Twenty years ago, the first Word macro malware spread across the planet. Embedded inside a Word document, and rather unhelpfully given a kick start by being shipped on a MicrosoftRead More →
The APT group behind the attacks against critical infrastructure in Ukraine is spreading BlackEnergy malware through specially crafted Word documents. Malicious campaigns leveraging the BlackEnergy malware are targeting energy and ICS/SCADARead More →
Android.Lockdroid.E poses as a porn app and tricks users into giving it admin rights. Almost 67 percent of Android devices are at risk. Symantec has found an Android ransomware variantRead More →
Not all victims can decrypt their files, only the lucky few. Some of the people infected with the NanoLocker ransomware may have a reason to celebrate after an independent security researcherRead More →
LeChiffre is yet another ransomware that recently has been observed to cause some major damage (in Mumbai – read more here). Not much material about it is available, so weRead More →
In recent variants of the infamous DNS-changer adware we have found that the coders use a particularly interesting method to bypass the default restrictions imposed for executing Powershell scripts. ExecutionRead More →
Two weeks ago, the Comodo Threat Research Lab discovered a malware campaign aimed at businesses and consumers using the WhatsApp mobile messaging service. That attack used official looking emails masqueradingRead More →
Malvertisers are once again abusing ad technology platform AdSpirit and exposing visitors of the MSN homepage to malware. These attacks appeared to have been primarily focused on Germans users viaRead More →
For a little over a month, researchers and previous victims have been quietly helping TeslaCrypt victims get their files back using a flaw in the TeslaCrypt’s encryption key storage algorithm. The information thatRead More →
Cyber-crooks secretly develop new Asacub Android malware, deploy it for the first time this Christmas. Over the past six months, security experts from Kaspersky have observed the slow evolution of theRead More →
