New Malware Found Exploiting Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Many Mac users recently have found themselves stumbling out of the darkness, shielding their eyes from the spotlight that attackers and malware writers are now shining on them. Malware having been a rarity on OS X, it’s taking some time to adjust, but while that’s happening the attackers are busy...

Flashback Creators May Be Raking in $10K a Day

Unprotected users visiting a page hosting the much-discussed Flashback Trojan could be earning some serious cash for the malware’s creators, according to new research from Symantec. In a post to the company’s Security Response blog, Symantec notes the Flashback Trojan could be earning up to $10,0...

New Mac Malware, SabPub, Used In Targeted Attacks

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab says a new malicious program, dubbed SabPub, exploits the same Java security hole as the Flashback Trojan and enables targeted attacks against Mac users. The new malware was identified in a blog post by Kaspersky Lab expert Costin Raiu on Saturday and is described as ...

Apple, Following Microsoft's Lead, Plans to Disable Flashback Botnet

Apple, which usually doesn’t get involved much in security issues outside of issuing patches when needed, said it is working with internet service providers around the world to disable the Flashback botnet’s command and control servers. Flashback exploits a security flaw in Java, Apple explains,...

Apple Developing Fix For Flashback Malware

Apple is planning to release a software fix that will find and remove the Flashback malware that has been haunting Mac users for several months now. The latest version of Flashback has built a botnet that at times has included more than 600,000 infected machines. Apple said on Tuesday that it was...

Flashback Mac Trojan Hits More than 500K Machines

The Flashback Trojan that has been infecting Mac OSX machines of late appears to have become the most successful piece of Mac-based malware in the short history of such things. Researchers say that there have been upwards of 500,000 Macs infected by the malware, and that number may still rise...

New Android Malware Variant Can Remotely Root Phone

A new version of Android malware has been tweaked so it doesn’t require user interaction for an attacker to own the device, according to research published by Lookout Mobile Security yesterday. An updated variant of the Legacy Native LeNa malware utilizes the GingerBreak exploit to gain root...

POC Android botnet - Command and Control Channel over SMS

POC Android botnet - Command and Control Channel over SMS To avoid detection, this proof-of-concept code utilizes the Short Messaging Service SMS as a command & control channel. This adds fault tolerance because, if a smartphone is not available on the GSM network due to being powered off or out...

Kelihos Returns: Same Botnet or New Version?

The twice-shut-down Kelihos botnet remains active and continues spamming with a new variant, despite yesterday’s efforts by Kaspersky Lab and CrowdStrike that knocked offline and sinkholed the most recent version of the botnet. According to a Seculert report, the indomitable botnet is using a...

Kaspersky Knocks Down Kelihos Botnet Again, But Expects Return

For the second time in six months, researchers from the Russian antivirus company, Kaspersky Lab, carried out an operation to take down the newest iteration of the Kelihos botnet, also known as “Hlux.” Microsoft and Kaspersky worked together in September, 2011, on the first Kelihos take-down. The...

Kaspersky finds Malware that resides in your RAM

Kaspersky finds Malware that resides in your RAM Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered a drive-by download attack that evades hard-drive checkers by installing malware that lives in the computer's memory. The 'fileless' bot is more difficult for antivirus software to detect, and resides in...

Chinese Trojans Gh0stRAT used to attack pro-Tibet organisations

Chinese Trojans Gh0stRAT used to attack pro-Tibet organisations AlienVault has discovered a range of spear phishing attacks taking place against a number of Tibetan organizations apparently from Chinese attackers. The security firm believes that the attacks are originating from the same Chinese...

"Cyber China", from Operation Aurora to China Cyber Attacks Syndrome

"Cyber China", from Operation Aurora to China Cyber Attacks Syndrome Security Expert, from Security Affairs - Pierluigi Paganini takes us on a visit to China via The Hacker News January Edition Magazine Article and makes us wonder just how influential China's hacking is on world internet security...

Malware automatically uploading stolen data to the File sharing sites

Malware automatically uploading stolen data to the File sharing sites Roland Dela Paz, a threat response engineer with Trend Micro have discovered a piece of malicious software that automatically uploads its stolen data cache to the SendSpace file-sharing service for retrieval. File-storage...

Ongoing Targeted Attack Campaign Going After Defense, Aerospace Industries

Researchers have identified a strain of malware that’s being used in a string of targeted attacks against defense contractors, government agencies and other organizations by leveraging exploits against zero-day vulnerabilities. The attacks may have been going on since 2009 in some form and the...

Phishers Bait City Workers in Seattle With Phony Speeding Tickets

Hundreds of government employees in Seattle, Washington received fraudulent emails yesterday that appeared to be traffic violation notifications but were, in fact, vehicles for infection by malicious software. According to the Microsoft Malware Protection Center and the Seattle Police Department,...

Koobface Gang Shuts Down C&C Server, Drops Offline

The crew behind the Koobface worm, who have been quite open about their exploits and financial gains from their work in the past, now seem to be ducking underground as pressure is building on them in the wake of exposures of their operation and real identities. The command-and-control server used...

Duqu computer virus Detected by Iran civil defense organization

Duqu computer virus Detected by Iran civil defense organization The virus is called W32.Duqu, or just Duqu create fear after the opening Pandora's Box of Stuxnet. The head of Iran's civil defense organization told the official IRNA news agency that computers at all main sites at risk were being...

Duqu Attackers Using Word Docs As Attack Vector

As the analysis of the Duqu malware continues to evolve, the picture that’s emerging is becoming more and more intriguing. The latest bits of evidence uncovered show that not only do the attackers create custom files for each individual attack, there is evidence indicating that they might have be...

Duqu Analysis and Detection Tool by NSS Labs

Duqu Analysis and Detection Tool by NSS Labs NSS Labs has built a new, free tool that detects known and newly created Duqu drivers that have infiltrated systems, thus allowing security experts to further analyze the "functionality, capabilities and ultimate purpose of DuQu.". The Tool is availabl...