Researchers Build Undetectable Dopant Hardware Trojans

Is it so outlandish anymore to consider that an attacker interested in military, political or corporate espionage would be able to infiltrate a supply chain and drop malware onto an integrated circuit? Evidence of hardware-based Trojans is anecdotal at best, and experts believe a change in...

Android Malware uses Google Cloud Messaging Service; infected over 5 Million Devices

The Kaspersky Lab researchers recently have discovered a number of Android malware apps are abusing the Google Cloud Messaging Service GCM as Command and Control server. The GCM service allows Android app developers to send messages using JSON Format for installed apps, but hackers exploited it f...

Kerry friends of Science and technology cms upload vulnerability and fix-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

The program uses the upload page uploadfile. asp not be verified, leading to the establishment of malformations directory upload image the Trojans get a shell vulnerability. exp: the http://www.8090sec.com/admin/uploadfile.asp?uppath=mad.asp&upname=&uptext=form1. mad. asp His original Upload...

Ruby on Rails Exploit Harvests IRC Botnet

Developers who have not updated their Ruby on Rails installations with a five-month-old security patch would do well to secure the Web development framework now. Exploit code has surfaced for CVE-2013-0156 that is being used to build a botnet of compromised servers. Exploit code has been publicly...

SEC Consult 20130417-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in Sosci Survey

SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Security Advisory 20130417-0 ======================================================================= title: Multiple vulnerabilities in Sosci Survey product: Sosci Survey vulnerable version: 2.3.04a fixed version: 2.3.04a impact: Critical homepage:...

Sosci Survey 2.x Bypass / XSS / Command Execution

SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Security Advisory ======================================================================= title: Multiple vulnerabilities in Sosci Survey product: Sosci Survey vulnerable version: 2.3.04a fixed version: 2.3.04a impact: Critical homepage: https://www.soscisurvey.de...

Carberp botnet developers team arrested in Russia

Cybercriminals, underground hacking communities, hacker's market and Exploit packs.... Russian cyberspace is well known for such crazy hacking stuff. Recently, the original Carberp botnet developer ring that stole millions from bank accounts worldwide has been arrested. According to a report from...

Carberp botnet developers team arrested in Russia

Cybercriminals, underground hacking communities, hacker's market and Exploit packs.... Russian cyberspace is well known for such crazy hacking stuff. Recently, the original Carberp botnet developer ring that stole millions from bank accounts worldwide has been arrested. According to a report from...

Threats and Market Share Increase for Android, Decrease for Symbian

No real surprise that F-Secure’s fourth quarter threat report further accentuated the all-but-definite-reality that there is a direct correlation between a platform’s market share and the volume of threats targeting it. “As its market share declines,“ F-Secure researchers reasoned, “so does malwa...

Android developer said 'F-Secure can say that anything is malware'

As the popularity of Android has boomed, more and more malware is targeting the platform. Digital miscreants are using fraudulent developer accounts on Google's Play marketplace to spread malware. According to latest Mobile Threat report from F-Secure, Android malware continued to gain in share i...

Android developer said 'F-Secure can say that anything is malware'

As the popularity of Android has boomed, more and more malware is targeting the platform. Digital miscreants are using fraudulent developer accounts on Google's Play marketplace to spread malware. According to latest Mobile Threat report from F-Secure, Android malware continued to gain in share i...

New Mac malware opens secure connection for a remote hacker

A new malware threat for the Mac has been discovered that attempting to set up a secure connection for a remote hacker to connect through and grab private information. Dubbed "Pintsized" that uses a modified version of OpenSSH to potentially set up a remote connection into Mac accounts. This...

New Ransomware Encrypts Victim Data

An unusual new strain of ransomware makes good on its threat, doing what the majority of other varieties only claim to do. The Trojan actually encrypts data on infected machines, effectively rendering certain files inaccessible to users on compromised computers in order to block removal. This...

Russian Hackers Behind Gozi Malware charged for Infecting Millions users

The mastermind Russian Hackers who coded and distributed the Gozi malware, Nikita Vladimirovich Kuzmin, 25 was charged along with Deniss Calovskis, 27, and Mihai Ionut Paunescu, 28 for infecting more than a million computers worldwide in order to steal banking and other credentials from tens of...

FAKEM RAT Mimics Normal Network Traffic

A family of remote access Trojans RATs known as FAKEM has been evading detection for more than three years by camouflaging themselves as legitimate network traffic. Nate Villeneuve, a senior threat researcher at Trend Micro, said that remote access Trojans are a favorite among attackers seeking t...

ADP-Themed Phishing Emails Lead to Blackhole Sites

Scammers are spamming out malicious emails purporting to come from payroll processing company ADP, according Dancho Danchev of Webroot. The emails arrive under the subject line “ADP Immediate Notifications” and contain links to compromised websites hosting the latest iteration of the Blackhole...

Alleged ZeuS Botmaster Arrested for Stealing $100 Million from U.S. Banks

A 24-year-old Algerian man remains in a Thai jail awaiting extradition to the United States, where he is suspected of masterminding more than $100 million in global bank heists using the ZeuS and SpyEye Trojans. Malaysian authorities believe they’ve apprehended the hacker Hamza Bendelladj, who th...

Google Adds Malware Scanner to Jelly Bean 4.2

Google has been taking some steps to address the problem of malware on the Android platform in recent months, introducing the Bouncer antimalware system and some better anti-exploit technologies in Jelly Bean, the most recent version of the operating system. Now, the company is implementing some...

Russian Underground Cybercrime market offering sophisticated services

Security firm Trend Micro recent analyses the Russian crimeware markets and has found that malware tools and services range from one-time packages which cost just pennies to sophisticated packages and services which cost purchasers thousands of dollars per month. If you want to buy a botnet it wi...

Detecting Advanced Persistent Threat with Network Traffic Analysis

A high degree of stealthiness over a prolonged duration of operation in order to do a successful cyber attack can be defined as Advanced Persistent Threat. The attack objectives therefore typically extend beyond immediate financial gain, and compromised systems continue to be of service even afte...