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A new voting system promises to avoid unnecessary recounts—and prove when they’re necessary, too. The post For the Next Election, Don’t Recount the Vote. Encrypt It appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreThe Gmail phishing attack is reportedly so effective that it tricks even technical users, but it may be just the tip of the iceberg. We’re seeing similarly simple but clever social engineering tactics using PDF attachments. These deceitful PDF attachments are being used in email phishing attacks that attempt to steal your email credentials. Apparently, the…
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| Recently, among the payloads delivered by exploit kits, we often find Terdot.A/Zloader – a downloader installing on the victim machine a ZeuS-based malware. Categories: Tags: bankerbanking malwaremalwareterdotzbotZeus malwareZloader |
Deep Analysis of Android Rootnik Malware Using Advanced Anti-Debug and Anti-Hook, Part II: Analysis of The Scope of Java By Kai Lu In part I of this blog, we have finished the analysis of native layer and gotten the decrypted secondary dex file. Next, we continue to analysis it. For the sake of continuity, we keep continuous section number and figure number with part I of the blog. The secondary dex file The following is the decrypted file, which is a jar format file. It is loaded…
Recently, we found a new Android rootnik malware which uses open-sourced Android root exploit tools and the MTK root scheme from the dashi root tool to gain root access on an Android device. The malware disguises itself as a file helper app and then uses very advanced anti-debug and anti-hook techniques to prevent it from being reverse engineered. It also uses a multidex scheme to load a secondary dex file. After successfully gaining root privileges on the device, the rootnik malware can perform several malicious behaviors, including app and ad…
As technology within the financial services industry continues to evolve, so too does the threat landscape. Fortinet offers cybersecurity predictions for 2017.
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the way we live and work forever. It makes us more productive, healthier and happier, and it enables businesses to work smarter, more efficiently and with greater agility. There’s just one problem: from a security perspective IoT devices are fundamentally flawed. And the bad guys are getting pretty…
Data Privacy Day is on January 28, and I’m willing to bet this isn’t a day most people are aware of. However, with cyber threats such as ransomware, data breaches and Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams plaguing the small business landscape, spending time in observance of Data Privacy Day should be a priority. In 2016,…