Lurk Banker Trojan: Exclusively for Russia
2016-06-13
One piece of advice that often appears in closed message boards used by Russian cybercriminals is “Don’t work with RU”. This is a kind of instruction given by more experiencedRead More →
Bolek Banking Trojan, a Carberp Successor is spreading in the wild
2016-06-11
The Bolek banking Trojan is one of the successors of the notorious Carberp Trojan that targets both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows systems. When the source code of the Carberp Trojan wasRead More →
RIP ROP: Intel’s cunning plot to kill stack-hopping exploits at CPU level
2016-06-10
How Chipzilla and Microsoft hope to get one step ahead of hackers. Intel is pushing a neat technique that could block malware infections on computers at the processor level. That’s theRead More →
How a Bad UI Decision from Microsoft Helped Macro Malware Make a Comeback
2016-06-10
US-CERT warns about a rise in macro malware. Following numerous reports from various security firms about a large number of malware that uses macro scripts in Office documents to spread, theRead More →
Zcrypt Expands Reach as ‘Virus Ransomware’
2016-06-09
Intel Security has recently seen a new kind of ransomware–Zcrypt—that can self-replicate. This “virus ransomware” arrives via email in a malicious attachment or by usurping an Adobe Flash Player installation.Read More →
Ransomware Leaves Server Credentials in its Code
2016-06-09
While SNSLocker isn’t a stand-out crypto-ransomware in terms of routine or interface, its coarse and bland façade hid quite a surprise. After looking closer at its code, we discovered thatRead More →
Ransomware dominates the threat landscape
2016-06-08
Ransomware! Ransom Software! Encrypting Ransomware! AHHH! No doubt the last year exposed you to this term numerous times and I doubt any of it was in reference to a good event.Read More →
Android Trojan Hijacks Browsers to Redirect Users to Custom URLs
2016-06-08
Crooks use brand new potent feature to just show adware. A previously discovered and highly dangerous Android trojan has received an update in the form of a module that allows itRead More →
Hash Factory: New Cerber Ransomware Morphs Every 15 Seconds
2016-06-07
Introduction Ransomware authors are in a constant state of innovation. Two weeks ago, Invincea discovereda version of Cerber that could not only hold a victim’s machine hostage, but also potentiallyRead More →
New Jigsaw Ransomware variant with the .PAYMS Extension
2016-06-07
A new Jigsaw Ransomware variant was discovered today by security researcher Michael Gillespie that encrypts a victim’s data and then appends the.payms extension to them. The ransomware then requires a ransom paymentRead More →
