Microsoft, Kaspersky Shed Light on Sefnit Tor Botnet

Alarm bells went off last August when spikes in Tor client downloads were traced to a large click-fraud and Bitcoin-mining botnet called Sefnit. The malware was using the popular anonymity network to communicate with hackers in order to transmit stolen data and receive additional commands. In...

Chewbacca Tor-Based Malware Targets Point of Sale Systems

Before you think that RAM scraper malware was a phenomenon specific to the Target breach, think again. A four-month-long crime spree targeting point-of-sale systems in a number of industries has been discovered; the campaign, however, is not related to the mammoth Target break-in or other recentl...

Tor-enabled Point-of-Sale malware 'ChewBacca' stole Credit Card data from 11 Countries

+malware+stole+credit+card+data+from+11+Countries.jpg After the massive data breaches at U.S retailers Target and Neiman Marcus in which financial credentials of more than 110 million and 1.1 million customers were compromised respectively, shows that the Point of Sale POS system has become a new...

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

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Chewbacca Tor-Based Malware Steals Keystrokes

The Tor network may provide a lead-lined cover for Internet users seeking a measure of privacy online, but it also has proven to be an attractive shelter for attackers. A number of malware campaigns have been able to successfully maneuver on Tor, using the anonymity network as a communication...