Browsing Tag

malware

A community of teenage users take advantage of the Discord platform's servers to build, trade, and spread malware, including ransomware and a mix of data thieves and crypto miners. Discord hosts a community of young users, aged between 11 and 18, who seek to profit from the spread of malware or…
Read More...

Attacks on devices with ransomware on the rise

There are various types of cyberattacks. In the last year, viruses have increased due to hacking on mobile phones. One of the most popular is known as ransomware, a modality that prevents users from accessing the information on their device…

More than 20 Spanish banks attacked by malware

Spain is the European country most affected by the new Brazilian banking Trojan Bizarro, a malware that has already attacked 70 different banks around the world, of which 22 are Spanish banks. The cybersecurity company Kaspersky, which has…

Electrum Wallet reports malware with similar name

Electrum Bitcoin Wallet has denounced this Tuesday the presence of a malicious application circulating on Google Play with a name very similar to the company through its official Twitter account: "Public Service Announcement: Attackers…

Microsoft adds protection against “cryptojacking”

Microsoft reinforced the standard Windows antivirus, Microsoft Defender, with new functions that seek to prevent 'cryptojacking' cyberattacks, through the use of Intel's Threat Detection Technology (TDT) automatic threat detection…

Crypto miners and malware attacks grew since 2019

Fileless malware attacks soared 888 % in 2020 compared to the previous year, while ransomware attacks grew 25 % taking advantage of the upward trend in cryptocurrencies. The exacerbation of malware attacks in 2020 is the most upward trend…