Sunday, January 1, 2017

Android Trojan Performs DNS Hijacking Attacks against Wireless Routers

Android Trojan Performs DNS Hijacking Attacks against Wireless Routers: A new Android trojan targets wireless routers and performs DNS hijacking instead of attacking users directly.

A new Android trojan targets wireless routers and performs DNS hijacking instead of attacking users directly.

Kaspersky Lab found that the trojan, dubbed Trojan.AndroidOS.Switcher, generally adopts one of two disguises. The first facade (com.baidu.com) is a fake mobile client for the Chinese search engine Baidu. The second (com.snda.wifi) is a fake version of another app that allows users to share information about public Wi-Fi networks.[...]

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LinkedIn users targeted by hacking group

LinkedIn users targeted by hacking group with fake job offers https://t.co/mPKKLqzF5k via @SiliconANGLE