SpyEye creator pleads guilty in U.S Federal Court

Aleksandr Andreevich Panin, one of the alleged masterminds behind the notorious SpyEye banking trojan, pleaded guilty in an Atlanta courtroom yesterday to conspiracy charges relating to the development and distribution of the the malware. Panin pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire and bank...

Yahoo Removes Ads Redirecting to Magnitude Exploit Kit

The race to replace the Blackhole Exploit Kit as the web exploit pack of choice for cybercriminals seems to have an early leader in Magnitude. Researchers at Dutch security firm Fox-IT reported over the weekend that European visitors to Yahoo were falling victim to malicious ads hosted on the sit...

Yahoo Ad Network abused to redirect users to malicious websites serving Magnitude Exploit Kit

Internet advertisement networks provide hackers with an effective venue for targeting wide range computers through malicious advertisements. Previously it was reported by some security researchers that Yahoo's online advertising Network is one of the top ad networks were being abused to spread...

64-Bit Zeus Banking Trojan Communicates Over Tor Network

The infamous Zeus banking Trojan has gone 64-bit. But why? Researchers at Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team spotted a new version of the malware that behaves much like its 32-bit contemporaries: it too uses Web injects to steal banking credentials to drain online accounts, steal...

Warning: "A new message from Skype Voicemail Service" spam leads to Zeus Malware

Skype has been targeted by cyber criminals again this week. Users are receiving a new Spam Email with subject "You received a new message from the Skype voice mail service.", that actually leads to Zeus Malware. Zeus is a Trojan horse that attempts to steal confidential information from the...

Warning: "A new message from Skype Voicemail Service" spam leads to Zeus Malware

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Dutch Police arrested TorRAT Malware Gang for stealing over Million Dollar

The TorRAT malware was first appeared in 2012 as spying tool only. But from August 2012, Bitcoin Mining feature was added and it became a powerful hacking tool that was commonly associated with attacks on Financial institutions. ab This year TorRat Malware targeted two out of three major Banks in...

Shylock/Caphaw Banking Malware Infections on the Rise

Two dozen major U.S. and European banks are in the crosshairs of the Shylock, or Caphaw, financial malware of late, and victims who trade with one of the 24 financial institutions are at risk of giving up their credentials and losing assets in their accounts. Malware researchers have noticed a ri...

Joomla Patches Blackhole Zero Day Vulnerability

Attackers have been abusing websites for months that are hosted on Joomla, WordPress and other content management platforms. One gaping vulnerability can open the door for a cybercrime group, for example, to build a formidable botnet, or lure victims to malware that can cash out a bank account or...

Malware Evasion Techniques Dissected at Black Hat

Malware ingenuity isn’t limited to its functionality or its ability to propagate. Sometimes malicious code has to have guile to survive. That means for the most part having an innate understanding of when it’s being analyzed by a security expert. Numerous samples from different malware families...

Microsoft: 88 Percent of Citadel Botnets Down

Nearly two months after the company was part of an operation to disrupt a large number of Citadel botnets, Microsoft said that 88 percent of the botnets spawned by that malware have been taken down. Citadel is a Trojan designed specifically to steal financial information from a variety of sources...

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...

Carberp Source Code Leaked

The source code for the Carberp Trojan, which typically sells for $40,000 on the underground, has been leaked and is now available to anyone who wants it. The leak has echoes of the release of the Zeus crimeware source code a couple of years ago and has security researchers concerned that it may...

CareerBuilder man in the browser attack

No one can say that hackers don’t have a sense of irony. In search of money mules, attackers behind a variant of the Zeus Trojan have configured the malware to activate when users visit careerbuilder.com with code that redirects victims to an advertisement for a mule-recruitment website...

New ZeuS Malware spreading automatically via USB Flash Drives

The notorious Zeus Trojan, a family of banking malware known for stealing passwords and draining the accounts of its victims, has steadily increased in recent months. The malware family itself is frequently updated with mechanisms designed to evade detection by antivirus and network security...

New ZeuS Malware spreading automatically via USB Flash Drives

The notorious Zeus Trojan, a family of banking malware known for stealing passwords and draining the accounts of its victims, has steadily increased in recent months. The malware family itself is frequently updated with mechanisms designed to evade detection by antivirus and network security...

Warning ! Facebook virus Zeus targets bank accounts

The infamous Zeus malware has once again resurfaced as per Symantec and is capable of draining your bank accounts. Zeus propagates through phishing messages that originate from an account that has been phished. Such a phished account will then start automatically sending messages to friends with...

Warning ! Facebook virus Zeus targets bank accounts

The infamous Zeus malware has once again resurfaced as per Symantec and is capable of draining your bank accounts. Zeus propagates through phishing messages that originate from an account that has been phished. Such a phished account will then start automatically sending messages to friends with...

Peer-to-Peer Botnet Takedowns a Challenge

The FBI, Justice Department and technology companies have had success shutting down botnets that rely on a centralized infrastructure and command and control servers to communicate with bots, steal data or send malicious commands. Peer-to-peer botnets, however, have proven more difficult to take...

Beta Bot Trojan Emerges as New Type of Banking Malware

A new strain of banking malware, Beta Bot, has been refined over the last few months to target ecommerce and comes complete with an array of features to help prevent it from being caught by usual security measures. According to research conducted by RSA Security’s Limor Kessem, the bot started ou...