Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Share Post: Reddit Facebook
Strange new malware prevents users from visiting piracy websites
#1
Quote:NEW DELHI: Researchers at cybersecurity company Sophos have found one of the strangest malware yet. Instead of stealing user data or holding their data for ransom, the new malware seeks to block users’ access to websites that promote piracy and torrenting. The company called it a “vigilante-style" malware and said it’s “relatively non-complex" and can be fixed quite easily too. It resembles a decade-old malware called Ponmocup, which had a similar impact on computers, the researchers said.

Source(full read)- https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech...75404.html
Reply


Possibly Related Threads…
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Hacker group claims to steal 3 million users’ data from Israeli hiking websites mrtrout 0 1,013 01-22-2022 , 11:03 PM
Last Post: mrtrout
  Piracy sites make more than $1 .3 billion from malicious and real ads mrtrout 0 524 08-13-2021 , 07:19 AM
Last Post: mrtrout
  One Of World's Biggest Piracy Groups Taken Down mrtrout 0 1,001 08-28-2020 , 10:33 PM
Last Post: mrtrout
  Android users warned about 'unkillable' malware.... guardian 0 1,335 04-27-2020 , 12:18 PM
Last Post: guardian
  Someone is uninstalling the Phorpiex malware from infected PCs and telling users to i dhruv2193 0 1,338 01-24-2020 , 10:54 AM
Last Post: dhruv2193

Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)