Cybercriminals behind the Smoke Loader botnet are using a new piece of malware called Whiffy Recon to triangulate the location of infected devices through WiFi scanning and Google's geolocation API.

New Malware Component Can Use Wi-Fi Triangulation to Determine PC's Location Smoke Loader malware has been around for years, but security researchers recently spotted a new payload that can determine ...

Google tracks location through various methods even without GPS, such as Wi-Fi positioning, cell tower triangulation, Bluetooth signals, IP addresses, user input, and sensor data. Users can disable ...