Employees targeted with fake DocuSign “confidential message”
An email purportedly sent by the DocuSign Electronic Signature Service on behalf of the administrative departments of a wide variety of organizations and businesses is hitting …
Skype becomes a malware minefield
Skype users should be careful when using the service these days. First CSIS researchers unearthed a campaign misusing Skype to replicate and spread the Shylock banking Trojan …
New RAT family makes its traffic look legitimate
RATs – Remote Access Trojans – are often used by cyber attackers to maintain a foothold in the infected computers and make them do things unbeknownst to their …
Cybercriminals exploit Java 0-day fears to serve malware
With all the recent Java zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild and Internet news outlets heavily covering the development of the situation, many users will look …
Microsoft AVs not good enough, says AV-Test
AV-Test, the well-known independent organization that tests security software for home and corporate users, has released the results of the latest testing – and …
Bogus “Payroll Declined” emails deliver malware
A malicious email campaign impersonating the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) – a service offered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury that allows …
ThreatTrack 2.0 plugs malware holes in real-time
GFI Software launched GFI ThreatTrack 2.0, the latest version of the security intelligence solution that provides users with visibility into the threat landscape. It produces …
Bouncer kit perfect for laser-focused phishing campaigns
Researchers have unearthed a new type of phishing kit that allows crooks to target specific users and keep away others in order to keep the scheme hidden from knowing eyes and …
Automated YouTube account generator offered to cyber crooks
You’re a spammer / malware peddler / phisher, and want to register hundreds of bogus accounts on a popular online service such as YouTube in order to lead users to your …
Waledac botmasters use Virut malware to build a new botnet
Despite having been swooped down on by security companies and law enforcement a couple of times, the botmasters of the Waledac (Kelihos) botnet refuse to give up and are using …
Cyber-espionage campaign targeting diplomatic and government institutions
Kaspersky Lab identified an elusive cyber-espionage campaign targeting diplomatic, governmental and scientific research organizations in several countries for at least five …
Increase in targeted spam and phishing attacks via e-mail
The threat level in the field of e-mail security increased in 2012 and will continue to do so in 2013 – despite the fact that spam levels decreased by 53% in 2012 as …
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