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05/30/2018 / By David Williams

New malware hijacking ATM machines, causing them to dispense large amounts of cash

Hackers are everywhere – while much of the hacking you hear about tend to occur on the internet and home computers, the worst criminal hackers usually target institutions such as banks. ATMs are a usual target for hackers, and now there is evidence of a terrifying new malware that can cause them to spill out […]

05/08/2018 / By David Williams

The updated version of Chrome Cleanup Tool scans your personal computer files WITHOUT your consent

Google Chrome has quickly risen to become the most used web browser in the entire world. Ever since it was first introduced all those years ago, Google, the internet search giant, worked hard to make it as appealing and as hard to switch away from as soon as you became a user. Recently, the browser […]

01/02/2018 / By David Williams

Facebook’s internal filter failed to catch political ads that were actually malware and scams: report

Facebook has been shown to have a propensity to remove, hide, or outright ban content that it doesn’t find acceptable for its pages. But it’s not uncommon to find stuff that’s not supposed to be on the site from time to time. Case in point: a political ad that first appeared on Facebook back in […]

06/22/2017 / By JD Heyes

Malware threat proves U.S. power grid much more vulnerable than previously believed

During a recent two-part series published by Bugout.news about how an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) could destroy the nation’s power grid, a portion of that report included ways to “EMP-proof” your life: Obtain non-electrical appliances; stock up on portable solar panels; self-defense; items to barter, and so on. The good news, however, is that experts don’t […]

05/15/2017 / By JD Heyes

This is what happens when government cyber weapons get loose

The massive global ransomware attack that occured on Friday and which permeated governments, corporations and Britain’s entire National Health Service, was conducted with malware developed by – and stolen from – the U.S. National Security Agency. Known as “WannaCry,” the theft of the malware and its posting online has left many asking what additional malware […]

03/09/2017 / By JD Heyes

CIA deployed “air-gap” jumping viruses that could infect and monitor PCs even if they weren’t connected to the internet

In the trove of information published on Tuesday by Wikileaks involving the CIA’s ability to breach smart TVs, iPhones, Android products, and other “Internet of Things” personal devices was the revelation that the agency is also able to remotely monitor devices that aren’t online. The technique is called “air-gap jumping,” and it can be a […]

02/18/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

100K files of taxpayers compromised by malware attack against IRS

(Cyberwar.news) The federal government was once again the target of hackers as data on more than 100,000 taxpayers was compromised in a recent malware attack, FierceGovernmentIT reported. The agency says it identified and then halted the attack on an online tax application that gave cyber thieves information on taxpayers via the IRS’ e-file system. Personal […]

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