Recent Malware/Virus Attacks

[Danksies]

Last week there was the "BlueBorne" attack targeting Bluetooth. This week there was a backdoor found in "CCleaner version 5.33". Turn off and update accordingly

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...rity-app-infected-with-backdoor/#3478111a316a

 

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Dang, it just keeps getting worse. Good thing I don't use that ccleaner software, never really liked it.

 

[Danksies]

Yeah pretty terrifying shit out there. I feel bad for normal everyday consumers who are ignorantly blissful until they get hacked. People think the big name companies are safe and know what their doing but boy oh boy if only they knew how easy and often most of them get hacked lol

 

[Danksies]

https://themerkle.com/new-mobile-banking-trojan-can-infect-millions-of-android-users/

Ffs

 

[Danksies]

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/09...ch-affected-all-company-email-admin-accounts/

Deloitte hacked possibly as far back as 2016 and still possibly still not 100% secure. My money is on Russian hackers from the crypto sphere targeting Deloitte because of their partnership with the $WAVES platform

 

[doublespaces]

And this is why I don't put in my real birthdates or any of that information. I'm always getting happy birthday emails on January 1st.

 

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Not malware, but damn:
https://www.engadget.com/2017/10/16/encryption-companies-rely-on-has-serious-flaw/