cybercriminals

When first unearthed three months ago, the Obad Android Trojan has fascinated researchers with its sophistication. Difficult to analyze, using a bug in the Android OS to …

The Sykipot backdoor Trojan is not a new threat. First detected over six years ago, its existence and use has been tied almost exclusively with the cyber espionage activities …

Fake Facebook emails urging users to review some Pages they might like are hitting inboxes around the world, warns ThreatTrack. Sporting “Hi [name], here are some Pages …

The “Red Star” APT group employing the NetTraveler malware family is still active, but has changed its modus operandi. Its targets remain the same: government …

The percentage of spam in email traffic in July was up only 0.1 percentage points and averaged at 71.2 per cent, according to Kaspersky Lab. Malicious attachments were found …

Italian researchers that have previously unearthed the big business behind fake Twitter followers have now calculated that Facebook spammers are raking in as much as $200m …

94.7 percent of Americans received at least one email containing a virus, spyware, or malware, according to Halon. About one in eleven (8.8%) opened the attachment and …

Hackers from the Syrian Electronic Army have managed to hijack, deface and / or make unavailable the websites of The New York Times, Huffington Post UK and one of Twitter …

So far, ransomware has mostly been spotted targeting US, Canadian, Australian and European users, but its not limited to hitting citizens of these traditionally prosperous …

A new FireEye report highlights the resurgence of Poison Ivy, a malware Remote Access Tool (RAT) that has remained popular and effective eight years after its original release …

McAfee found that Android-based malware achieved a 35 percent growth rate not seen since early 2012. This rebound was marked by the continued proliferation of SMS-stealing …

When cybercriminals use Man-in-the-Browser (MitB) malware to commit online fraud, financial institutions are not their only targets. Dating, eCommerce, hospitality, and travel …