Trojan phishes for credit card info through fake Facebook page
An insidious Trojan is targeting Facebook users and getting them to share confidential personal and credit card information that will then be used to perform fraudulent …
Backdoor Trojan picks up commands from Evernote account
Trend Micro researchers have recently analyzed a backdoor Trojan that contacts an unusual command and control center – an Evernote account. The backdoor – dubbed …
Activists now targeted with trojanized backdoor apps
Phishing emails targeting Tibetan and Uyghur activists and containing spying malware masquerading as legitimate DOC and PDF files are nothing new, as such spam campaigns have …
Fake BBC emails lead to Blackhole, Zeus
Spam emails supposedly coming from CNN and the BBC and delivering links to trending news stories have once again become the preferred way for malware peddlers to lure …
New ZeuS-based modular rootkit offered to cybercriminals
Given the popularity of the Zeus crimeware, and the fact that its source code has been ultimately offered for sale at bargain basement prices, it’s no wonder that every …
Encrypting Trojan targets users, demands $5,000
Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is warning users of an active ransomware campaign executed through brute force attack via the RDP protocol on target machines. Once …
Blackhole outfitted with exploit for recently patched Java flaw
The exploit for the recently patched CVE-2013-0431 Java vulnerability has been added to the Blackhole exploit kit, Trend Micro researchers report. The fact was discovered …
Korean Android users targeted with SMS-stealing Trojan
The popularity of Starbucks coffee shop coupon application is being misused by malware peddlers to target South Korean Android users and intercept their incoming text …
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, …
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 …
Mobile network infections increase by 67%
Kindsight released a new report that reveals security threats to home and mobile networks, including a small decline in home network infections and an increase in mobile …
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