Shylock Trojan Going Global with New Features, Resilient Infrastructure

The prolific, credential-stealing Shylock banking Trojan is growing increasingly sophisticated as its creators continue adding new modules and functionalities to the man-in-the-browser malware, according to a Symantec report. To this point, Shylock has made its money via man-in-the-browser attack...

USN-1773-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities

Felix Groebert, Mateusz Jurczyk and Gynvael Coldwind discovered multiple security issues with ClamAV. An attacker could use these issues to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

Sophos Anti-Virus CAB Files Invalid typeCompress Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow - Improved Performance

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Sophos Anti-Virus. The vulnerability is due to an error in the way the application handles invalid values. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by causing the affected application to process a specially crafted CAB file. Successfu...

Massive cyber attack on South Korean banks and TV broadcasters

Computer networks at major South Korean banks and top TV broadcasters crashed simultaneously Wednesday, during a Massive cyber attack. South Korean police investigating reports from several major broadcasters and banks. least three broadcasters KBS, MBC and YTN and the Shinhan and Nonghyu banks...

Massive cyber attack on South Korean banks and TV broadcasters

Computer networks at major South Korean banks and top TV broadcasters crashed simultaneously Wednesday, during a Massive cyber attack. South Korean police investigating reports from several major broadcasters and banks. least three broadcasters KBS, MBC and YTN and the Shinhan and Nonghyu banks...

Reserve Bank of Australia Hacked by Chinese malware

If hackers want to get into your computer network, they will find a way. You can make it harder but you can't stop them. According to Australian Financial Review report on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia RBA was hacked by hackers who infiltrated its networks and allegedly stole information...

Oil Producer Saudi Aramco twitter account hacked

Twitter continues to implement new security features. But really, who thinks social media will ever be unhackable? The official twitter account of Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil producer hacked by hacker with name 'Mister Rero'. The background on Saudi Aramco’s official Twitter page and th...

Sophos Anti-Virus RAR VMSF_DELTA Filter Signedness Error

A signedness error vulnerability exists in Sophos Anti-Virus. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of one of the parameters of the VMSFDELTA filter while parsing RAR files. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by causing Sophos Anti-Virus to process a specially crafte...

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Windows)

This host is installed with McAfee VirusScan Enterprise and is prone to privilege escalation vulnerability. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbmcafeevseprivescvulnwin.nasl 6104 2017-05-11 09:03:48Z teissa $ McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Windows Authors: Arun Kallav...

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Windows

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

WordPress plugins wp-catpro arbitrary file upload-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Wordpress plugins - wp-catpro Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Author = Zikou-1 6 Mailbox = [email protected] Test System : Windows 7 , Backtrack 5r3...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Photo Attachment Email Messages on February 24, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 28366 First Published: 2013 February 26 00:17 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam e-mail messages that claim to contain a photo attachment for the recipient. The text in the e-mail message attempts to convince the recipient to...

Europol Takes Down Ransomware Gang in Spain, UAE

A ransomware ring was taken down Wednesday in the United Arab Emirates and Spain by Europol and Spanish law enforcement, smashing an operation that netted more than €1 million annually. The eleven individuals arrested included six Russians, two Ukrainians and two Georgians; the 27-year-old...

Cross Platform Trojan builder distributed on underground forums

A Cross platform back door 'Frutas' remote access tool RAT is available for download on many forums from January 2013. This Trojan builder is completely written in Java. Recently, Symantec experts analyse that Frutas RAT allows attackers to create a connect-back client JAR file to run on a...

Cross Platform Trojan builder distributed on underground forums

A Cross platform back door 'Frutas' remote access tool RAT is available for download on many forums from January 2013. This Trojan builder is completely written in Java. Recently, Symantec experts analyse that Frutas RAT allows attackers to create a connect-back client JAR file to run on a...

Chinese Hackers hit New York Times and Wall Street Journal

The New York Times says Chinese hackers probably working for the military or Chinese government have carried out sustained attacks on its computer systems, breaking in and stealing the passwords of high-profile reporters and other staff members. For the last four months, Chinese hackers have...

God Horses are Floating Clouds: The Story of a Chinese Banker Trojan

Dong Yan In China these days, e-commerce has become an important part of daily life, especially among young people. According to a report from CNNIC China Internet Network Information Center, the number of Chinese e-commerce users reached 242 million at the end of the December 2012. This is nearl...

Japanese Police 'Collar' Cat Carrying Malware Code

A hacker, or possibly group, that’s issued terrorists threats using remotely controlled computers in Japan remains at large despite a rare 3 million yen bounty and continuous games with media and police. The latest antic to generate considerable attention this week was leading Japanese authoritie...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Personal Video Sharing Email Messages on October 9, 2013

Low Alert ID: 27713 First Published: 2013 January 2 15:05 GMT Last Updated: 2013 October 9 18:33 GMT Version: 2 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a video attachment for the recipient. The text in the email message attempt...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Personal Picture Sharing Email Messages on September 4, 2013

Low Alert ID: 27717 First Published: 2013 January 2 15:05 GMT Last Updated: 2013 September 5 14:46 GMT Version: 2 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to Italian language spam email messages that claim to contain personal pictures for the recipient. The text in the ema...