Fake US Airways emails lead to Zeus variant
A US Airways-themed spam campaign aiming at infecting users with a variant of the Zeus banking Trojan has been hitting inboxes for the last two weeks, says Kaspersky Lab …
New Ice malware attacking Facebook users
Trusteer researchers have discovered a new configuration of the Ice IX malware that attacks Facebook users after they have logged in to their account and steals credit card …
Mac Trojan infects machines via unpatched Java bug
Flashback Trojan variants have been targeting Mac users since September 2011, and they have gone through a variety of changes and techniques aimed at achieving its …
Potential first Android bootkit spotted
Security researchers of US-based NQ Mobile have recently discovered what might be the first Android bootkit. Dubbed DKFBootKit, the malware piggybacks malicious payloads into …
Rising SpyEye malicious code threat
AhnLab announced that its research has identified a significant majority of the domains and hosts for the SpyEye Banking Trojan are in the US. The malicious code has gained …
Kaspersky PURE 2.0 Total Security released
Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions today announced a new version of its flagship product for at-home PC protection – …
Microsoft disrupts massive cybercrime operation
In its most complex effort to disrupt botnets to date, Microsoft, in collaboration with the financial services industry — including the Financial Services – Information …
Flash-based rogue AV targets users
The business of pushing rogue AV software onto unsuspecting users is quite lucrative, so it’s no wonder that cyber crooks are still doing it. But while most of the time …
Megaupload users targeted with extortion scheme
The recent shutdown of the Megaupload file hosting service by the US authorities is being actively exploited by cyber crooks who are attempting to extort money from the …
Georbot information stealing Trojan uncovered
ESET revealed its analysis of Georbot, an information stealing Trojan and botnet spreading in the country of Georgia. Earlier this year ESET’s global research team …
Mousetrap Trojan steals money by chain reaction
Catalin Cosoi, Chief Security Researcher at Bitdefender warns of a new Trojan that robs your bank account. The new Mousetrap campaign starts with a Java applet that has been …
Duqu developers still active, researchers say
Duqu, the infamous remote access Trojan first discovered in November 2011 and thought to have been created by the same authors as Stuxnet, is still getting modified by its …
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