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If you own a Western Digital MyBook Live external disk drive, and have it connected to the internet, then  go disconnect it immediately from the internet (unplug the ethernet cable) as new reports from users indicate that devices connected to the internet are starting to go on a disk-wiping session - deleting all user data. The report - originally posted by ARS Technica, indicated that users with the WD Live series of drives connected to the internet for cloud file access have had their devices returned to factory settings with the storage drives and accounts wiped clean.The source of the bug is not revealed as of yet and it could be a malicious incident as well. This is awful news for users of these storage devices as they are mostly used by small businesses and non commercial owners who may have all their files backed up to a single drive with sometimes no cold-storage copies. Source - petapixel via - arstechnica

In a age where even fruit juice squeezers require an internet connection , the chances of getting attacked by a malicious entity seeking revenge , some sinister prank or a few bucks off retired folks from  a money transfer is very real , but for a while , we have taken computer security for granted , either due to the lack of a powerful "reality check" or the lack of attention , most of us have left our devices vulnerable to exploits , and now , as of yesterday , over a hundred thousand computers in over a hundred countries have been blocked, encrypted and kept on a swords edge  by a new type of malware -  Say hello to Wanna Cry , the worlds most advanced randsomware yet . Wanna cry , also known as WannaCryptor ,WannacCryptor(2.0) Wanna Decryptor  basically encrypts your whole computer /atm/ medical equipment / displays or basically anything running Microsoft's Windows operating system (including server , RT and others) and displays a message asking for a rans...

In the good old days of tech , Macs were considered to be safe and "Virus free" , but now in the age of  large scale spying and eavesdropping and cloud storage violations , that term might just be a thing of a past ,and the latest "WireLurker" malware might be Apple's worst nightmare yet . Wirelurker - a Chinese iOS and OSX based virus is probably a first of its kind Trojan horse program that can attach and replicate its malicious code through apps , 467 apps ,which have been downloaded from third party app stores in China ( Maiyadi appstore) over 350,000 times has started the inditial crisis , Wirelurker also has a backup method of infecting and this is done through USB connections , the host device , which is already compromised with the virus can transmit Wirelurker when a iOS device like a iPhone or iPad is connected to sync or even charge .Apple recommends users not to use 3rd party USB connectors or unrecognized computers as a precautionary measure. ...

Malicious software is nothing new to the cyber security world. So-called malware is what unscrupulous folk use to disrupt or gather sensitive data from our desktop computers. Targeted attacks with malware have been relatively unseen on smartphones, those other computers we carry around that are teeming with personal data. Now, however, security researchers at Kaspersky Labs say they’ve uncovered the first-known targeted malware attack on Android phones. The victims were specifically Tibetan activists, but the disclosure underlines the broader possibilities for targeted cyber attacks on smartphones. The attack relied heavily on social engineering, a kind of verbal manipulation, to hack into their targets’ devices. Kaspersky explains that on March 24, the attackers infiltrated the email account of a high-profile Tibetan activist, and used that account to send a spear-phishing email to their contacts list. The email looked like this: Notice that it included an attachment, calle...