Listly by Addy Smith
In this list we will share about the latest news on computer security, It Technology news, News about any recent privacy breach, news about any new malware that haunts the people.
Microsoft’s legacy browser, Internet Explorer may flinch you at a Gordian knot. The booby-trapped browser is cursed with remote code execution vulnerability that allows threat actors to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user.
Zeus Panda, Panda or Panda Banker is a spin-off of the Zeus Banking Trojan. First seen in 2016 as one of the many variants that cropped up in the wake of the Zeus source code, Panda has fulfilled its function as a banking Trojan since then. Looking to harvest credentials of online banking, payments & other financial portals, the majority of its code is derived from the original Zeus Trojan.
A Polish security alpha geek revealed a malicious Spam Campaign on Facebook that automatically posts link on a user’s timeline. The culprit behind this campaign is a Clickjacking Bug that publishes link to a website & amusing images on a user’s Timeline without his consent
An Android spyware masquerading as legitimate applications has struck more than 100,000 victims in 196 countries. Detected as ANDROIDOS_MOBSTSPY & dubbed MobSTSPY, the malware is widespread & has also managed to infiltrate Google Play with at least six different apps. Let us read more to know MobSTSPY’s threat behavior and precautions to be undertaken to avoid its invasion.
The Tech Giant, Apple was ordered to remove new iPhones from German Stores by a Munich Court. This injunction was followed after the renowned chipmaker company, Qualcomm filed a patent lawsuit against Apple for infringing its power saving technology in two of Apple’s models- iPhone 7 & iPhone 8. Soon after the injunction, Apple pulled down these models from German Stores
Opera has recently blacklisted the Tampermonkey 4.7.54 extension offered on the Chrome Web Store claiming it to be malicious. Let us read more to know about this popular user script manager & reasons for its abandoning by Opera.Chrome Web Store is facing an uphill battle from the last few years for hosting malevolent add-ons that claim to enhance your web browser capabilities.