Cryptolocker Malware learned to replicate itself through removable USB drives

In the category of Ransomware Malware, a nasty piece of malware called CRYPTOLOCKER is on the top, that threatened most of the people around the world, effectively destroying important files of the victims. Cryptolocker, which strongly encrypts victims' hard drives until a ransom is paid, is now...

Microsoft Says ZeroAccess Click-Fraud Botnet Abandoned

Microsoft is declaring the ZeroAccess botnet dead. Two weeks after obtaining a court order to disrupt the botnet’s ability to carry out click-fraud, assistant general counsel Richard Boscovich of Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit said late last week that the botmasters behind ZeroAccess had abandon...

Trojan.Ferret DDoS Botnet Discovered

Researchers at Arbor Networks have identified a new DDoS bot with a fancy for ferrets. Following a clue in a tweet, researcher Dennis Schwarz found Trojan.Ferret, including a command and control panel with some insight into targets. To date, a relatively small number of malware samples and comman...

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...

China APT Hackers Target Diplomats in Ke3chang Campaign

European diplomats and ministries of foreign affairs have been targeted during recent G20 meetings by Chinese-speaking hackers conducting espionage campaigns using malware to siphon secrets from compromised computers. The latest incidents came in August when spear phishing messages spiked with...

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...

Pony Botnet Controller Has 2 Million Stolen, Weak Passwords

So what’s worse: Finding two million passwords harvested by a botnet, or learning that most of the stolen passwords are terribly weak? Researchers at Trustwave found another Pony botnet controller recently that oversees a trove of close to two million website logins, email account credentials, as...

Atrax Kit Boasts Tor Connectivity, Bitcoin Extraction

Yet another commercial crimekit has been spotted making the rounds on the underground malware forums that uses the anonymity network Tor to stealthily communicate with its command and control servers. While it isn’t the first of its kind to use Tor, the kit, nicknamed Atrax, is cheap and comes wi...

i2Ninja Financial Malware Communicates on I2P Darknet

The Mevade botnet made news when it was found to be using the Tor anonymity network to communicate with its command and control infrastructure. Running C&C on Tor, however, turned out to be a fatal mistake when Tor usage spiked alerting administrators to the unusual activity. A group of Russian...

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...

Icefog Targeted APT Attacks Hit South Korea, Japan

An espionage campaign featuring precise targeting of victims and malware that allows the attackers one-on-one interaction with compromised systems has been uncovered. Government agencies, manufacturers, high tech companies and media organizations in South Korea and Japan have been the primary...

Oil, Energy Watering Hole Attacks Linked to DOL attack

A string of watering hole attacks targeting oil and energy companies dating back to May could be linked to similar attacks against the U.S. Department of Labor website. Researchers at Cisco discovered the compromised domains of 10 oil and energy companies worldwide, including hydroelectric plants...

Tor Botnet Makes Bad Move to Anonymity Network

MEvade, the massive botnet using Tor as a communication protocol, may have moved operations to the network in order to hamper potential takedown efforts, but according to security researchers, the move just served to shine a spotlight on the botnet’s activities. Rather than hide traffic from bots...

Tor Anonymizing network overload caused by Mevade Botnet

Recently, Tor Project Director - Roger Dingledine described a sudden increase in Tor users on the Tor Network after the events related to disclosure of the PRISM surveillance program, Since August 19, 2013, there has been an impressive growth in the number of Tor users. At first, No one knew who ...

Huge Botnet Found Using Tor Network for Communications

In the wake of the revelations surrounding the NSA’s domestic surveillance and intelligence-gathering operations, security experts said there would likely be a natural uptick in the usage of privacy focused tools such as Tor, PGP and other encryption services. In the case of Tor, there has been...

Obad Trojan First to Spread Via Mobile Botnet

The keepers of the mobile Obad Trojan realize the window of opportunity they have to spread the malware on Android devices may be closing since the vulnerability the Trojan exploits has been patched in Android 4.3. That could explain why Kaspersky Lab researchers have spotted a recent spike in...

Adobe Photo Loader Malware Posts Craigslist Spam

An attacker is going to a lot of trouble to post spam messages to Craigslist. Researchers at Solera Networks have come across an attack where malware is using compromised machines to post poorly worded ads for an Android application marketed at parents for the purposes of monitoring the activitie...

Android Malware uses Google Cloud Messaging Service; infected over 5 Million Devices

The Kaspersky Lab researchers recently have discovered a number of Android malware apps are abusing the Google Cloud Messaging Service GCM as Command and Control server. The GCM service allows Android app developers to send messages using JSON Format for installed apps, but hackers exploited it f...

Android Malware uses Google Cloud Messaging Service; infected over 5 Million Devices

The Kaspersky Lab researchers recently have discovered a number of Android malware apps are abusing the Google Cloud Messaging Service GCM as Command and Control server. The GCM service allows Android app developers to send messages using JSON Format for installed apps, but hackers exploited it f...

Android Malware Found Exploiting Google Cloud Messaging Service

Researchers have discovered a number of malicious Android apps are using Google’s Cloud Messaging service and leveraging it as a command and control server to carry out attacks. A post on Securelist today by Kaspersky Lab’s Roman Unuchek, breaks down five Trojans that have been spotted checking i...