Stratfor Subscribers Experience Phishing Attempts

Cybercriminals continue targeting customers of Stratfor, the well-known, Texas-based security and policy think-tank hacked by Anonymous on Christmas, according to a TechNet report. Social engineers have been sending malicious and fraudulent emails to Strafor subscribers since their customer...

Phishing Campaign Using Spoofed US-CERT Email Addresses

On January 10, 2012, US-CERT received reports of a phishing campaign that is spoofing US-CERT email to deliver a variant of the Zeus/Zbot Trojan known as Ice-IX. This campaign appears to be targeting a large number of private sector organizations as well as federal, state, and local governments...

Zeus Now Using Autorun As Infection Numbers Rise

After tapering off, the Zeus Trojan has been staging a comeback over the last few months, possibly using a new infection routine that leverages Windows’ autorun feature even after a company update to limit infections that use it, according to research by Microsoft. Microsoft’s Malicious Software...

Google Pushes Update For Chrome to Fix Faulty Microsoft Malware Detection

Google has pushed out an update for its Chrome browser that fixes a problem caused by the incident last week in which Microsoft Security Essentials mistakenly detected the browser as the Zeus bot and removed it from some machines. The update should automatically fix any damaged Chrome...

Complete ZeuS source code has been leaked !

Complete ZeuS source code has been leaked On the 23rd of March 2011 we posted a blog about the source code for the infamous crime kit ZeuS Wsnpoem/Zbot being sold on at least two dark market forums see: https://www.csis.dk/en/csis/blog/3176/. This weekend we found the complete source code for thi...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake User Website Profile Email Messages on February 5, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 21921 First Published: 2010 November 29 14:22 GMT Last Updated: 2014 February 6 13:45 GMT Version: 4 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to German-language spam email messages that claim to contain an attachment with information about a website profil...

Adobe Issues Huge Patch for Reader and Acrobat

UPDATE: After announcing that it was accelerating a critical patch of its Reader program last week, Adobe pushed out a large patch on Tuesday, fixing 23 separate vulnerabilities in its Reader and Acrobat applications. The huge quarterly security update included company issued Security Bulletin...

Fake Government Email Spam Hides Zbot

Attention-piquing malicious spam emails purportedly coming from the DHS, the Pentagon or the Transportation Security Administration have recently been spotted by researchers. Read the full article. Help Net Security...

US Tax Season Phishing Scams and Malware Campaigns

In the past, US-CERT has received reports of an increased number of phishing scams and malware campaigns that take advantage of the United States tax season. Due to the upcoming tax deadline, US-CERT reminds users to remain cautious when receiving unsolicited email that could be part of a potenti...

Zbot Trojan Discovered As Drive-By Download

The notorious information-stealing Zeus trojan is currently spreading via drive-by download. Those behind Zeus, or Zbot, recently began circulating spam claiming to come from the Internal Revenue Service IRS, requesting users submit a “tax refund request form” by clicking on a link that is...

UK Police Arrest 2 in Zbot Plot

Authorities in the U.K. have arrested two people in connection with using a notorious Trojan in a scheme to steal online banking information. The man and the woman, both 20, were arrested by the Metropolitan Police Service in Manchester, according to police. The duo is accused of using the Zeus...

Malware Spreading Through Phony FDIC Alerts

There are reports of phony FDIC notification e-mails tricking computers users into installing the ZBot identity-theft Trojan. The e-mails tell the recipients that their banks have filed for bankruptcy and that the banks’ asserts are now under the control of the FDIC. The links offered in the...

Outlook Web Access Attack Using Pushdo Botnet

Here are some technical details on the Outlook Web Access phishing scheme. 1. The Spam According to our preliminary research, the spam emails which attacked OWA users, including Kaspersky, were sent using the pushdo botnet – which is based on malware from the Backdoor.Win32.NewRes family. These...