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<\/a><\/p>\nIs Your iPhone Already Hacked?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n These days, 98% of smartphone<\/a>\u00a0malware targets Android, given Apple\u2019s strictly monitored App store. However, Apple\u2019s focus is on mass malware, and not on the possibility of someone spying on you personally. The problem with this comes from the fact that nowadays, \u201clegal\u201d spyware exists, and there are international companies that are officially developing and selling this kind of software, like the Italian firm, HackingTeam, which developed Remote Control System (RCS) software known as Galileo. Kaspersky Lab has monitored RCS infrastructure for some time and encountered Windows malware \u201cimplants\u201d from RCS before, but recently, in partnership with Morgan Marquis-Boire from Citizen Lab, new variants of malware were discovered. These new samples are smartphone Trojans that work on both Android and iOS and are capable of performing all kinds of spying that you\u2019d expect from such a tool, including location reporting, taking photos, spying on SMS, WhatsApp and other messengers, stealing contacts and so on. To avoid infection risks, Kaspersky Lab\u2019s experts recommend that you, first of all, don\u2019t jailbreak your iPhone, and secondly constantly update the iOS on your device to the latest version. In addition, running\u00a0a robust security software<\/a>\u00a0on your computer will greatly reduce the risk of getting infected.<\/p>\n Chrome Extension To Encrypt All Data Leaving Browser<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Google released a new report that stated more than thirty percent of global Gmail traffic becomes unencrypted at some point in transit between the email sender and its recipient. As a fix, Google developed a tool that will encrypt all data traveling out of its Chrome Browser for any user who has installed its End-to-End extension. As you probably remember, until a few months ago, Google was not encrypting the links between servers in their own data centers.\u00a0Now when you send an email with Gmail, that email is encrypted from your computer, through your browser, onto Google\u2019s servers, and between and out of Google\u2019s servers. Once your data passes out of Google\u2019s control it is then up to whomever has your data to ensure that it remains encrypted. The aim of this End-to-End new tool is to put simple and easy to use encryption tools in the hands of everyday users. In this way, the user can ensure his or her data is encrypted in transit.<\/p>\n Cyber-extorters Encrypt Both PCs and Smartphones<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Ransomware has become increasingly convenient for cybercriminals, and a new scheme, similar to CryptoLocker ransomware<\/a>, is now gaining traction on smartphones. iOS-based devices\u00a0are blocked with the help of the Apple\u2019s Find My iPhone service<\/a>, while Android smartphones are dealing with culprits who have coded a mobile version of Cryptolocker,\u00a0Pletor.a<\/a>.\u00a0There are numerous steps you can take to protect both your PC and Smartphone from this scheme though. When it comes to your PC, use the free Kaspersky Lab utility<\/a>, which scans your system and deletes malware. Also be sure to install a\u00a0strong Internet security solution<\/a> and create\u00a0an online backup copy of your data<\/a>.\u00a0For Smartphone safety, install\u00a0a robust antivirus app<\/a>\u00a0from Google Play or another trusted app store like Yandex.Store. You should also disable third-party app installation support, only download apps from trusted sources, and upon installation of those apps, keep an eye on the access rights the app is asking for. Finally, use Google Drive, Dropbox and other cloud storage and backup solutions to backup your photos and other documents.<\/p>\n Gameover Zeus botnet \u2018taken down\u2019 \u2013 so what now?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Following the exposure and takedown of GameOver Zeus (what the FBI are calling \u2018the most sophisticated and damaging botnet we have ever encountered\u2019), Senior Security Researcher David Emm explained that the cybercriminals behind the Gameover Zeus attack used two malicious programs \u2013 ZeuS and Cryptolocker, which have hundreds of thousands of variants. What makes this case different is that police managed to take over the Command and Control (C&C) server that controls the botnet and temporarily disable it.\u00a0To combat this attack, Emm recommends backing up data regularly to avoid the need to pay ransom if you do get infected with Cryptolocker.To keep your financial information safe (from Zeus, and from other malware designed to steal your money), just follow these simple rules: don\u2019t click on links you receive from unknown senders,\u00a0don\u2019t download, open and keep unknown files on your device, don\u2019t use open unsecured (public) Wi-Fi networks for any transactions, double-check webpages before entering any of your credentials or confidential information, work only with websites with the \u2018https\u2019 prefix, have up-to-date anti-malware protection installed and use the same protection when using your mobile\/tablet device for any transactions.<\/p>\n