Go Daddy Attributes DNS Hack to Phishing

A spokesman at Go Daddy, the popular domain registrar and Web host company, believes that some of its users may have been phished – and that’s to blame for the barrage of ransomware some customers have been seeing in past week or so. Last week it was reported that attackers had placed malicious D...

Go Daddy Sites Serve Up Ransomware Malware

Domain name registrar and website hosting provider Go Daddy is responding to a DNS attack targeting a "small number" of its hosted websites that one security firm said is enabling cyber criminals to spread ransomware. The DNS Domain Name System is what transfers host-names into IP addresses,...

New Java Attack Introduced into Cool Exploit Kit

A new exploit has been found in the Cool Exploit Kit for a vulnerability in Java 7 Update 7 as well as older versions, a flaw that’s been patched by Oracle in Java 7 Update 9. Cool Exploit Kit was discovered last month and is largely responsible for dropping the Reveton ransomware. A new Metasplo...

Latest Java vulnerability exploitation leads to ransomware

Imagine someone getting access to your computer, encrypting all your family photos and other priceless files, and then demanding a ransom for their safe return. That is what ransomware is all about. Symantec's latest research report suggests police-themed ransomware could be a replacement to the...

Ransomware Scams Netting Criminals Up To $33,000 a Day

Ransomware pays. A lot. These extortion scams, in which infected computers are essentially locked down by malware and electronic payment is demanded for a supposed cure, can net the criminal behind the scam as much as $33,000 per day. Symantec studied 16 variants of independently developed...

Anonymous Threatens to Shutdown Facebook - Dude, do you have any Idea ?

Do you believe that it is possible to shut down Facebook with a cyber attack on 5th November 2012, which is not even organised in a proper way ? Few activists on internet threatened to shut down Zynga and Facebook, after the gaming giant announced it was laying off five per cent of its work force...

Anonymous ransomware spotted in the wild, campaign to Infamous Activists group

Folks from abuse.ch spotted an interesting piece of ransomware malware currently circulating in the wild. Current release is infecting Windows users. It seems that Cybercrooks are taking advantage of Anonymous Banner, for conducting such malware campaigns and supposed to be another game by opposi...

Indian CERT issue warning about ongoing Skype Spam attack

Last month we reported a worm targeting Skype users with spam messages designed to infect machines with the Dorkbot ransomware has been discovered. This malware is spreading through a question/ phrase sent to the users by someone and the question is: "lol is this your new profile pic?" Same spam...

Operation High Roller Banked on Fast-Flux Botnet to Steal Millions

A fraud ring that attacked financial transfer systems in an attempt to get at wealthy high-end banking customers used a complicated web of malware and compromised servers in several countries to walk off with an estimated $78 million earlier this year. While the attacks targeted financial systems...

DarkBot Malware Circulation very fast via Skype

Two weeks back we reported that Security firm Trend Micro discovered a worm targeting Skype users with spam messages designed to infect machines with the Dorkbot ransomware has been discovered. This malware is spreading through a question/ phrase sent to the users by someone and the question is:...

Businesses Remain Scared of Spear-Phishing as Attackers Study Behavior

Scared is a strong word, but the reality, according to a Websense analysis by Patrik Runald, is that spear-phishers, like the ones that compromised a White House network last week, are implementing new evasion tactics, fundamentally changing their attack strategies, and revolutionizing the target...

Dorkbot Now Worming Its Way through Skype

The Dorkbot worm that fooled many a Facebook and Twitter user is now socially engineering Skype users into downloading the malware, whose payload now includes a mechanism to lock down machines. Various antivirus and security companies are reporting the latest iteration rummages through an infecte...

Ransomware malware targeting Skype users

Security firm Trend Micro discovered a new worm targeting Skype users with spam messages designed to infect machines with the Dorkbot ransomware has been discovered. A malicious worm is taking advantage of the Skype API to spam out messages that link to a ZIP files ie. skype06102012image.zip or...

First Irish language Ransomware Malware demanding €100 for unlock

A new Ransomware Malware dubbed Gaeilge locks up an infected computer and attempts to extort €100 from the user for an unlock code. The demand for cash reportedly appeared in poorly written Gaelic, and the software nastie was spotted on a computer in County Donegal, Ireland. Gaeilge tell computer...

Mobile Malware Is Up – Way Up – in McAfee Q2 Threat Report

McAfee Labs researchers today announced a surge in malware samples this year – particularly threats that take advantage of mobile networks to launch drive-by downloads, control botnets using Twitter and spread ransomware that locks down infected machines and demand payments from users. The Santa...

New Ransom malware infecting computers

The Metropolitan Police have issued an urgent warning about a new ransom malware that is in circulation. Ransomware also referred to in some cases as cryptoviruses, cryptotrojans or cryptoworms comprises a class of malware which restricts access to the computer system that it infects, and demands...

Citadel Malware Used to Infiltrate Airport VPN

The Citadel Trojan is really starting to become kind of a pain in the neck. Not content to sit by and watch while its more well-known rivals Zeus and SpyEye get all the attention, the Citadel malware has begun showing up in some interesting places, with the latest example being the discovery of t...

Dorifel Malware Encrypts Files, Steals Financial Data, May Be Related to Zeus or Citadel

While much of the world was focused yesterday on the Gauss malware saga, there was another interesting infection happening, mainly in the Netherlands, that researchers think may be related to the Zeus and Citadel attacks, though the motivation behind the attack is somewhat of a mystery. The new...

Reveton Ransomware uses Fake FBI Message to Extort Money

The FBI today warned of Internet-borne malware masquerading as a message from the law enforcement agency that locks computers until the user pays a fine for allegedly downloading and/or distributing illegal content. “We’re getting inundated with complaints,” Donna Gregory of the Internet Crime...

Citadel Malware Crew May Be Taking Its Wares Off the Market

It turns out that malware authors–at least some of them–may have an interest in economics. Perhaps worried about market saturation or commoditization, the distributors of the Citadel malware, which has been used to deliver ransomware in the past, are apparently about to take their creation off th...