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Plug the USG into your port before you plug in that new USB flash drive

A new hardware firewall USG device is intended to help protect against USB-based malware attacks, and you can build one yourself.
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Google is improving its Safe Browsing features to protect MacOS users

Safe Browsing, Google’s in-browser warning system, is to introduce a number of new updates to help better protect MacOS users from threats.
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A pretend Pornhub app is infecting Android phones with malware

It's almost too ironic to be true. Porn is giving smartphones a virus that locks their users out of their handsets.
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Analysis of internet-connected devices reveals millions are vulnerable to attack

Trend Micro conducted an analysis of Shodan's data on connected devices for February 2016, and found millions that are vulnerable to attack.
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Possible Russian hacker network may be responsible for new MacOS malware

The APT28 hacker network, at work since 2007, apparently has a new tool in its arsenal, a MacOS version of the Xagent malware.
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Clogged arteries and compromised credit cards could come from eating at Arby's

Arby's has "recently remediated a breach involving malicious software installed on payment card systems at hundreds of its locations."
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MacOS suffers its first-ever Word macro attack

MacOS has now suffered its very first Microsoft Word macro attack, as Ars Technica has now reported.
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Satan ransomware-as-a-service makes it easy to hold data hostage

Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) platforms, let anyone subscribe to the ability to engage in cyberattacks without writing their own code.
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This is how Google ensures the Play Store remains free from potential malware

Google works pretty relentlessly to ensure there's as little malware as possible on the Google Play Store.
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Malwarebytes finds the ‘first Mac malware of 2017,’ and Apple calls it ‘Fruitfly’

Malwarebytes has found what it's calling the "first Mac malware of 2017." Apple calls it "Fruitfly," and has released a fix.
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Shamoon returns with malware in hand to wipe hard drives, nuke virtual machines

Another wave of the Shamoon campaign was discovered using a new variant of the Disttrack malware targeting hard drives and virtual machines.
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This new Mac malware freezes your computer with email drafts

Malwarebytes has analyzed a new set of malware that launches hundreds of email drafts on Macs that cause the device to freeze.
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New Android malware uses your phone to attack your wireless router

A new Android malware has been discovered that doesn't stop at infecting your phone -- in fact, it attacks your wireless router and redirects all traffic.
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FDA issues final guidelines on keeping medical devices safe from cyberattack

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its guidelines on how manufacturers should keep medical devices safe from cyberattack,
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RansomFree by Cybereason is a free ransomware alert tool for Windows PCs

Cybersecurity company Cybereason has released RansomFree, a real-time ransomware detection and response program for Windows PCs.
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Ransomware Popcorn Time removes itself once you infect your friends with it

If your system is infected by the Popcorn Time ransomware, it adds a nasty way to avoid paying: infect people you know instead.
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Locky and Cerber have become the dominant ransomware families

A new report from Malwarebytes shows the rapid growth of Locky and Cerber -- the most prevalent forms of ransomware -- and where they're coming from.
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Millions exposed to ads that use images infected by malicious scripts

Antivirus firm ESET reports that ads for Browser Defense and Broxu contain malicious scripts within the alpha channel parameters of their displayed images.
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Cloudflare is fighting off a DDoS attack that started the day before Thanksgiving

Cloudflare has noted an increase in distributed denial of service (DDoS) traffic that began on November 23, the day before the Thanksgiving weekend began.
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Popular Android remote app AirDroid is vulnerable to hacks

AirDroid, a popular remote-control app for Android, is vulnerable to attack by malicious coders.
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Google's anti-malware Safe Browsing feature ups penalties for repeat offenders

Google is changing the way it doles out punishment via its anti-malware Safe Browsing feature for Chrome, Google Search, and Android.
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Government in Indiana pays up after ransomware stifles operations

As the county government in Madison County, Indiana, discovered, ransomware is a very serious type of attack with real and often unavoidable consequences,
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Homeland Security warns some Sierra Wireless devices are subject to attack

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has warned owners of Sierra Wireless devices that the hardware may be a target for the Mirai family of malware.
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Researchers: Intel CPUs are inherently flawed and open to a specific attack

A recent paper published by researchers at the State University of New York at Binghamton alleges that certain processors are flawed and open to attack.
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New Android banking malware steals your data with the snap of a selfie

A new malware has been making the rounds on Android that attempts to steal your identity -- by having you take a selfie with your government-issued ID.
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Downloaders beware! Hackers just released StrongPity, a fake file-compression tool

Kaspersky Lab discovered malware called StrongPity posing as legitimate WinRAR and TrueCrypt program installers, providing full access to the victim's PC.
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If you're a free Spotify user, then you might've been exposed to malware

Spotify's ad-based free tier subjected some users to ad-based malware recently, although the number of users was limited.
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The source code for a potent DDoS tool has now been made public

Brian Krebs has reported that a tool used to carry out an attack against his website is now freely available online.
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Malware can now detect virtual machines, and then go dark like a Cold War spy

New types of malware that can detect when installed on a virtual machine are going into hibernation, making them hard to track down.
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Microsoft's Edge browser uses a virtual machine to quarantine itself from malware

Microsoft unveiled a new security feature for its Edge browser that quarantines websites to prevent malware from gaining access to sensitive files.
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Yahoo confirms massive data breach was real, at least 500 million accounts compromised

Hundreds of millions of accounts were apparently compromised in August by a single hacker using the pseudonym Peace.
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Warning from police: Never plug in a USB stick you get in the mail

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A fake ‘Pokémon Go’ app tricked half a million players into downloading malware

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California poised to add ransomware law that carries sentence of up to four years

California is about to pass a new law that will classify ransomware as extortion and could jail culprits for up to four years.