AT&T has filed a lawsuit against 3 former call center employees, accusing them of installing malware on their servers with the purpose of aiding a phone unlocking service in obtainingRead More →
The world of computer viruses and antivirus solutions is in a constant change, with cyber-crooks evolving their code and cyber-security firms trying to keep up but always being two stepsRead More →
Ransomware has emerged as major threat to consumers and businesses in recent years, and law enforcement agencies and security researchers have taken note. Authorities last year disrupted the Cryptolocker ransomwareRead More →
15-day-old campaign has spiked in past 48 hours, with >5,000 new infections daily. Attackers have hijacked thousands of websites running the WordPress content management system and are using them toRead More →
A malicious spam campaign that’s been doling out zipped Javascript (.js) files remains an issue, the SANS Internet Storm Center warns. The campaign was spotted earlier this year, but BradRead More →
F-Secure report details “The Dukes” malware family and its Russian connections. For the past seven years, a cyberespionage group operating out of Russia—and apparently at the behest of the RussianRead More →
As researchers expected it would, CoreBot, the credential-stealing malware that surfaced last month, has added a bevy of new capabilities and reinvented itself as a robust banking Trojan. Researchers saidRead More →
A new ATM malware has hit the streets and it’s called Suceful. This new malware seems to have been created in August 2015, and it is unclear if it is still underRead More →
Hackers linked to known North Korean attack points and methods exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the Hangul Word Processor (HWP), widely deployed in the offices of the South Korean government.Read More →
It didn’t take long for hackers to take advantage of the malware’s bolt-on structure and transform it into something dangerous. The modular CoreBot malware has risen in sophistication almost overnightRead More →
Infected owners must choose between paying $500 and performing factory reset. Malicious apps that disable Android phones until owners pay a hefty ransom are growing increasingly malevolent and sophisticated asRead More →
The Android.Trojan.MKero.A malware is making a comeback in Androidland, and this time around, hackers found a method to bundle it with legitimate apps, capable of bypassing Google’s Bouncer app scanningRead More →
Russia’s Pawn Storm group uses a malware dropper based on the leaked Carberp source code. A group of hackers that target military and government organizations has recently borrowed code fromRead More →
Crooks can thrive by ‘living off the land’ rather than forging elaborate schemes. Half of all breaches Dell’s SecureWorks outfit has responded to over the last year have been aRead More →
Heimdal Security researchers have observed a new ransomware campaign that utilizes the Neutrino exploit kit to deliver Teslacrypt ransomware to victims via websites running older version of the WordPress CMS.Read More →
G DATA security experts published their latest research in which they’ve analyzed top Chinese Android smartphone models and found that a large number of them ship with pre-installed malware andRead More →
Online daters risk being held to ransom in possible cyber attack on Match.com Match.com has suspended advertising on its UK site whilst investigating amalware issue that put singles looking for loveRead More →
During the course of our daily malware hunt, we came across a new mobile ransomware variant that leverages pornography to lure victims into downloading and installing it. We’d previously bloggedRead More →
