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Dangerous Banking Trojan “Vawtrak” Harvests Passwords Using Favicons

New features have been found concerning the dangerous banking Vawtrak malware that allow the malware to send and receive data through encrypted favicons distributed through the Tor network. This malware is used to harvest banking, gaming, and social media details, such as passwords, and is considered one of the worst single threats in existence. It uses Tor2Web proxy to receive updates from its cyber criminal developers and can access and update servers that are hosted on the Tor hidden web services without having to use specialist software such as Torbrowser. The communication with the remote server is done over SSL, which adds deeper encryption.
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Apple Mac OS X Adware Is Possible

For the most part, adware-type programs have been pestering Windows users with unwanted pop-up and targeted advertisements. The Windows adware usually bundles with free third-party downloads. They deliver advertisements in a variety of forms, including in-text hyperlinks, banner and skyscraper ads and other commercial material. But now many Mac OS users have become bombarded with pop-up advertisements too.
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Symantec security products will soon detect and remove Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs)

Symantec Norton (Symantec) is one of the biggest names in Antivirus software. They claim their software is innovative and can "do it all." Having said that, it's strange that their software suites including Norton Internet Security and Norton 360 do not detect and remove the most common security threats in the world including Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs), like adware and browser hijackers that Anti-Malware software Malwarebytes or HitmanPro do... Well, until now. This fact has always given the latter a bigger advantage over Symantec's security products as the previously mentioned Anti-Malware products begin to take over the security field based on the fact that they do detect and remove PUPs on a steady basis.
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P.F. Chang’s breached – Customer credit card information stolen, sold, and used

If you were a customer to the China Bistro P.F. Changs between March and May of 2014, you may want to sit down. Customer credit card information has been found for sale on the website rescator ranging from $18 to $140 and charges on these cards have already been made. The credit card information stolen from P.F. Chang's appears to be taken from at least six states as well as Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada, Argentina, Chile, and the Middle East.
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eBay urges all users to change their password after severe security breach

If you have an account with eBay (ebay.com) you are advised to immediately change your eBay password. In February and March of 2014 cyberattackers compromised and used several eBay employee log-in credentials in order to gain access to eBay's corporate network. The cyber-criminals compromised a database containing encrypted passwords and other non-financial customer data. Customer and eBay user information including home addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, date of birth, and full names have been breached by the culprits. eBay could find no evidence to suggest that financial information was observed during the cyberattack.
romanian man commits sucide because of computer virus
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Romanian man kills himself and his son because of a computer virus

We are sad to learn that a 36 year old man in Romania killed himself and his son because of a common computer virus. The type of virus is malware, or a cryptovirus categorized as ransomware that typically locks a computer system and uses a message that claims the computer owner or user violated the law and must pay a hefty fine or face a deprivation of liberty for viewing prohibited. In this case child pornography was the reason. In other cases the virus may claim that the user also violated the law by using copyrighted content or spreading malware.