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The security threat of evasive malware

Lastline has released a new report that looks at how malware authors are able to exploit the limited visibility of automated malware analysis systems (sandboxes) and ensure …

Mandiant APT1 report used as a lure in phishing campaigns

Mandiant is warning that two malicious versions of their recently released APT1 report have been detected being used as lures in two distinct email phishing campaigns. The …

Hidden security threats on enterprise networks

Check Point uncovered the major security risks and threats that impact organizations worldwide. Their new report examines the leading security threats, the risky web …

NBC website serving malware – stay away!

NBC’s website has been compromised, and is redirecting users to malicious sites, reports Dancho Danchev. According to HitmanPro, the website has been injected with …

Malicious URLs eclipsing botnets as malware distribution leader

McAfee Labs revealed that sophisticated attacks originally targeting the financial services industry are now increasingly directed at other critical sectors of the economy, …

Rogue Chrome extension hijacks Facebook accounts

Chrome users, beware of an extension by the name of “Business Flash Player”. According to Bitdefender senior e-threat analyst Bogdan Botezatu, the link to download …

Apple confirms being hit in recent watering hole attack

Apple has become the latest big company to confirm they’ve been affected by the watering hole attacks that resulted in the compromise of Twitter and Facebook networks, …

Delta Airlines spam delivers Citadel Trojan

Roman H??ssy over at Zeus Tracker warns about a Delta Airlines-themed spam campaign that ultimately leads to a variant of the Citadel malware – a banking Trojan that is …

Facebook malware campaign targeting Bulgarian users

“Being” on Facebook brings its own set of dangers, and among them is inadvertently downloading malware by clicking on links posted by your own …

Fake invoices in personalized emails deliver ransomware

When a business, social network or any other online service that you use or have signed up for sends you an email, they address you by the name you provided. This is one of …

Uyghur Mac users targeted with spear-phishing emails

Uyghur activists are, once again, targeted with spear-phishing emails whose goal is to set up a backdoor on the victims’ computers. The Uyghurs are a Turkic ethnic …

Tax-themed malicious spam bombard inboxes

As the end of the U.S. tax season slowly approaches, cyber crooks are stepping up their game and are sending bogus out tax-themed emails. Webroot warns about an alert …

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