New Reveton Ransomware Variant Steals Passwords

The developers of Reveton have expanded that ransomware’s repertoire with a password stealing functionality, according to new research. Ransomware, sometimes called scareware, is a type of malware that locks down infected machines, offering to unlock them only after a fee has been paid. Oftentime...

Apple certified Mac Malware Captures and Uploads Screenshots without Permission

Earlier this week, new Mac spyware was discovered on a computer at the Oslo Freedom Forum, which is an annual human rights conference. Dubbed as OSX/KitM.A, discovered by computer security researcher Jacob Appelbaum. This Mac malware that has been used to spy on activists, targeted via spear...

Apple certified Mac Malware Captures and Uploads Screenshots without Permission

Earlier this week, new Mac spyware was discovered on a computer at the Oslo Freedom Forum, which is an annual human rights conference. Dubbed as OSX/KitM.A, discovered by computer security researcher Jacob Appelbaum. This Mac malware that has been used to spy on activists, targeted via spear...

PushDo Malware Returns with Domain Generation Algorithm

Four times since 2008, authorities and technology companies have taken the prolific PushDo malware and Cutwail spam botnet offline. Yet much like the Energizer Bunny, it keeps coming back for more. In early March, researchers at Damballa discovered a new version of the malware that had adopted a...

USAID a Target of DoL Watering Hole Attackers

One of the nine sites serving malware tied to the recent watering hole attack on the U.S. Department of Labor was located in Cambodia and has ties to the United States Agency for International Development USAID. Speculation has it that the DoL attack was targeting downstream employees at the...

Researchers uncovered new malware used by Chinese cyber criminals

Trend Micro researchers have uncovered a new backdoor pieces of malware from the Winnti family, which are mainly used by a Chinese cyber criminal group to target South East Asian organizations from the video gaming sector. Winnti malware used by hackers to hijack control of web users systems usin...

Researchers uncovered new malware used by Chinese cyber criminals

Trend Micro researchers have uncovered a new backdoor pieces of malware from the Winnti family, which are mainly used by a Chinese cyber criminal group to target South East Asian organizations from the video gaming sector. Winnti malware used by hackers to hijack control of web users systems usin...

IE 8 Zero Day Widens Scope of DoL Watering Hole Attack

The scope of a watering hole attack targeting the U.S. Department of Labor website widened significantly over the weekend. Researchers are reporting that as many as nine websites, including a European aerospace, defense and security manufacturer as well as a number of non-profit organizations hav...

Watering Hole Attack Hits US Department of Labor Website

The United States Department of Labor website is the latest high-profile government site to fall victim to a watering hole attack. Researchers at a number of security companies reported today that the site was hosting malware and redirecting visitors to a site hosting the Poison Ivy remote access...

UK banks hit by Ramnit banking malware and social engineering attacks

A dangerous variant of the Ramnit malware has been discovered targeting the UK's financial sector. Trusteer claims to have discovered an interesting trojan based attack technique that injects highly convincing and interactive real-time messages into the user Web stream that they encounter when...

Malware More Globally Distributed, Still Made in China

In an attempt to better evade detection, cybercriminals are increasingly configuring their command and control infrastructure in such a way that initial malware callbacks communicate with a server located in the same country as the newly infected machines. This emerging trend is among the vast an...

'BadNews' Android Malware downloaded up to 9 million times

It appears as if another malware scare has come to Android. Lookout Security said on Friday that it has discovered a new family of malware called BadNews. Malware that avoided detection and made its way onto the Google Play store has been downloaded around 9 million times by users from all over t...

'Magic' Espionage Malware Targets UK Computers

Thousands of U.K. business computers have been infected by espionage malware using a custom protocol to communicate with its command and control servers. Researchers at Israeli security company Seculert added that the malware is still percolating with a number of capabilities yet to be deployed...

Hacker uses Evernote account as Command-and-Control Server

Cyber criminals are using popular note-taking app Evernote as Command-and-Control Server to give commands to the malware installed on infected PCs using botnets. TrendMicro uncovered a malware detected as "BKDRVERNOT.A" tried to communicate with Command-and-Control Server using Evernote. Malware...

Phishing Campaign Using Military, Illicit Attachments

Look out for email attachments offering better sex tips and news about newly developed Chinese stealth frigates, because they are loaded with malware, according to a Securelist report written by Kaspersky Lab expert, Ben Godwood. The malware is fairly old and not particularly advanced, but a lot ...

Hacker uses Evernote account as Command-and-Control Server

Cyber criminals are using popular note-taking app Evernote as Command-and-Control Server to give commands to the malware installed on infected PCs using botnets. TrendMicro uncovered a malware detected as “BKDRVERNOT.A” tried to communicate with Command-and-Control Server using Evernote. Malware...

Human Rights Activists targeted with new Android malware

Tibetan and Uyghur activists are once again targeted with a new malware, specially designed for Android devices. This is the first documented attack that targets Android smartphones. Security researchers at Kaspersky say they've found a targeted malware attack on Android phones that seems to come...

U.S. and Russia–Not China–Lead List of Malicious Hosting Providers

China has become the go-to bogeyman behind every cyber attack or malware campaign, but if you’re looking for the most malicious hosting providers on the Web, you won’t find any of the top 10 in China. In fact, the United States and Russia have many more bad hosting providers in the top 20 than...

Human Rights Activists targeted with new Android malware

Tibetan and Uyghur activists are once again targeted with a new malware, specially designed for Android devices. This is the first documented attack that targets Android smartphones. Security researchers at Kaspersky say they've found a targeted malware attack on Android phones that seems to come...

Researchers Uncover Targeted Attack Campaign Using Android Malware

Android attacks have become all the rage in the last year or two, and targeted attacks against political activists in Tibet, Iran and other countries also have been bubbling up to the surface more and more often lately. Now those two trends have converged with the discovery of a targeted attack...