When it comes to attack smart phones seemed clear that cybercriminals have chosen to attack the Android platform. It was noted that the malware carried out minutes during the period as well as some proven methods: the rapid response codes were used to hide malicious software, while the computers were threats even before the launch of a worker after the return of cybercriminals to use the methods of injuring the BIOS.
In the third quarter of 2011 attacks on institutional networks penetrated by unknown to attacks carried out by the group Anonymous. The attacks included electronic police of Italy, a number of police stations and the U.S. contractor for the FBI's security website. The hackers attacked the operators of electronic security company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Vanguard Defence. There are a large number of similar attacks by hackers, led to the acquisition of data on employees, customers, and internal documents, correspondence and other.
In July 2011, has been compromised servers DigiNotar company one of the largest issuers of certificates of safety, which led to the issuance of false certificates written by hackers. Using SSL certificates for sites that hackers can Isthozu the data sent or received from these sites even in the cases of the use of encrypted communications. Among the sites targeted in the incident was DigiNotar and government agencies in several countries, as well as major internet services such as Google, Yahoo!, Tor, and Mozilla. Against the backdrop of this attack DigiNotar was forced to declare bankruptcy.
Said Yuri Namestnikov, senior virus analysts at Kaspersky Lab and author of the report: "For the second time this year DigiNotar exposed to attack by hackers. Although it is incumbent on companies that issue SSL certificates that are subject to security checks, it is clear that the level of safety in the DigiNotar Comodo and its counterpart is far from perfect. " He added: "We must take a lesson from the incident because it DigiNotar warning to all players in this market to strengthen their security."
The users should be cautious, since the number of malware for mobile devices continues to grow. It reached a share of malware that infect the operating system Android to 40 per cent of all software for mobile devices, making it the leader of the malware.
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