Neowin News Feed for: Malicious

Python developers, uninstall this malicious package right now

Usama Jawad — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 15:24:01 +0000

Python developers who spent some time coding over the holiday break may want to check out an advisory regarding a malicious PyTorch package that was being fetched from PyPI last week. Read more...

FBI and MI5 call out China for sponsoring cyber threats

Usama Jawad — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 11:14:01 +0000

The FBI and MI5 have issued a joint statement, sternly calling out China for its interference in other countries through digital means. They have also asked western tech companies to stay vigilant. Read more...

Google banned 190,000 malicious developers from the Play Store last year

Usama Jawad — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 05:06:01 +0000

Google has revealed that it banned over 190,000 malicious and spammy developers from the Play Store last year. Similarly, 1.2 million apps that violated Play Store policies were also removed. Read more...

Chrome will scan risky files on demand, tell you which extensions are reliable

Usama Jawad — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 04:54:01 +0000

Google is rolling out security enhancements to the Enhanced Safe Browsing experience in Chrome 91. The browser will inform you which extensions are trusted and will also scan risky files on demand. Read more...

Apple starts taking countermeasures against new macOS malware strain

Usama Jawad — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 12:56:01 +0000

Recently, a mysterious new macOS malware was spotted in the wild which has infected nearly 30,000 Intel and M1 Macs. Apple is now deploying countermeasures to mitigate the potential threat. Read more...

30,000 Macs are at threat from mysterious malware

Usama Jawad — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:38:01 +0000

A new strain of macOS malware is raising some alarms in the security industry due to its highly sophisticated mechanisms of distribution, self-destruction, and the mysterious lack of a payload. Read more...

Google rejected 55% more Android app submissions in 2018 than in 2017

Usama Jawad — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 08:08:01 +0000

Google has announced that it rejected 55% more Android submissions in 2018 than in 2017, and that it will continue to strengthen its review process and developer policies to fight bad actors. Read more...

Microsoft is working with vendors to minimize false positives detected by Windows Defender

Usama Jawad — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 09:58:01 +0000

Microsoft has outlined some techniques that software vendors need to follow in order to avoid false positives being caught by Windows Defender. Techniques include respecting the customer's choice. Read more...

Rogue extensions that hijack Chrome & Firefox are near impossible to remove

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 13:12:01 +0000

Newly discovered malicious extensions for Google Chrome and Firefox will hijack your browser to push technical support scams and spy on you. Making matters worse, they're particularly hard to remove. Read more...

New Apple macOS malware alters the operating system to subvert security measures

Dreyer Smit — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 09:36:02 +0000

A new macOS malware program has so far evaded the detection protocols put in place by Apple by altering the operating system, and has now morphed to target your bank account, according to a report. Read more...

Linux Mint website hacked, malicious ISO offered on Saturday

Paul Hill — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 03:50:01 +0000

The Linux Mint founder, Clement Lefebvre, announced that a malicious ISO was hosted on the site on Saturday. Users should re-download a new ISO and reinstall their Mint installs if affected. Read more...

CryptoWall 4.0 ransomware makes it increasingly difficult to recover encrypted data

Ian Ginos — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 23:12:01 +0000

The latest version of the CryptoWall ransomware now deletes all restore points on an infected system and introduces new changes to intimidate users and to avoid detection by anti-malware software. Read more...

Adware-infected apps in Google Play Store were downloaded 'millions of times'

Andy Weir — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 15:54:01 +0000

Google has pulled numerous apps from its Play Store that had been directing users to install more software, which secretly collected their personal data and sent premium-rate text messages. Read more...

Avast forums forced offline by weekend hack attack, 400,000 users affected

James Walker — Tue, 27 May 2014 11:45:54 +0000

Security company Avast Software has announced that details of 400,000 forum users, including passwords in hashed form, have been stolen in an attack on the company over the past weekend. Read more...

Android security loophole lets apps take and upload pics without you knowing

Andy Weir — Sun, 25 May 2014 01:01:54 +0000

A loophole in Android's security can be easily exploited by malicious apps to use a device's camera to capture images and location data and upload them to a remote server without the user's knowledge. Read more...

Twitter flooded with malicious tweets from compromised accounts

Shreyas Gandhe — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 10:09:46 +0000

Twitter has seen a sudden explosion of malicious tweets from compromised accounts using third party apps and services over the last 24 hours, with thousands of users apparently affected. Read more...

iOS 7 vulnerable to background monitoring, no fix yet

Shreyas Gandhe — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 05:10:31 +0000

Security firm FireEye has published a new report exposing an iOS 7 vulnerability which could allow hackers to monitor user interactions such as touches, home and volume key presses as well as TouchID. Read more...

php.net currently flagged as "suspicious site" blocked in Chrome/Firefox [Update: Back up]

Steven Parker — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:42:53 +0000

If you're trying to get to the php.net website at the moment, you'll be alerted to "suspicious activity" on the website, which is blocked in Chrome or Firefox right now. Read more...

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool 1.37

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:38:40 +0000

The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks computers for infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom—and helps remove any infection found. When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool... Read more...

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 1.35

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:36:44 +0000

Alicia Keys' MySpace Page Sings with Malicious Code

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:04:40 +0000

The MySpace pages for singer Alicia Keys and other musicians were hacked with a seemingly new type of hack, a security expert said Thursday. Keys' MySpace page and that of others, including a Scottish band... Read more...

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool 1.33

Razvan Serea — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:31:06 +0000

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 1.32

Razvan Serea — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:23:41 +0000

New strains of malicious trojan hold data hostage

Steven Parker — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:52:08 +0000

There's a new breed of ransomware in town, and it raises the stakes compared to previous viruses of this sort. Both Sinowal.FY and Gpcode.ai have been identified by security companies PandaLabs and Kaspersky Lab as... Read more...

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 1.31

Razvan Serea — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:29:48 +0000

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 1.28

Razvan Serea — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:33:46 +0000

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 1.27

Razvan Serea — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:38:10 +0000

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 1.26

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:22:34 +0000

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 1.24

Razvan Serea — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:43:14 +0000

The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks computers running Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 for infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom—and helps remove any infection found. When... Read more...

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)

Steven Parker — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:59:57 +0000

The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 computers for and helps remove infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom. When the detection and... Read more...

Malicious videos open dangerous attack vector

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:39:41 +0000

Administrators should consider restricting access to sites such as YouTube and MySpace because they have the potential to deliver malware that has been embedded inside video files. Over the past year, a number of serious... Read more...

Wikipedia used to spread malicious code

Steven Parker — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:20:10 +0000

A Wikipedia page has been used by hackers in an attempt to spread malicious code. The entry for the W32.Blaster worm in the German version of the popular online encyclopedia was altered to include false... Read more...

Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830) - October 2006

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:34:13 +0000

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool 1.5

Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:19:42 +0000

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:54:45 +0000

KB Article: Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Errors

Steven Parker — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:47:32 +0000

Just 2 days after the release of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool, Microsoft has posted a new KB article that explains a common error message that is displayed on computers after the scan... Read more...

IE, Outlook run malicious commands without scripting

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 04 Mar 2002 14:21:51 +0000

An attacker can run arbitrary commands on Windows machines with a simple bit of HTML, an Israeli security researcher has demonstrated The exploit will work with IE, Outlook and OutlooK Express even if active scripting... Read more...

New Malicious Computer Worm Preys on Anthrax Scare

Wed, 17 Oct 2001 12:28:53 +0000

A computer virus purporting to provide information about anthrax and its side effects has been discovered, computer security experts said on Tuesday. The new computer virus, technically a worm because it is self-propagating,... Read more...