A “white hat” is how we described the hacker who added Avira installers to the Dridex botnet distribution network. Our description might have been a bit off-color.
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Vigilante Hackers Aim to Hijack 200,000 Routers to Make Them More Secure
The same “Vigilante-style Hacker,” who previously hacked more than 10,000 routers to make them more secure, has once again made headlines by compromising more than 70,000 home routers and apparently forcing their owners to make them secure against flaws and weak passwords.
Just like the infamous hacking group Lizard Squad, the group of white hat hackers, dubbed the White Team, is building
Here's the Facebook Hacking Tool that Can Really Hack Accounts, But…
Yes, you heard me right.
A newly discovered Facebook hacking tool actually has the capability to hack Facebook account, but YOURS, and not the one you desire to hack.
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Avira’s Top Ten Internet Safety Tips
Security on a computer can be summarized as a two-way street: First, keeping the bad things from coming in and harming the device (like ransomware or viruses). Second, keeping news about your private life – with data, activities, and financial information – from leaving your device and falling into the wrong hands.
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Will computer viruses be able to infect humans in the future?
A few years ago a customer phoned urgently to ask if the virus detected on their computer could infect him or his family. It was hard not to smile. For every tech guy this question sounds ridiculous and with a basic understanding of computer viruses it is clear that this fear is without any reason.
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Russian Hackers Manipulate Ruble-Dollar Exchange Rate with Malware
Russian Group of Hackers reportedly cracked into the Kazan-based Energobank and messed up with the Ruble-Dollar exchange rates.
In Feb 2015, a hacking group, known by the name METEL, successfully breached into the Russian Regional Bank for just 14 minutes and caused the exchange rate to fluctuate between 55 and 66 rubles per dollar, which finally resulted in the increment of Ruble’s value.
Remtasu is disguising itself as a tool to appropriate Facebook accounts
Almost a year ago we warned about the spreading of Remtasu, and far from lessening, we have been able to identify numerous instances of this threat being propagated further.
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Hackers behind Dyre Malware Busted in Police Raid
The world’s most notorious financial hacking operation disrupted by Russian authorities in November, when they raided the offices associated with a Moscow-based film and production company named 25th Floor.
According to the Russian authorities, 25th Floor was allegedly involved in distributing the notorious password-stealing malware known as Dyre Banking Trojan.
Malware Costs Hundreds
WordPress Infections Leading to TeslaCrypt Ransomware
A massive string of WordPress compromises are redirecting victims to the Nuclear Exploit Kit and Teslacrypt ransomware.
Someone Hijacks Botnet Network & Replaces Malware with an Antivirus
The Dridex banking trojan that is widely being used by cyber criminals to distribute malware onto users’ machines has now been found distributing a security software.
A portion of the Dridex banking Trojan botnet may have been hacked or compromised by an unknown Whitehat Hacker, who replaced the malicious links with Avira Antivirus installers.
What is Dridex Banking Trojan? How it Works
