Zeus 2.x variant includes ransomware features

Zeus 2.x variant includes ransomware features Cybercriminals are getting more sophisticated, as reports are coming in that hacker coders have successfully merged a ransom trojan with a Zeus malware successor called Citadel. A notorious malware platform targeting financial information has added a...

Malware Poses as US Department of Justice Violation Notice

Posing as the US Department of Justice DoJ, a new variant of the Citadel Malware called Reveton is responsible for a ransomware campaign that attempts to extort $100 from its victims. The infections are occurring after users are lured to a drive-by download site where a dropper installs the Citad...

Malware Campaign Extorts Users with SOPA Threats

A new scareware-ransomware hybrid attempts to convince users they are being sued in violation of the Stop Online Piracy Act SOPA and offers to remedy the problem if users purchase a fake antivirus solution. The malware claims to have detected illegal torrent files on the computer and offers to...

Ransomware replaces Windows MBR and asking users for Money

Ransomware replaces Windows MBR and asking users for Money Security researchers from TrendMicro, F-Secure and Dr. Web have intercepted two new ransomware variants currently circulating in the wild. This new ransomware variant prevents infected computers from loading Windows by replacing their...

Fedora Update for rubygem-rack FEDORA-2012-0233

Check for the Version of rubygem-rack OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for rubygem-rack FEDORA-2012-0233 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it...

Ransomware Claims To Sniff Out Porn For The Police

Peddlers of ransomware are increasing their effectiveness by tailoring region-specific versions of a scam that impersonates local police. Microsoft has identified four variants of a ransomware scheme in which online criminals are using the good name of law enforcement agencies to trick victims in...

Microsoft Unveils New Windows Defender Offline Tool

Microsoft has released a beta version of a new tool that can help victims of malware attacks recover from ugly infections, even if they don’t have the ability to reach the Internet. The Windows Defender Offline tool enables users to clean their systems of malware from a CD or other removable medi...

Trojan Makes Child-Porn Accusation, Locks Computer, Requests $17

A new ransomware scam locks down its victims’ computers, attempting to convince them that child pornography has been found therein, and informs users that their machine will be unlocked only after paying a $17 500 ruble fine, according to a BitDefender analysis reported by MalwareCity. The trojan...

YieldManager Ad Network Serving Malvertising

One of the world’s largest advertising networks, YieldManager, has been serving ransomware to websites from all over the world. The malvertising campaign was first detected by Armorize’s HackAlert scanning farm. While the websites affected are international, the exploit server itself, at the...

Symantec: Boot Sector Malware In Vogue

HED: Symantec: Boot Sector Malware Back In Style DEK: Malware writers are turning to boot record malware to infect systems – a throwback to earlier forms of malware. What’s old is new again. This time it’s boot sector malware – fashionable around the turn of the Millenium – that’s making a...

New GPCode Ransomware Raises Encryption Bar and Price For Key

Researchers have found a new version of the virulent GPCode ransomware that infects users’ machines and then encrypts their hard drives. The new version uses AES encryption and demands payment in the form of Ukash cards in exchange for the key to decrypt the files. The new iteration of GPCode...

Virus War : Be aware of bogus e-mails !

The past year reached a new record high for bogus e-mails that clog people's inboxes and can release damaging and costly viruses on computers. Nearly 90 percent of sent e-mail is a ruse to rip off unsuspecting Internet users, according to data released by the computer security firm Symantec. The...

Week in Security: Wikileaks Extravaganza, New Ransomware and Open-Source Attacks

It was difficult to go anywhere this week without hearing about the flurry of activity surrounding the Wikileaks data dump. A slew of denial-of-service attacks followed soon after, while new ransomware and attacks on open-source software filled out the rest of the week’s news. Read on for the wee...

New Seftad Ransomware Attacks Master Boot Record

One day after a new version of the GpCode ransomware popped up, researchers have discovered another piece of malware that overwrites the master boot record on infected machines and demands a payment of $100 to reverse the damage. The new MBR-infecting ransomware is known as Seftad and it has a...

New GpCode Variant Demanding Cash For Decryption Key

There’s a new version of the venerable GpCode ransomware attack making the rounds right now, demanding payments of $120 in order to decrypt files on infected PCs. This version, which has been active for several days now, is different from previous variants in that it overwrites the original files...

SMS Blockers: The New Face of Ransomware

LIMASSOL, CYPRUS–The scareware and rogue anti-virus epidemic that has been earning attackers millions of dollars for the last few years has spawned a devious new offspring: SMS blockers. This class of malware, which demands that users send SMS text messages to premium numbers, has recently taken...

Ransomware Tactic Lures Via Copyright Scare

An ongoing ransomware campaign is pretending to be the fake ICPP Foundation icpp-online.com, where the ransomware locks down the user’s desktop issuing a “Copyright violation: copyrighted content detected” message which lists torrent files found on the infected PC and forces the user to pay $400...

Mac OS X Ransomware 'A Matter of Time'

In need of a fresh example that cybercriminals are actively looking for ways to monetize infected Mac OS X hosts? Early-stage discussions at several web forums, including a PoC proof of concept, source code included Mac OS X blocker as well as potential GUIs for the ransomware, offer an insight...

New Ransomware Blocks Internet Access

Security researchers have stumbled upon a new piece of ransomware that blocks an infected computer from accessing the Internet until a fee is paid via SMS text message. The latest ransomware file is bundled with a program called uFast Download Manager. Once a machine is infected, a message is...

Ransomware Variant Features Novel Payment Scheme

A new ransomware variant encrypts files on a computer but uses a novel twist on monetizing the extortion threat. Instead of demanding money directly for decryption keys, as has been the case in other instances, it presumes that the owner of an infected computer will search for information to help...