IT Sec News updates – Malware Attacks

Ars Technica

Security. An Apple malware-flagging tool is “trivially” easy to bypass. Background Task Manager can potentially miss malicious software on your …

The Hacker News

A new financial malware named JanelaRAT is making waves in Latin America. This threat captures sensitive data from compromised Windows systems.

FedScoop

A new virtualization platform improves malware research and honeypot techniques to defend against malware attacks, says Corellium's Amanda Gorton.

Check Point Software Technologies

SpinOk is a mobile malware variant that targets Android devices. It is spyware that collects information from infected devices and exfiltrates it …

9to5Mac

macOS has a number of built-in tools to detect Mac malware, with Background Task Manager added to the defenses last year.

Check Point Software Technologies

Hiddad Android Malware. Hiddad is an Android malware variant focused on ad fraud. The mobile malware distributes unwanted advertisements to users to …

Forbes

However, it has a dark side in the cybersecurity landscape, as hackers can easily manipulate it to spread malware. How can companies avoid being …

Infosecurity Magazine

Cybersecurity researchers have published a new analysis of the elusive Gigabud banking malware. Originating as an Android Remote Access Trojan …

Slashdot

One of the Mac's built-in malware detection tools may not be working quite as well as you think. From a report: At the Defcon hacker conference in …

Bleeping Computer

Info-stealers are a type of malware that search specific locations on the computer for login information. A common target is web browsers, …