Thriving Beyond The Operating System: Financial Threat Group Targets Volume Boot Record

In September, Mandiant Consulting identified a financially motivated threat group targeting payment card data using sophisticated malware that executes before the operating system boots. This rarely seen technique, referred to as a ‘bootkit’, infects lower-level system components making it very...

KINS Banking Trojan For Sale in Underground Forum

It seems the cybercrime underground is pining for a new breed of banking Trojan. With heavyweights such as Citadel no longer generally available for purchase, rumblings on forums for months have indicated that a new project would be welcomed and financed. Since February, researchers at RSA’s...