US DOJ provides update on Gameover Zeus and Cryptolocker disruption
The US Justice Department filed a status report with the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania updating the court on the progress in disrupting …
CryptoLocker is temporarily disabled, users still at risk
Bitdefender warns that while CyptoLocker is currently disabled, it could come back to life at any moment. As such, users need to take precautions to protect against this …
Global rise in Android banking and payment malware
Mobile banking and mobile payment malware – malicious software that can extort money from users by hijacking personal information and spoofing bank sites or apps to …
Travelers targeted by infected travel websites
Proofpoint security researchers recently were the first to discover that a large number of travel destination websites had been compromised and were being used to deliver the …
Estimated $3.75bn stolen by Brazil fraud ring
An estimated $3.75 billion have been netted by a single fraud ring that took advantage of a popular Brazilian payment method – the Boleto – by wielding a …
Android HijackRAT poised to hit mobile banking users
A highly versatile piece of Android malware has been unearthed by FireEye researchers. Posing as “Google Service Framework”, the malicious app is capable of …
Geodo infostealer gets help from worm
The distribution potential of the infamous Cridex infostealer (also known as Feodo or Bugat) just went up a notch, as a new version of the malware works in conjunction with a …
IEEE launches Anti-Malware Support Service
IEEE announced the launch of IEEE Anti-Malware Support Service (AMSS). A new service from IEEE Standards Association’s (IEEE-SA) Industry Connections Security Group …
Western energy companies hit by state-sponsored hackers
Symantec researchers have confirmed the findings of their colleagues at F-Secure, who have been monitoring the spreading of the Havex malware family, and have put them in a …
Microsoft disrupts malware networks and APT operations
Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit struck again, and was allowed to seize 23 free domain names in an effort to strike a fatal blow to malware delivery networks run by a …
Number and diversity of phishing targets continues to increase
The number of phishing sites in the first quarter of 2014 leaped 10.7 percent over the previous quarter, the Anti-Phishing Working Group reports. 2013 was one of the heaviest …
Banking malware sniffs out data sent over HTTPS
Careful online banking users can sometimes spot that something is amiss when malware installed on their computer pops up phishing pages or adds fields to legitimate banking …