Apple is cracking down on antivirus apps
\nApple has begun a campaign to remove antivirus apps from its App Store, 9to5Mac reports.
\nOne of the first casualties of Apple’s crackdown was VirusBarrier iOS. A blog post published by the app’s developer explained that “several companies” were affected by Apple’s decision.
\nThere’s no official announcement from Apple about its change in policies \u2014 it just started banning apps. What it’s cracking down on are any apps that claim to scan iPhone for viruses, promising to fix any viruses that it finds. It seems that Apple doesn’t want iPhone owners to believe that there are viruses on their phone just because an App Store app claims to be able to scan it and get rid of them.
\nLink: http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/apple-antivirus-app-store-crack-down-intego-virusbarrier-2015-3 <\/p>\n
Organisations still not prepared to address the \u2018enemy within\u2019
\nSpeaking to IT Security Guru, Clearswift senior vice president of products Guy Bunker said that in a sense, \u201ceverything is getting worse\u201d as from the perspective of the organisation, the coupling of technologies with the open network are responsible for two-third of the threats within the extended enterprise.
\nThe survey found that only 14 per cent of respondents believe that until their organisation has a serious internal data breach, it will never be taken as seriously as the threat of external hackers, while 72 per cent of companies believe internal security threats are still not treated with the same level of importance as external threats by the board.
\nLink: http:\/\/www.itproportal.com\/2015\/03\/22\/organisations-not-prepared-address-enemy-within\/ <\/p>\n
LATEST DRIDEX CAMPAIGN EVADES DETECTION WITH AUTOCLOSE FUNCTION
\nPushers of the Dridex banking malware have gone old-school for some time now, moving the malware through phishing messages executed by macros in Microsoft Office documents.
\nWhile macros are disabled by default since the release of Office 2007, the malware includes somewhat convincing social engineering that urges the user to enable macros\u2014with directions included\u2014in order to view an important invoice, bill or other sensitive document.
\nPushers of the Dridex banking malware have gone old-school for some time now, moving the malware through phishing messages executed by macros in Microsoft Office documents.
\nThe cat and mouse game between attackers and defenders took another turn recently when researchers at Proofpoint discovered that a recent spate of phishing messages contained macros-based attacks that did not execute until the malicious document was closed.
\nThe technique, which involves the inclusion of an AutoClose method, which helps the malware sample evade detection.
\nLink: https:\/\/threatpost.com\/latest-dridex-campaign-evades-detection-with-autoclose-function\/111743 <\/p>\n
NJRat Trojan Returns To Life, Warns PhishMe
\nA remote access trojan, last seen a year ago, is making a reappearance warns security researcher
\nTokazowski said that he had examined recent messages and the malware within, and discovered that the executable element had been compiled with .NET 4.0.
\nThe warning came from security specialist PhishMe, which found evidence that the malware is making a comeback.
\nLink: http:\/\/www.techweekeurope.co.uk\/security\/cyberwar\/njrat-trojan-returns-164887<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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