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Morto Worm Attacks RDP / waredot

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  Morto - A new and virulent worm, dubbed Morto, raised reached online users. It’s spreading quickly, through the Microsoft Windows RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). Though the days of worms such as Blaster and Code Red were long gone? This worm is developing a large amount of outbound RDP traffic – is capable of compromising both servers and workstations-infecting machines that are completely patched.  Morto is an old-fashioned internet worm, which targets Windows workstations and servers by exploiting poorly-chosen weak passwords to spread via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connections (port 3389). It’s possible if you had a large number of infected computers within your local network, that the amount of traffic generated by the Morto worm might be so significant that it would effectively clog your system.  In this time, the Morto worm has also received a lot of press attention we need to keep the threat in proportion. However, Sophos Labs has received a very low number of exports o

What is Flame Malware? / waredot

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  Flame is the malware also known as Flamer, sKyWIper, and Skywiper. This is massive, complex and sophisticated malware that designed for collecting information and espionage. The Flame malware was first discovered in 2012 and announced on 28 May 2012 by MAHER Center of Iranian National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), and founded by Kaspersky Lab. In the initial reports it have termed that this malware as an “ attack toolkit ” or “ platform ” as it includes capabilities similar to a Trojan, a worm, and a botnet-controlled backdoor.  What makes this malware most complex is the identity of attackers remains unknown. The motive of this malware is only grabbing information of the big organizations, institutions, or nation states in the Middle East. There is also speculation that this type of espionage is most likely perpetrated by a rival nation state, though no strong confirmation currently exists for this.  With the help of information available on the Internet, we put this art

How to Detect a Virus on Your Android

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  Android phone is the widely used mobile all over the world holding more than 70% of market shares globally with over a billion users.  Android has fewer restrictions than iOS, and this also makes it the most useable device.  But, this also has become the worst problem for Android phones. As we all know, Android is a bit more open than Apple products. Their ability to download, items directly from the internet leaves your smartphone and tablet more vulnerable, and hackers can easily take advantage of this. Additionally, Android users can also download, install and remove the third-party applications from unreliable sources. Luckily, it’s possible to protect your device. But to do so, you need to first make sure that your Android phone is really infected with the virus.  You may think, if your android phone is misbehaving or hangs continually, there would be a virus or malware on your android phone.  But, it’s not always true.  There could be a lot more reasons that reduce the workflow