes and Read more…