Hackers Demand Banks $315k Ransom or Face DDoS Attacks

By Waqas Armada Collective, a group of online attackers, is demanding a ransom payment of $315,000 from South Korean banks In the case of refusal, the group has threatened the banks with a series of massive Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attacks. The threats came days after South Korean web...

New Android Malware 'HijackRAT' Attacks Mobile Banking Users

Cybercriminals have rolled out a new malicious Android application that wraps different varieties of banking fraud trick into a single piece of advanced mobile malware. GOOGLE SERVICE FRAMEWORK - APPLICATION OR MALWARE? Security researchers at the security firm FireEye have came across a maliciou...

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...