SMS Trojan masquerades as Firefox for Android
Android users who have a preference for Russian third-party online Android markets should be on the lookout for a malware posing as the Firefox browser. The developers of this …
Malicious emails target Uyghur activists, deliver backdoors
Highly targeted emails carrying a backdoor Trojan are currently directed at Uyghur activists, warn Kaspersky Lab and Alien Vault researchers. The former spotted emails …
12% of Fortune 500 infected with DNSChanger malware
IID announced that 12 percent of all Fortune 500 companies and four percent of “major” U.S. federal agencies are still infected with DNSChanger malware. These …
Scientists reveal new malware detection method
Scientists from NQ Mobile’s Mobile Security Research Center, in collaboration with North Carolina State University disclosed a new way to detect mobile threats without …
Fake e-ticket from Delta leads to multiple infections
Bogus emails supposedly coming from Delta Airlines and delivering an e-ticket in the attachment have recently been targeting users around the world: The message instructs the …
Cristiano Ronaldo is the most dangerous player in cyberspace
Increasingly, cybercriminals are exploiting the names of popular sports stars and celebrities to attract people to sites that actually conceal malicious software. Anyone …
“Wire transfer confirmation” emails deliver malware
“Wire transfer confirmation” spam emails are nothing new – they’ve been regularly turning up in users’ inboxes throughout the years. But, as much …
Customized webinjects for Zeus and SpyEye Trojans on sale
Criminals are now selling customized webinjects that are priced per feature. For example, one seller offers a webinject for Zeus/SpyEye that contains the automatic transfer …
Ransomware appropriates security company logo
Ransomware is still targeting users all over Europe and, as per usual, it shows warnings seemingly coming from police agencies of the country in which the victim resides …
Bitdefender unveils new generation of products
Bitdefender launched Bitdefender 2013, improving and adding a whole arsenal of features to keep users safe. Bitdefender Safepay brings online banking and shopping to a whole …
Zeus malware strain infecting 1 in 50 PCs
ThreatMetrix Labs came across a new variant of the P2P version of the Zeus Trojan. One of the main changes to this variant is the way it encrypts its configuration file …
Massive botnet shut down after botmaster’s arrest
Following an investigation that lasted 10 months, Russian police authorities have managed to arrest the 22-year-old operator of one of the largest botnets known to date. …
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