Remove Article Remove Malware Remove Programming Remove Spyware
article thumbnail

Security attacks and countermeasures

Cloud Musings

The resulting breaches occur primarily through malware, including Trojan horses, adware, worms, viruses and downloaders [6]. Malware is malicious software created for egregious objectives. Malware is intended to be quiet and hidden as it enters environments and is executed. Most Active Malware Today.

Security 159
article thumbnail

Cybercrooks Are Increasingly Adept at Gaming Google's Services

SecureWorld News

Scammers and malware authors know a good opportunity when they see one, especially if it's a vulnerability in a popular web service. In an ideal world, it brings quality articles to your fingertips based on previously specified criteria of what's relevant to you. Any area of the Google ecosystem fits the mold of such a juicy target.

Google 84
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How much control should Apple have over your iPhone?

Vox

You might be using an app to read this very article. This came about as part of a settlement of a class action lawsuit, but Apple has presented it as a “Small Business Program” that’s “designed to accelerate innovation” (a phrase that could be read as implying that the 30 percent commission decelerated innovation).

Apple 96
article thumbnail

Antitrust investigations aren’t the biggest threat to Facebook’s future

The Verge

Scott Morton, hailed in a 2019 article in the New Republic as an “antitrust crusader,” said she began consulting for Amazon in the last year, while her work for Apple dates back several years. Facebook is accusing the spyware maker of creating accounts to send malware to mobile phones of 1,400 people to snoop on them.