Asia-Pacific is proving to be a haven for botnets, accounting for more than half of all detections worldwide, but remains somewhat unscathed from ad fraud, adware, and ransomware. Three countries in the region were among the top five locations for…

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Ransomware, ad fraud and botnets have risen to prominence in the current threat landscape, according to Malwarebytes‘ inaugural Asia Pacific State of Malware Report 2017. Particularly in Asia Pacific, botnets reigned supreme with the region accounting for more than 50%…

Ransomware has been menacing the world of computers for more than a decade now and has made a gradual shift to handheld devices as an increasing number of people are using them. iphonedigital | Flickr Although cases of ransomware on Android devices…

OpIsrael hacktivists targeted by unknown threat actor Digital Shadows has identified evidence indicative of a malware distribution campaign intended to deploy Remote Access Trojans (RAT) onto the machines of hacktivist actors engaged in supporting the 2017 iteration of #OpIsrael organised…

Despite Android smartphones remaining the most popular target for criminals, with 81 per cent of all attacks, Apple’s iOS system also saw a major rise in attacks in 2016. iOS devices were particularly targeted by Spyphone surveillance software that tracks…

There’s a growing consensus among security professionals here in Washington, DC that the single most likely spot for President Donald Trump to have had his phone tapped isn’t at Trump Tower. Instead it’s his unsecured Android phone that he uses…

Many mobile device users are aware of basic fraud prevention steps like not clicking on suspicious links or downloading unknown apps. But what if the malware threats of the future come preinstalled on the mobile device itself? According to a…