• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jan-28-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Google’s VirusTotal now picks out suspicious firmware

Google’s VirusTotal service has added a new tool that analyzes firmware, the low-level code that bridges a computer’s hardware and operating system at startup.Advanced attackers, including the U.S. National Security Agency, have targeted firmware as a place to embed malware since […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jan-28-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Google’s VirusTotal now picks out suspicious firmware

Google’s VirusTotal service has added a new tool that analyzes firmware, the low-level code that bridges a computer’s hardware and operating system at startup.Advanced attackers, including the U.S. National Security Agency, have targeted firmware as a place to embed malware since […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jan-27-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on New Android ransomware uses clickjacking to gain admin privileges

File-encrypting ransomware applications that target Android devices are becoming increasingly sophisticated. One new such program is using clickjacking techniques to trick users into granting it administrator privileges.Clickjacking is a method that... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jan-27-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on New Android ransomware uses clickjacking to gain admin privileges

File-encrypting ransomware applications that target Android devices are becoming increasingly sophisticated. One new such program is using clickjacking techniques to trick users into granting it administrator privileges.Clickjacking is a method that... Read More