Cybercriminals tailoring tactics for maximum appeal
GFI Software released its report on the most prevalent threat detections encountered during January. Last month saw malware attacks targeting a wide range of potential …
Trojan rounds up and steals Word and Excel docs
Beware of bogus FedEx emails asking you to review a shipment notification – the attached Fedex_Invoice.exe is actually a downloader Trojan that opens you computer to …
Hungarian sentenced for hacking, blackmailing Marriot
Attila Nemeth, a 26-year-old Hungarian national who tried to blackmail Marriot International into giving him a job by stealing the company’s internal documents and …
Millions of infected Android apps… or not?
Over the weekend, several websites picked up Symantec’s story about Trojanized apps on the official Android Market. This happens from time to time, but what got …
Malware redirects bank phone calls to attackers
Trusteer have discovered a concerning development in some new Ice IX configurations that are targeting online banking customers in the UK and US. Ice IX is a modified variant …
Detecting the DNS Changer malware
January marked half-time for the folks at the DNS Changer Working Group (DCWG) who are now running the DNS servers originally used in the Rove botnet. Ever since a …
Defense companies persistently targeted by cyber spies
Researchers from security companies Zscaler and Seculert have issued a warning about bogus emails targeting employees of defense-related organizations around the world in …
Counterclank: Info-stealing Trojan or advertising tool?
A couple of days ago, Symantec has warned about Counterclank, an Android Trojan that has been unknowingly installed by users on over five million devices. This huge number was …
A peek into the Sykipot campaigns
The group(s) behind the massive and consistent campaigns targeting US defense contractors with the Sykipot Trojan continue their attacks unabated, reports Symantec. Its …
Carberp Trojan targets French broadband subscribers
Last year, Carberp emerged on the online banking fraud scene as a competitor to the dominant financial malware platforms Zeus and SpyEye. Trusteer recently discovered a …
Tax-themed spam delivers malware
The US Internal Revenue Service kicked off the 2012 tax filing season on January 4, and malware peddlers haven’t waited much to begin targeting users with tax-themed …
Trojan steals e-cash vouchers from Facebook users
Recently, Trusteer came across a new configuration of the Carberp Trojan that targets Facebook users to commit financial fraud. Unlike previous Facebook attacks designed to …
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