Masodas may be appear as new computer threat but in reality, this is just a remake of other ransomware from STOP family of malware. The name was derived from the extension that this threat is appending to all infected files and that is .masodas.Masodas is a high-risk ransomware-type infection designed to infiltrate computers and encrypt […]
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MDS is a family of vulnerabilities in different (related) components of the processor. Unlike Meltdown, MDS doesn’t allow an attacker to directly control the target memory address from which they would like to leak data. Instead, MDS is a form of “sampling” attack in which an attacker can leverage cache side-channel analysis to repeatedly measure
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CryptoLocker, a new and nasty piece of malicious software is infecting computers around the world – encrypting important files and demanding a ransom to unlock them. According to Sophos, the worldwide digital security company, it’s been hitting pretty hard for the past six weeks or so. “It systematically hunts down every one of your personal
In computer software, a time bomb is part of a computer program that has been written so that it will start or stop functioning after a predetermined date or time is reached. A malicious program that is programmed to “detonate” at a specific time and release a virus onto the computer system or network. The
It is called a keylogger, spyware or monitoring software, it can be the equivalent of digital surveillance, revealing every click and touch, every download and conversation.A keylogger (short for keystroke logger) is software that tracks or logs the keys struck on your keyboard, typically in a covert manner so that you don’t know that your
