Skeleton Key Malware Bypasses Active Directory Authentication

Enterprise Active Directory administrators need to be on the lookout for anomalous privileged user activity after the discovery of malware capable of bypassing single-factor authentication on AD that was used as part of a larger cyberespionage campaign against a global company based in London...

'Regin' - 'State-Sponsored' Spying Tool Targeted Govts, Infrastructures for Years

Researchers have uncovered a highly advanced, sophisticated piece of malware they believe was used to spy on a wide-range of international targets including governments, infrastructure operators and other high-profile individuals since at least 2008. The nasty malware, dubbed "Regin", is said to ...

ZXShell Malware Services Detection

ZXShell is a remote access trojan backdoor that can be used to persist on your network for malicious purposes. Detections : - ZXShell HTTP server - ZXShell Command and Control server %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if...

Motives Behind Havex ICS Malware Campaign Remain a Mystery

Since Stuxnet there have been few confirmed reports of malware targeting particular industrial control system software. But now we have a campaign using the Havex remote access Trojan that has three European energy sector vendors in its crosshairs—or does it? The outbreak, reported by security...

Stuxnet-like 'Havex' Malware Strikes European SCADA Systems

Security researchers have uncovered a new Stuxnet like malware, named as “Havex”, which was used in a number of previous cyber attacks against organizations in the energy sector. Just like Famous Stuxnet Worm, which was specially designed to sabotage the Iranian nuclear project, the new trojan...

Alleged BlackShades Malware Co-Author pleads not Guilty

A Swedish man accused of being involved in the creation of the malicious software used to infect over half a million systems in more than dozens of countries, has pleaded not guilty in New York on Thursday to computer hacking charges brought against him. Alex Yucel, 24, who is the co-author of th...

Spam Tweets 'US Government Trying to Shut Down Bitcoin' Spreading Malware

The Security Software company Malwarebytes has discovered a malicious scam spreading through rogue tweets by a number of fake Twitter accounts with a link to a story that says the United States Government is trying to ban cryptocurrency Bitcoin. “The majority of the accounts pushing these things...

Blackshades RAT Takedown Leads to 90 Arrests

More than 90 arrests have been made in connection with development and sales of a remote access Trojan used worldwide to steal data and spy on victims, including Syrian dissidents. The FBI and the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office yesterday announced the takedown of the Blackshades operation...

Popular Remote access Trojan njRAT fuels Middle East Cyber Crime

Again the sophisticated piece of malware, "njRAT" has come to picture targeting the government agencies and organizations in the Middle East, according to the research carried out by Symantec security researchers. The researchers analyzed 721 samples of malicious code ‘njRAT’ and revealed that a...

Windows Spy tool equipped with Android malware to hack Smartphones

I am quite sure that you must be syncing your Smartphone with your Computers for transferring files and taking backup of your device. If you are using windows operating system and Android devices, then it’s a bad news for you, because FireEye Security Researchers have identified a new piece of...

Windows Spy Tool Also Monitors Android Devices

Researchers have discovered that a commercial Windows-based spy program now comes equipped with capabilities for spying on Android devices as well. GimmeRAT, a secondary component of Win-Spy, was spotted during an investigation into a targeted attack against a financial institution in the United...

Microsoft to Patch IE 10 Zero Day March 2014 Patch Tuesday

Microsoft will patch a lingering zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer next Tuesday, one of five bulletins it will release as part of its March 2014 Patch Tuesday security updates. The IE 10 zero-day was disclosed close to a month ago when researchers at FireEye reported on Operation SnowMa...

Emergency Adobe Flash Update Handles Zero Day Under Attack

Adobe rushed out an unscheduled Flash Player update today to counter exploits of a zero-day vulnerability in the software. A number of national security, foreign policy and public policy websites are hosting exploits that redirect to espionage malware, including the Peter G. Peterson Institute fo...

New IE Zero Day Found Targeting Military Intelligence

Attackers were able to compromise the U.S. Veterans of Foreign Wars’ website this week and serve up a previously unknown zero day exploit in Internet Explorer 10, and while motivation behind the campaign is still unclear, experts are speculating its aim was to procure military intelligence...

Poison Ivy RAT Spotted in Three New China Attacks

The Poison Ivy remote access Trojan may be old, but it’s not losing favor with nation states that continue to make it the center piece of targeted attacks. Three groups of hackers, reportedly all with ties to China and possibly related in terms of their funding and training, are currently managin...

njRAT Attacks Spike Against Middle East High-Value Targets

Government agencies, telecom and energy organizations in the Middle East are being targeted by espionage malware known as njRAT. The remote access Trojan is thorough in its data-stealing capabilities. Beyond dropping a keylogger, variants are capable of accessing a computer’s camera, stealing...

Malware Developers Like AutoIt for Ease of Use

AutoIt, the BASIC-like automation language for Windows programmers, is becoming a favored tool among malware developers for the same reasons it attracts legitimate users: it’s free, flexible and easy to use. Trend Micro TrendLabs’ Kyle Wilhoit wrote in today’s Security Intelligence Blog that...

Watering Hole Attack Hits US Department of Labor Website

The United States Department of Labor website is the latest high-profile government site to fall victim to a watering hole attack. Researchers at a number of security companies reported today that the site was hosting malware and redirecting visitors to a site hosting the Poison Ivy remote access...

New Attacks Leverage Adobe Sandbox Bypass Against Uyghur Activists

Attackers with a control infrastructure based in China are leveraging the same vulnerability exploited by Miniduke to attack Uyghur and Tibetan activists with new exploits. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab and AlienVault discovered a spear phishing campaign targeting non-governmental activists with P...

Oracle Rushes Emergency Java Update to Patch McRAT Vulnerabilities

Oracle has once again released an emergency Java update to patch zero-day vulnerabilities in the browser plug-in, the fifth time it has updated the platform this year. Today’s update patches CVE-2013-1493 and CVE-2013-0809, the former was discovered last week being exploited in the wild for Java ...