Malware controls 620,000 phones, sends costly messages
A new discovered malware is potentially one of the most costly viruses yet discovered. Uncovered by NQ Mobile, the “Bill Shocker” (a.expense.Extension.a) virus has …
FedEx-themed malicious emails bombarding inboxes
FedEx customers are constantly targeted with malicious emails supposedly coming from the global courier delivery service, but since the start of the year, FedEx-themed spam …
Bogus Windows 8 activators collect users’ private info
Despite Windows 8 sales being not as good as Microsoft hoped, there is considerable interest in the new OS version. Still, not everybody wants to pay to try it out, and …
Trojan stole over 16,000 Facebook credentials
ESET discovered a social engineering Trojan horse that managed to steal the login credentials of more than 16,000 Facebook users. The ‘PokerAgent’ Trojan targeted …
Trojan uses anti-spam system to keep in touch with C&C servers
Most malware is severely crippled if it can’t contact the C&C servers from which it receives its instructions and updates, so malware authors are constantly coming …
Cutwail botnet on spam rampage, delivers Cridex worm
Since its inception some six years ago, the Cutwail / Pandex botnet experienced its fair share of setbacks, but it’s still going strong. The main reason for its …
The arrival of the post-PC threat era
With the release of its 2012 Annual Roundup and Mobile Security reports, Trend Micro documents how cybercriminals have moved beyond the PC, targeting Android, social media and …
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 …
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