24-year-old Russian Hacker and Developer of SpyEye Banking Trojan pleads guilty

A Russian man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in a federal court in Atlanta on Tuesday for developing and distributing a malicious banking malware 'SpyEye' that infected more than 1.4 million computers worldwide since 2009. Aleksandr Andreevich Panin, a 24 year old programmer, also known...

CBI arrests Indian mastermind behind Hire-a-Hacker service on FBI tip-off

For the first time in history, Indian Law Enforcement Agency 'Central Bureau of Investigation' CBI has arrested a Cyber criminal after getting a tip-off from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI. 33-Year-old Amit Vikram Tiwari, son of an Indian Army colonel and an engineering dropout, who...

First Ever Windows Malware that can hack your Android Mobile

Hey Android users! I am quite sure that you must be syncing your Smartphone with your PCs for transferring files and generating backup of your device. If your system is running a windows operating system, then it’s a bad news for you. Researchers have discovered a new piece of windows malware tha...

Bluetooth enabled Credit Card Skimmers planted at Gas Station lead to $2 Million heist

Cyber Criminals will not let any way out without making Money. Another huge Credit Card theft and this time they targeted Gas Stations. 13 men were suspected and charged for stealing banking information, using Bluetooth enabled Credit Card Skimmers planted on the gas stations throughout the...

WhatsApp Spam Campaing Leads to Banking Trojan

Spam emails promoting a non-existent PC version of the popular WhatsApp messaging service could be leading unsuspecting users to a malicious banking Trojan. The emails, written in Portuguese, trick the recipient into thinking they already have 11 pending friend invitations, according to Kaspersky...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Online Banking Account Information Request Email Messages on January 16, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 32464 First Published: 2014 January 16 17:26 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a banking form for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open the...

iOS Mobile Banking Applications Vulnerable to Attack

An alarming percentage of mobile banking applications for iOS fail to implement basic protections that would safeguard against man-in-the-middle attacks, session hijacking, memory corruption, and credential theft. Ariel Sanchez, a researcher with IOActive based in Argentina, put 40 mobile apps fr...

More than 1,400 Financial institutions in 88 Countries targeted by Banking Trojan in 2013

As the year draws to a close, we have seen the number of emerging threats like advance phishing attacks from the Syrian Electronic Army, financial malware and exploit kits, Cryptolocker ransomware infections, massive Bitcoin theft, extensive privacy breach from NSA and many more. The financial...

Researchers spotted 'Chewbacca', a new Tor-based Banking Trojan

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Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Bank Account Security Information Email Messages on December 11, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 32137 First Published: 2013 December 13 05:36 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to German-language spam email messages that claim to contain online banking safety information for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts t...

64-Bit Zeus Banking Trojan Communicates Over Tor Network

The infamous Zeus banking Trojan has gone 64-bit. But why? Researchers at Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team spotted a new version of the malware that behaves much like its 32-bit contemporaries: it too uses Web injects to steal banking credentials to drain online accounts, steal...

Neverquest Banking Trojan Targets More Than 100 Banks

Banking malware with a particular liking for Fidelity Investments has infected several thousand victims worldwide, and has the capacity for much greater harm, in particular during the upcoming holidays, according to researchers at Kaspersky Lab. A report released today describes the threat posed ...

New Banking malware 'i2Ninja' being sold via underground Russian Cybercrime Market

Researchers at Trusteer spotted a new banking malware program on the underground Russian cybercrime market, that communicates with attackers over the I2P anonymity network is for sale on underground Russian cybercrime forums. Dubbed 'i2Ninja', malware has most of the features found in other...

New Banking malware 'i2Ninja' being sold via underground Russian Cybercrime Market

Researchers at Trusteer spotted a new banking malware program on the underground Russian cybercrime market, that communicates with attackers over the I2P anonymity network is for sale on underground Russian cybercrime forums. Dubbed 'i2Ninja', malware has most of the features found in other...

CryptoLocker Spam Campaign Targets Millions in UK

Tens of millions of online banking customers in the U.K. are the targets of a dangerous spam campaign enticing users to open an attachment containing the CryptoLocker ransomware. The U.K.’s National Crime Agency’s National Cyber Crime Unit posted an advisory late last week warning people to be...

Mobile Android banking Trojan Svpeng Adds Phishing Know-How

An Android banking Trojan known as Svpeng has added phishing capabilities to its arsenal, and researchers have spotted it attacking Russian banking clients in what is perceived to be a dry run before it is adapted for other countries. “Typically, however, cybercriminals first test-run a technolog...

Apple Turns on BEAST Attack Mitigation by Default in Safari

Apple enabled a feature in its recent OS X Mavericks update that neutered the BEAST cryptographic attacks. BEAST is a two-year-old attack tool that exploits a vulnerability in TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0 and could lead to an attacker stealing HTTPS cookies or hijacking browser sessions. Apple’s Safari...

Cryptolocker Ransomware makes different Bitcoin wallet for each victim

When you’re online, you expose your vulnerability to malicious virus that have been growing in virulence and ferocity over the last few years. Among home PC users, you may think that you protected from malicious software by Installing an effective, trusted antivirus solution, but most if the...

Dutch Police arrested TorRAT Malware Gang for stealing over Million Dollar

The TorRAT malware was first appeared in 2012 as spying tool only. But from August 2012, Bitcoin Mining feature was added and it became a powerful hacking tool that was commonly associated with attacks on Financial institutions. ab This year TorRat Malware targeted two out of three major Banks in...

South Korea hit by Android Trojan, Malware in Gaming apps and DDoS attack

Last Tuesday, The National Police Agency of South Korea warned the people that many Malware infected video games being offered in the South Korean markets with the purpose of launching Cyber attacks on the Country. That Malware is collecting location data and IP addresses of infected users and...