Malware
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ISI snooping on security forces through smartphone malwares
India | May 03, 2016, 04:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: Pakistan’s snooping agency ISI is spying on Indian security forces using malwares through mobile gaming and music applications such as Top Gun, mpjunkie, vdjunky, talking frog, the government said today. Responding to a
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System to check malware in Twitter URLs
Sep 26, 2015, 03:55 PM ISTLondon: Computer scientists from Cardiff University have created an intelligent system to identify malicious links disguised in shortened URLs on Twitter.The system could identify potential cyber-attacks with up to 83 percent accuracy within five seconds
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Facebook to now help spot malware on computers
Jun 25, 2015, 07:09 AM ISTNew York: Social networking giant Facebook has partnered security software firm Kasperky to help its users detect and clean malware from their computers.Malware' is an umbrella term used to refer to computer viruses, worms, trojan
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A software to prevent malware on Android smartphones
Mar 06, 2014, 07:10 PM ISTWashington: Researchers have developed a new software, called Practical Root Exploit Containment (PREC), to detect and contain malware that attempts root exploits in Android devices to give hackers unfettered control of a user's smartphone. The
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Fake Flappy Bird versions running malware on Android
Feb 13, 2014, 08:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: Security firm Sophos has discovered Flappy Bird-like applications are running malware, forcing users to send a text message to a given number and allowing the malware creators to exploit them.Security firm Trend Micro
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Malware may knock thousands off Internet on Monday
World | Jul 05, 2012, 08:50 PM ISTWashington, Jul 5: The warnings about the Internet problem have been splashed across Facebook and Google. Internet service providers have sent notices, and the FBI set up a special website.But hundreds of thousands of people