Octopus Scanner Sinks Tentacles into GitHub Repositories

The Octopus Scanner malware, which targets the Apache NetBeans Java integrated development environment IDE, has been nesting in at least 26 GitHub source-code repositories, according to researchers – waiting to take over developer machines. A team from GitHub Security Labs, acting on a tip from a...

Signed Mughthesec Adware Hijacking Macs for Profit

A variant of an older piece of adware built for Macs called OperatorMac has been seen in the wild, and while like most adware it tries to turn a profit, it also illustrates some defensive shortcomings native to Apple’s ecosystem and the industry. Components of the new strain, which is called...

Tor-Powered Botnet Linked to Malware Coder's AMA on Reddit

In the process of analyzing a seemingly new and fairly small botnet called Skynet, Rapid7 security researchers determined that this was precisely the same network described by its creator in a particularly bold ‘Ask Me Anything’ AMA on the social news site Reddit earlier this year. Claudio...

Fake antivirus campaign on India's DNA e-newspaper website !

Fake antivirus campaign on India's DNA e-newspaper website ! DNA Daily News and Analysis is an Indian daily English language newspaper. According to Wikipedia, DNA ranks 8th among the top ten English dailies in India. Recently, the Zscaler solution was blocking access to this site, as it containe...