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Malicious software packages at Linux repositories

Another sign that the user-controlled software repository should not be fully trusted One of the most popular Linux distros, Arch Linux, has extracted up to three user-controlled repository packages after it was discovered that they were hosting malicious code, as reported by experts in secure data destruction from the International Institute of Cyber Security. Arch Linux is […]

The Andromeda Botnet Taken Down, Alleged Mastermind Arrested

‘Andromeda’, a huge malware system, a botnet made up of millions of computers, has finally been taken offline, as per reports. It’s also reported that the cyber criminal who has been behind the Andromeda network, has been arrested as a result of a joint operation involving Belarus, Germany and the United States. Reuters reports from […]

Tick, tock, tick, tock: New malware is hitting your network every four seconds

A Check Point report suggests organisations’ security hasn’t kept pace to meet a ninefold rise in malicious software. An exponential rise in malware means employees are at their highest-ever risk of accidentally installing malicious software onto an enterprise network — an event that happens every four seconds within the average company, a new report has […]