Techniques malware authors use to evade detection
FireEye released a new report that reveals several techniques used by advanced malware to sidestep signature-based defenses during attacks. Today’s sophisticated, …
Cybergangs alter infrastructure abuse techniques
Phishing attack frequency declined 20 percent from Q4 2012 to Q1 2013, due to a precipitous drop in virtual server phishing attacks. APWG statistics indicate that phishing …
Panda Security updates Cloud Office Protection
Panda Security released Panda Cloud Office Protection (PCOP) 6.7, which will enable users to roll-out Panda Cloud Systems Management (PCSM) automatically on their network. …
Free first aid kit for computer viruses
Avira launched the Avira Rescue System, a software first aid kit for scanning and repairing PC computers that are already infected with malware. It can be downloaded for free …
Malware attacks via malicious iPhone chargers
Do you ever think twice about using someone else’s charger for recharging your iPhone? Well, you will now, as three Georgia Tech researchers have managed to install a …
NSS Labs unveils Threat Modeling and Threat Forecasting
NSS Labs announced availability of two new advisory services – Threat Modeling and Threat Forecasting – helping clients to better understand their risk and distill …
Automated remediation for APTs and 0-days
ThreatTrack Security unveiled The Spyder Initiative, a development strategy for solving the challenges cyber security professionals face, including the creation of custom, …
Chrome, Firefox users targeted with account-hijacking plugins
Hijacked social networking accounts can be monetized in a number of ways, so cyber crooks are always thinking up new ways of doing so, preferably without the user noticing. …
Norman Shark updates Malware Analyzer G2
Norman Shark announced Malware Analyzer G2 (MAG2) 4.0, which provides hybrid analysis, and Network Threat Discovery (NTD) 5.1, a cyberattack discovery system that …
Record malware growth in China, Ukraine and Saudi Arabia
51,000 new mobile malware threats were identified in the first half of 2013, infecting an estimated 21 million mobile devices, according to NQ Mobile. Highlights of report …
TOR-based botnets on the rise
Keeping their botnet’s C&C centers online is crucial for bot herders, so that they can keep taking advantage of the computers they zombified. But given that cyber …
Malicious apps exploiting Android “Master Key” bug found
Malicious apps misusing on of the two recently discovered Android “Master Key” bugs to successfully pose as legitimate ones have been discovered on third-party …
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