Hacking Virus 'Bladabindi'

Multi identity virus - Bladabindi - which steals sensitive personal information of a user for nefarious purposes

Richard Domingues Boscovich, assistant general counsel of Microsoft's cybercrime-fighting Digital Crimes Unit has warned that the viruses are known as Bladabindi and Jenxcus are present in almost 30% of the world's computer's, even they also found developers of these viruses are in Algeria and Kuwait.

Algeria and Kuwait authorities have not commented on the matter. An order from a federal court in Nevada allowed Microsoft to disrupt communications between infected machines and a Reno, Nevada, firm known as Vitalwerks Internet Solutions. Balabindi and Jenxcus are also written in similar ways.

The state run Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT - In) have alerted Indian Internet users against hacking attempts of a clandestine multi-identity virus-Bladabindi-which steals sensitive personal information of a user for nefarious purposes. They also said this malware could infect "Microsoft Windows operating system"

Android under attack

Attackers have now set their target on android OS and they are exploiting the android vulnerability due to which attacker can easily creep into a user's phone without changing the digital signature of that app.This could get them control remotely over victim's phones that can lead to sending SMS, disabling  the security of phone and stealing of data.Till now six apps of android have been detected as hijacked.