Pro-Syrian Malware Increasing in Number, Complexity

As the civil war in Syria continues, malware targeting those who oppose the embattled regime of Bashar al Assad is increasing in number, organization and sophistication according to a new report from Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team. Most of the malware samples related to the...

New Backoff PoS Malware Identified in Several Attacks

A new breed of point-of-sale malware has been found in several recent attacks, and experts say that the tool, known as Backoff, has extensive data stealing and exfiltration capabilities, including keylogging, memory scraping and injection into running processes. The Backoff malware doesn’t...

Critroni Crypto Ransomware Seen Using Tor for Command and Control

There’s a new kid on the crypto ransomware block, known as Critroni, that’s been sold in underground forums for the last month or so and is now being dropped by the Angler exploit kit. The ransomware includes a number of unusual features and researchers say it’s the first crypto ransomware seen...

New Pushdo Malware Hacks 11,000 Computers in Just 24 Hours

One of the oldest active malware families, Pushdo, is again making its way onto the Internet and has recently infected more than 11,000 computers in just 24 hours. Pushdo, a multipurpose Trojan, is primarily known for delivering financial malware such as ZeuS and SpyEye onto infected computers or...

Brute-Forcing Botnet Sniffs Out Lax POS Systems

Over a two-week time span earlier this year, a botnet composed of thousands of computers actively sought out and broke into exposed point of sale POS systems that used poor or default passwords. The botnet, dug up and dubbed BrutPOS by security firm FireEye, leveraged more than 5,000 machines and...

International Authorities Take Down Shylock Banking Malware

Like most profitable criminal enterprises, the Shylock banking malware thrived because it was supported by a nimble infrastructure that allowed it to stay one step ahead of network and security monitoring capabilities, and the authorities. That race ended this week. Europol announced today that i...

BrutPOS Botnet Compromises insecure RDP Servers at Point-of-Sale Systems

Cyber criminals are infecting thousands of computers around the world with malware and are utilizing those compromised machines to break into Point-of-Sale PoS terminals using brute-force techniques, and the attackers have already compromised 60 PoS terminals by brute-force attacks against...

All Seized Domains Returned to No-IP

Less than a week after Microsoft seized nearly two dozen domains owned by a small hosting provider as part of a takedown of a malware operation, all of those domains are back in the control of the provider, No-IP. When Microsoft announced the takedown on June 30, officials said that the company h...

Miniduke APT Campaigh Returns with New Targets, Hacking Tools

The Miniduke advanced persistent threat APT campaign uncovered by researchers at Kaspersky Lab and CrySys Lab in February 2013 is back after a year-long hiatus in which attacks abated almost entirely. While the initial Miniduke operations primarily targeted government organizations in Europe, thi...

FireEye Uncovers Android Remote Access Malware

UPDATE: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the malware disables any antivirus application. In reality, the malware only uninstalls a particular antivirus application,“com.ahnlab.v3mobileplus,” that is often bundled with certain banking applications. A new remote access tool...

Targeted String of Paerls Campaign Includes Word Macro Attack

A targeted malware campaign has been uncovered that combines an old-school Microsoft Word Macro malware attack with a decidedly new school approach of redirecting victims to exploits stored on Dropbox. The String of Paerls attacks, which Cisco’s VRT team reported today, targets industries such as...

Researchers Uncover Spying Tool Used by Governments to Hijack all Types of Smartphones

Purchasing malware to victimize people is illegal by laws but if the same thing any government official do, then its not!! Yes, the police forces around the World are following the footsteps of U.S. National Security Agency NSA and FBI. Researchers from the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Globa...

Asprox Malware Borrowing Stealth from APT Campaigns

Cybercriminals and advanced attackers are freely borrowing from one another’s repertoires to great success. The latest example involves spammers firing off up to a half-million email messages during limited campaign segments without triggering any detection alarms. Security company FireEye said t...

Student Decrypts Simplocker Android Ransomware that Encrypts Files

In a previous story, I reported about a new ransomware threat known as Simplocker discovered by researchers at the security firm ESET, targeting Android users in the UK, Switzerland, Germany, India and Russia, for ransom. Simplocker Android/Simplocker.A is the latest Android ransomware that has...

China Putter Panda APT Attacks Linked to PLA Unit 61486

With indictments still fresh against a handful of Chinese nationals accused of hacking American companies and stealing intellectual property, another branch of the People’s Liberation Army and allegedly one of its officers have been outed for cyberespionage against U.S. and European aerospace and...

New Pandemiya Banking Trojan Written From Scratch

Brand new, written-from-scratch malware is a relatively rare undertaking on the underground. Aside from some private endeavors, source code is available for a number of popular Trojans, including Zeus, Citadel and Carberp, making it easy for attackers to simply grab one off the shelf and get...

First Android Ransomware that Encrypts SD Card Files

We have seen cybercriminals targeting PCs with Ransomware malware that encrypts your files or lock down your computer and ask for a ransom amount to be paid in a specified duration of time to unlock it. To deliver the Ransomware malwares to the mobile devices, cyber criminals have already started...

China Chopper Web Shell Remote Code Execution

China Chopper Web Shell is a malware designed to infect Web servers. The malware has a Web shell command-and-control CnC client binary and a text-based Web shell payload server component. Post infection, the malware enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems...

Points of Sale Poorly Secured, Facing Sophisticated Attacks

The point-of-sale PoS systems on which financial transactions are conducted at nearly every physical retail location in the U.S. and and beyond are fast becoming a favorite target for sophisticated criminal organizations as well as standalone attackers. The emergence of this trend is unsurprising...

APT Groups Return - Chinese Hackers Resume Cyber Espionage Operations

Year back, one of the largest “Advanced Persistent Threat” APT hacking groups received widespread attention from the media and from the U.S. government. APT Groups are China’s cyber espionage units and they won’t stop their espionage operation, despite being exposed last year. Yes, APT hacking...