Malware that turns computers into Bitcoin miners

Researchers from Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new spam message campaign being transmitted via Skype contains malware capable of using an infected computer to mine for Bitcoins. The malware, identified as Trojan.Win32.Jorik.IRCbot.xkt. Bitcoin is a non-governmental, fully-digital currency based...

Clues About Flashback Creator Come Together

Nearly a year since the Flashback Trojan surfaced and ultimately infected more than 600,000 Apple OS X computers, the author of the malware may haven been discovered. After some sleuthing by security bloggers Brian Krebs over the past year – documented today on the Krebs on Security blog – the...

Anonymous hacktivist Barrett Brown's Mother faces Prison for hiding Evidences

The mother of alleged Anonymous hacktivist Barrett Brown has pleaded guilty to helping her son hide two laptop computers from federal investigators. Brown's mother, Karen McCutchin, pleaded guilty last week to a charge of obstructing the execution of a search warrant. She faces a maximum sentence...

Microsoft Windows CVE-2013-1287 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM-level privileges. Successfully exploiting this issue will result in the complete compromise of affected computers. Technologies Affected...

Reserve Bank of Australia Hacked by Chinese malware

If hackers want to get into your computer network, they will find a way. You can make it harder but you can't stop them. According to Australian Financial Review report on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia RBA was hacked by hackers who infiltrated its networks and allegedly stole information...

Eurograbber

The Eurograbber Trojan targets bank customers. The attack infects computers and mobile devices. The Trojan attempts to steal money from the victim's bank account...

Microsoft, Symantec Join Forces to Take Down Bamital Click-Fraud Botnet

Microsoft and Symantec have shut down a massive click fraud botnet known as Bamital, numerous variants of which have been in circulation since 2009 amassing several million dollars in fraudulent profit for the attackers as well as spreading more malware including scareware. The botnet thrived on...

PokerAgent botnet stole over 16,000 Facebook credentials

PokerAgent botnet was discovered in 2012 by ESET Security Research Lab, which is a Trojan horse designed to harvest Facebook log-on credentials, also collecting information on credit card details linked to the Facebook account and Zynga Poker player stats. According to latest report, the botnet i...

New Java exploit sells for $5000 on Black market

We continues to recommend users disable the Java program in their Web browsers, because it remains vulnerable to attacks that could result in identity theft and other cyber crimes and less than 24 hours after Oracle Sunday released a security update that addresses two critical zero-day...

Microsoft Internet Explorer CDwnBindInfo Object Use-After-Free

This Metasploit module exploits a vulnerability found in Microsoft Internet Explorer. A use-after-free condition occurs when a CButton object is freed, but a reference is kept and used again during a page reload, an invalid memory that's controllable is used, and allows arbitrary code execution...

Batchwiper malware, new virus targets Iranian computers

Iranian CERT is sounding the alarm over another bit of data-deleting malware it's discovered on PCs in the country. Dubbed Batchwiper, the malware systematically wipes any drive partitions starting with the letters D through I Drive, along with any files stored on the Windows desktop of the user...

Batchwiper malware, new virus targets Iranian computers

Iranian CERT is sounding the alarm over another bit of data-deleting malware it's discovered on PCs in the country. Dubbed Batchwiper, the malware systematically wipes any drive partitions starting with the letters D through I Drive, along with any files stored on the Windows desktop of the user...

SIGMA COMPUTERS SQL Injection

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Virus conducting DDoS attack from infected systems

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is warning users about the malicious program which is helping attackers carry out mass spam mailings and allow attacker to use victim's PC as slave of his DDOS Army. According to researchers from the company they have discovered a Trojan "Trojan.Proxy.23012"...

Hacker made calls worth £10,000 from public phone

Hacker made calls worth £10,000 from public phone Computer expert Dariusz Ganski, of Sunny Bank, Kingswood, used a router to tap into BT phone boxes and made hours of calls to expensive numbers. He make calls worth £10,000 of premium-line bills and he has been jailed for 18 months. Prosecutor Dav...

Flame spy virus going to Suicide

Flame spy virus going to Suicide The creators of the world's most complicated espionage virus Flame have sent a 'suicide' command that removes it from some infected computers. U.S. computer security researchers said on Sunday that the Flame computer virus, which struck at least 600 specific...

Sony VAIO Wireless Manager 4.0.0.0 - Buffer Overflow

Advisory ID: HTB23063 Product: Wireless Manager Sony VAIO Vendor: Sony Computers Vulnerable Versions: 4.0.0.0 and probably prior Tested Version: 4.0.0.0 Vendor Notification: 7 December 2011 Vendor Patch: 20 January 2012 Public Disclosure: 30 May 2012 Vulnerability Type: Buffer Overflow CVE...

Sony VAIO Wireless Manager 4.0.0.0 Buffer Overflows

Exploit for hardware platform in category dos / poc Product: Wireless Manager Sony VAIO Vendor: Sony Computers Vulnerable Versions: 4.0.0.0 and probably prior Tested Version: 4.0.0.0 Vendor Notification: 7 December 2011 Vendor Patch: 20 January 2012 Public Disclosure: 30 May 2012 Vulnerability...

Sony VAIO Wireless Manager 4.0.0.0 - Buffer Overflow

Sony VAIO Wireless Manager 4.0.0.0 - Buffer Overflow Advisory ID: HTB23063 Product: Wireless Manager Sony VAIO Vendor: Sony Computers Vulnerable Versions: 4.0.0.0 and probably prior Tested Version: 4.0.0.0 Vendor Notification: 7 December 2011 Vendor Patch: 20 January 2012 Public Disclosure: 30 Ma...

2 Buffer Overflows in Wireless Manager Sony VAIO

Advisory ID: HTB23063 Product: Wireless Manager Sony VAIO Vendor: Sony Computers Vulnerable Versions: 4.0.0.0 and probably prior Tested Version: 4.0.0.0 Vendor Notification: 7 December 2011 Vendor Patch: 20 January 2012 Public Disclosure: 30 May 2012 Vulnerability Type: Buffer Overflow CVE...