Emotet Rises Again: Evades Macro Security via OneNote Attachments

The notorious Emotet malware, in its return after a short hiatus, is now being distributed via Microsoft OneNote email attachments in an attempt to bypass macro-based security restrictions and compromise systems. Emotet, linked to a threat actor tracked as Gold Crestwood, Mummy Spider, or TA542,...

FBI Puts $5 Million Bounty On Russian Hackers Behind Dridex Banking Malware

The United States Department of Justice today disclosed the identities of two Russian hackers and charged them for developing and distributing the Dridex banking Trojan using which the duo stole more than $100 million over a period of 10 years. Maksim Yakubets, the leader of 'Evil Corp' hacking...

FBI Puts $5 Million Bounty On Russian Hackers Behind Dridex Banking Malware

The United States Department of Justice today disclosed the identities of two Russian hackers and charged them for developing and distributing the Dridex banking Trojan using which the duo stole more than $100 million over a period of 10 years. Maksim Yakubets, the leader of 'Evil Corp' hacking...

Cridex Malware Takes Lesson From GameOver Zeus

The GameOver Zeus malware had a nice run for itself, making untold millions of dollars for its creators. But it was a run that ended with a multi-continent operation from law enforcement and security researchers to disassemble the infrastructure. Now researchers have identified a new variant of t...

New Cridex Banking Trojan variant Surfaces with Self-Spreading Functionality

In an effort to infect large number of people, cybercriminals have developed a new malicious software program that contains functionality to spread itself quickly. Geodo, a new version of the infamous Cridex also known as Feodo or Bugat banking information stealing Trojan works in conjunction wit...

Mass WordPress Compromise Fuels CRIDEX Worm Outbreak

There are a number of compromised sites on the popular blogging platform, WordPress, which, according to a Trend Labs report, are actively infecting users with the CRIDEX worm. The infections are part of a social engineering campaign that lures users with emails purporting to come from trusted...

Fake LinkedIn Emails Link to Blackhole Exploit Malware

Fake LinkedIn Emails Link to Blackhole Exploit Malware Cyber Criminals have been busy pumping out spam emails that pose as legitimate LinkedIn notices, enticing you to click on a link in order to read what message some random stranger has left for you. The incident was identified by researchers a...

Video: New Banking Trojan Caught Breaking CAPTCHA

A new banking Trojan variant can bypass CAPTCHA, as demonstrated by a video posted today by security firm Websense on their Security Labs blog. Once downloaded to the machine, Cridex, a data-stealing Trojan, will track content from various web forms. Cridex also downloads a ‘spamming module’ to t...