Chinese using malware to attack US DoD smart card security
AlienVault found evidence of Chinese-originated attacks against the US government agencies including the US Department of Defense (DoD), which use a new strain of the Sykipot …
The anatomy of the Gameover Zeus variant
The “Gameover” malware is a relatively new, “private” version of ZeuS. Support for the distributed command and control (C2) tools, integrated into the …
Cyber crooks combine new Zeus variant and DDoS attacks
A new variant of the information-stealing Zeus Trojan – dubbed Gameover – is currently being delivered to unsuspecting victims via emails purportedly coming from …
DotA 2 and Diablo III beta testing crack files carry malware
Gamers are known for their impatience when it comes to trying out updates and new packs for popular games, and cyber crooks are always ready to take advantage of that. …
SpyEye Trojan post transaction fraud schemes attack banks
Many of us tend to spend a little more than we intend during the holiday season and, with all the transactions hitting our accounts, it can be hard to keep track. During the …
Data-stealing Android Trojan masquerades as greeting-sending app
Text messages have largely replaced seasonal (and non) greeting cards, and there are mobile apps out there that let you send prewritten witty/sweet messages to friends and …
Data-stealing malware growth spikes
The propagation of some forms of crimeware surged in the half-year period ending in June, 2011 with data-stealing malware reaching and maintaining a new plateau of contagion, …
Android Trojan used for political activism
In the overwhelming majority of cases, mobile Trojans are designed to steal money or information which will ultimately be monetized. But occasionally, there are some out there …
Latest spam campaigns delivering the Zbot Trojan
For a while now, fake messages and warnings from USPS, FedEx and DHL about supposedly undelivered packages have been hitting inboxes, and users have been getting wiser about …
Nitro attackers still at it, mock Symantec
Back at the beginning of November, Symantec researchers made public a report they compiled on a spear phishing campaign carrying a backdoor Trojan that was systematically …
Sykipot Trojan takes advantage of Adobe Reader zero-day flaw
AlienVault Labs researchers have unearthed a piece of malware that takes advantage of the recently discovered zero-day Adobe Reader flaw used for attacking defense …
Delivering banking Trojan via malicious boot loaders
Brazil is a country whose Internet users are targeted almost exclusively by cyber crooks wielding banking Trojans. It is also a country where a majority of users still runs …
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