132 Google Play Apps Booted For Having Malicious IFrames

Google removed 132 apps infected with malicious iFrames from its Google Play store after security researchers discovered a development platform used to create the apps was infected with malware and in turn compromised the apps. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 researchers said the apps were infected...

Maimed Ramnit Still Lurking in the Shadow

Newspapers have the ability to do more than simply keep us current with worldly affairs; we can use them to squash bugs! Yet, as we move from waiting on the newspaper delivery boy to reading breaking news on ePapers, we lose the subtle art of bug squashing. Instead, we end up exposing ourselves t...

Europol Arrests Gang Behind Zeus And SpyEye Banking Malware

The Law enforcement agencies from six different European countries have taken down a major Ukrainian-based cyber criminals gang suspected of developing, distributing and deploying Zeus and SpyEye banking malware. According to the report on the official website of Europol, authorities have arreste...

Ramnit Botnet Shut Down

The Ramnit botnet, a favorite among thieves dabbling in financial fraud for its frequent updates, has been shut down in a joint effort spearheaded by Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre EC3. In a statement today, EC3 said investigators from across Europe, along with Microsoft, AnubisNetworks and...

Europol Takes Down RAMNIT Botnet that Infected 3.2 Million Computers

It seems like the world has declared war against the Cyber Criminals. In a recent update, we reported that FBI is offering $3 Million in Reward for the arrest of GameOver Zeus botnet mastermind, and meanwhile British cyber-police has taken down widely-spread RAMNIT botnet. The National Crime Agen...

Two-Factor Authentication Options for Web Services

LinkedIn is the latest in a long line of high profile Internet services companies to offer two-factor authentication to its user base, joining Twitter, Evernote, Gmail and myriad others. And much like those other services, the move to a stronger form authentication is a reactionary one, coming on...

UK banks hit by Ramnit banking malware and social engineering attacks

A dangerous variant of the Ramnit malware has been discovered targeting the UK's financial sector. Trusteer claims to have discovered an interesting trojan based attack technique that injects highly convincing and interactive real-time messages into the user Web stream that they encounter when...

UK banks hit by Ramnit banking malware and social engineering attacks

A dangerous variant of the Ramnit malware has been discovered targeting the UK's financial sector. Trusteer claims to have discovered an interesting trojan based attack technique that injects highly convincing and interactive real-time messages into the user Web stream that they encounter when...

Ramnit Man-in-the-Browser Attack Targets UK Banks

Nowhere is the cat-and-mouse game between attackers and the security of users more evident than with social engineering schemes. Users’ awareness of phishing campaigns, for example, may be improving, but that’s just forcing attackers bent on identity theft and stealing payment card information to...

Ramnit Malware Back and Better at Avoiding Detection

The Ramnit malware family has been given a facelift with new anti-detection capabilities, a troubleshooting module, as well as enhanced encryption and malicious payloads. Tim Liu of the Microsoft Malware Protection Center said Ramnet resurfaced late last year and its keepers had stripped out all ...

New Ramnit Variant Is Stealing Facebook Credentials

The Ramnit worm, which was first detected more than 18 months ago, has continued to evolve and now has spawned a version that is targeting victims’ Facebook credentials, and with great success. Researchers at Seculert in Israel have found a variant of Ramnit that is stealing those credentials and...

Ramnit Worm Evolves Into Financial Malware

The Ramnit worm, known by researchers for its use of somewhat old-school malicious techniques, has now changed some of its tactics and morphed into financial malware, researchers say. As of now, researchers at Trusteer say they have no way of determining whether Ramnit has actually changed, or if...