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The FBI instructed PlugX — a malware used by state-sponsored hackers in China — to delete itself across 4,200 infected devices in the US. The FBI instructed PlugX — a malware used by state ...

To retrieve information from and send commands to the hacked machines, the malware connects to a command-and-control server that is operated by the hacking group. According to the FBI, at least 45,000 ...

While it's not known how many iPhone users fell victim to them, the fact that the app made to App Store is notable as stealer apps had never before been found on Apple's app marketplace.

PHONES, COMPUTERS, IPADS, YOU NAME IT. AND TONIGHT, THE FBI SAYS THEY’VE MANAGED TO ACTUALLY DELETE MALWARE FROM SOME 4000 COMPUTER NETWORKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN A MONTHS LONG INTERNAL.

The FBI said today that it removed Chinese malware from 4,258 US-based computers and networks by sending commands that forced the malware to use its "self-delete" function. The People's Republic ...

The FBI recently used a court order to delete a strain of Chinese-developed malware that can spread to Windows PCs via infected USB drives. The agency shut down a variant of the PlugX malware ...

The command sent to infected computers by the FBI told the PlugX malware: Delete the files created by the PlugX malware on the victim's computer, Delete the PlugX registry keys used to ...

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