Botnet Tweeting, Spamming Porn Shut Down

An adult-themed botnet was found by researchers and dismantled by Twitter last month. The Twitter-based botnet consisted of 86,262 bot accounts, and over the past six months blasted out 8.6 million tweets that attempted to lure males to pornographic, dating, hookup and cheating-spouse websites...

UpCall - CallerID&Spam Numbers - Customized SSL, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application UpCall - CallerID&Spam Numbers published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Porn Spam Botnet Has Evil Twitter Twin

Last month KrebsOnSecurity published research into a large distributed network of apparently compromised systems being used to relay huge blasts of junk email promoting "online dating" programs -- affiliate-driven schemes traditionally overrun with automated accounts posing as women. New research...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID29841: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 14, 2017

Medium Alert ID: 54498 First Published: 2017 July 14 16:24 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID29841 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID29833: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 14, 2017

Medium Alert ID: 54496 First Published: 2017 July 14 16:24 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID29833 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

NemucodAES Ransomware, Kovter Click-Fraud Malware Spreading in Same Campaigns

Two malware families, NemucodAES and Kovter, are being packaged together in .zip attachments and delivered via active spam campaigns. Researcher Brad Duncan said, “together these two pieces of malware could deliver a nasty punch.” Duncan, a handler at the SANS Institute Internet Storm Center, sai...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID29796: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 13, 2017

Medium Alert ID: 54481 First Published: 2017 July 13 19:48 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID29796 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID29798: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 13, 2017

Medium Alert ID: 54478 First Published: 2017 July 13 19:48 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID29798 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID29821: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 13, 2017

Medium Alert ID: 54489 First Published: 2017 July 13 18:13 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID29821 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

The Slippery Slope Starts with "Get 2 Free Airline Tickets"

Written by Or Katz and Raviv Perets A widespread phishing scam that offers free airline tickets has been spotted in the wild by Akamai's Enterprise Threat Protector ETP security research team. The campaign uses a number of social engineering techniques to trick people into providing their private...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID29800: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 12, 2017

Medium Alert ID: 54472 First Published: 2017 July 12 17:21 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID29800 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID29769: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 11, 2017

Medium Alert ID: 54461 First Published: 2017 July 11 12:35 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID29769 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID29768: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 11, 2017

Medium Alert ID: 54460 First Published: 2017 July 11 12:35 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID29768 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID29767: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 11, 2017

Medium Alert ID: 54459 First Published: 2017 July 11 12:35 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID29767 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

Adwind RAT Returns! Cross-Platform Malware Targeting Aerospace Industries

Hackers and cyber criminals are becoming dramatically more adept, innovative, and stealthy with each passing day. While other operating systems are more widely in use, cybercriminals have now shifted from traditional activities to more clandestine techniques that come with limitless attack vector...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID29749: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 10, 2017

Medium Alert ID: 54456 First Published: 2017 July 10 19:38 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID29749 may contain the following files: Name | Siz...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID29734: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 7, 2017

Medium Alert ID: 54444 First Published: 2017 July 7 13:36 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID29734 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID29729: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 7, 2017

Medium Alert ID: 54443 First Published: 2017 July 7 13:36 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID29729 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID29728: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 7, 2017

Medium Alert ID: 54442 First Published: 2017 July 7 13:36 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID29728 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID29727: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 7, 2017

Medium Alert ID: 54441 First Published: 2017 July 7 13:36 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID29727 may contain the following files: Name | Size...