Bogus Facebook login page steals credentials, pushes malware
Symantec researchers have recently stumbled upon a phishing site that packs a double whammy: the site asks the user either to log into Facebook or to download an app in order …
Blackhole exploit kit creator arrested
It has been confirmed: the author of Blackhole, the most popular exploit kit out there, has been arrested by Russian authorities. The news that the malware creator that goes …
Webroot delivers data, identity and threat protection
Webroot released the latest updates to its Webroot SecureAnywhere portfolio. The latest release brings new detection technology to block emerging malware and phishing attacks …
Vulnerable and aggressive adware threatening millions
FireEye discovered a new mobile threat from a popular ad library that no other antivirus or security vendor has reported publicly before. Mobile ad libraries are third-party …
McAfee solution remediates advanced malware
McAfee announced an end-to-end solution to help organizations combat the increasing challenges of advanced malware. McAfee goes beyond single-feature, static analysis …
Portable USB drive fixes malware-crippled machines
Malwarebytes launched Techbench, a tool to help IT workers fix and restore even the most malware-infected computers. The 16GB USB simply needs to be plugged into the infected …
Researchers sinkhole half a million ZeroAccess bots
In a race against time and ZeroAccess developers and botmasters, Symantec researchers managed to sinkhole a large chunk of the infamous P2P-based botnet before its herders …
Tor-using Mevade botnet is stealthy new version of old threat
The Mevade Trojan and botnet have gained unexpected notoriety when it turned out that the majority of the recent, sudden and massive uptick in Tor users was the result of it …
Cybercriminals exploit most news within 22 hours
Cybercriminals continue to respond with lightning speed when they see an opportunity to exploit a national or global news story to spread malware. In fact criminals are …
Icefog cyber espionage campaign exposed
Kaspersky Lab’s security research team discovered Icefog, a small yet energetic Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group that focuses on targets in South Korea and Japan, …
Java exploits jump, Android malware emerges outside app stores
A continued rise in exploit-based attacks, particularly against Java, and an increasing sophistication in mobile threats characterized the first half of 2013, which saw its …
Phishing and malicious attachments on the increase
Spam volume has dropped in August, but with the level of phishing increasing tenfold and malicious attachments being found in 3.4 percent more emails when compared with July, …
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