Palo Alto Networks has identified a malware family known as ‘Aveo’ that is being used to target Japanese speaking users. The ‘Aveo’ malware name comes from an embedded debug stringRead More →
Malicious attachment contains Adwind cross-platform remote access Trojan. Cybercriminals are using clickbait, promising a video showing Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton exchanging money with an ISIS leader, in order toRead More →
If the malware found any German financial apps installed in the device, it would show a fake page asking for credentials of that particular institution. Unaware that the login pageRead More →
Former NSA security scientist concurs exposure by “Equation Group” connected to DNC leak. Two former employees of the National Security Agency—including exiled whistleblower Edward Snowden—are speculating that Monday’s leak of whatRead More →
Proofpoint researchers originally discovered the Panda Banker malware in February, 2016 [1]. At the time, it was being distributed via both targeted email campaigns and exploit kits (EKs). The instanceRead More →
Crooks also delivering keyloggers and password stealers. A new trojan called BackDoor.TeamViewerENT.1 is using parts of the legitimate TeamViewer application to allow crooks to spy on infected systems. The concept isRead More →
New free ransomware project appears online. Hooray!!! Serbian security researcher GrujaRS shared with Softpedia a ransomware project called Shark, freely distributed on the Deep Web, but which appears to be aRead More →
Off-path attack means malicious hackers can be located anywhere on the Internet. An estimated 80 percent of Android phones contain a recently discovered vulnerability that allows attackers to terminate connections and,Read More →
A data breach at 20 U.S. hotels operated by HEI Hotels & Resorts for Starwood, Marriott, Hyatt and Intercontinental may have divulged payment card data from tens of thousands ofRead More →
Short Bytes: A man named Ivan Kwiatkowski managed to install Locky ransomware on the machine of a person who was pretending to be a tech support executive of a reputedRead More →
With the popularity of PokemonGo, it was inevitable that a malware developer would create a ransomware that impersonates it. This is the case with a new Hidden-Tear ransomware discovered by Michael Gillespie that impersonates aRead More →
A little-known feature of many modern smartphones is their ability to duplicate video on the device’s screen so that it also shows up on a much larger display — likeRead More →
Scylex – “the next big thing” in terms of banking trojan. Threat-intel experts from Heimdal Security and the CSIS Security Group have uncovered a new banking trojan called Scylex, currently advertisedRead More →
Corporate cybercrime and information theft has become a very lucrative business for malware developers. Not only does it allow them to steal corporate secrets to sell to the highest bidder, but it canRead More →
“DiskFiltration” siphons data even when computers are disconnected from the Internet. Researchers have devised a new way to siphon data out of an infected computer even when it has been physicallyRead More →
The good news? Hacks are limited for now. The bad news? Hackers will get better. Security researchers are eager to poke holes in the chip-embedded credit and debit cards that haveRead More →
Proofpoint researchers originally discovered the CryptFIle2 ransomware in March [1]. At the time, it was spreading via exploit kits (EKs); however, beginning on August 3, 2016, we detected the firstRead More →
“Off-path” attack means hackers can be anywhere with no man-in-the-middle needed. Computer scientists have discovered a serious Internet vulnerability that allows attackers to terminate connections between virtually any two partiesRead More →
Redmond races to revoke Secure Boot debug policy. Microsoft leaked the golden keys that unlock Windows-powered tablets, phones and other devices sealed by Secure Boot – and is now scrambling toRead More →
New technique makes malware detection almost impossible. A team of security researchers from Deep Instinct have discovered a method of injecting malware inside a digitally-signed binary without affecting the overall fileRead More →
