ITWire

Poor mobile app coding, new file-less malware and more

Intel Security's latest McAfee Labs Threats Report, November 2015 has revealed poor mobile app coding practices, the return of macro malware, and a new breed of file-less malware that makes detection ...
Network World

Malware distributors are switching to less suspicious file types

After aggressively using JavaScript email attachments to distribute malware for the past year, attackers are now switching to less suspicious file types to trick users. Last week, researchers from the ...
Computerworld

‘Less’ is more to malware authors targeting Linux users

Using the “less” Linux command to view the contents of files downloaded from the Internet is a dangerous operation that can lead to remote code execution, according to a security researcher. At first ...
techtimes

FBI Warns Users of the Hidden Dangers Behind Free File Converters: You’ll Be Fishing Malware Instead

Free online file converters are the way to go for users who want to convert their files into new formats. For instance, if you're going to convert your PDF file to a Word file, you can just go to a ...
CSOonline

Malware Automates Storing of Data Haul on File-Hosting Site SendSpace

Trend Micro researchers have discovered a piece of malicious software that automatically uploads its stolen data cache to the SendSpace file-sharing service for retrieval. Malware authors have used ...
Bleeping Computer

SoumniBot malware exploits Android bugs to evade detection

A new Android banking malware named 'SoumniBot' is using a less common obfuscation approach by exploiting weaknesses in the Android manifest extraction and parsing procedure. The method enables ...