Malware & Threats

Malware & Threats

Researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a malicious PowerPoint file circulating via email, which if executed, installs a backdoor on the victim’s system. The...

Malware & Threats

Flame's controlled burn through computer systems around the world may have started with command and control (C&C) domains registered as early as 2008, according...

Cybercrime

CSIS Security Group researchers have discovered what they are calling the "World’s smallest trojan-banker," a piece of malware that proves dangerous things can come...

Cybercrime

Industry Botnet Group: A Collaborative Effort to Combat Botnets

Incident Response

"IXESHE" Attack Campaign Leveraged "Weaponized" PDFs Targeting Zero-day Exploits Dating Back to 2009.Trend Micro has revealed details on a series of attacks that tried...

Malware & Threats

Researchers at F-Secure have discovered a PDF being circulated online that is using the upcoming Olympic summer games in London as bait. The interesting...

Malware & Threats

McAfee recently released its quarterly threats report for Q1 2012, detailing the increase in malware across all platforms. According to the data, PC-based malware...

Malware & Threats

The popularity of the Android platform, combined with the openness that it represents, has created model that allows developers of all shapes and sizes...

Malware & Threats

Building on their previous initiative to warn users who display symptoms of infections, Google said on Tuesday that they would start notifying users who...

Incident Response

A survey of IT pros and executives from Brazil, Germany, U.K., Hong Kong and the United States, respondents paints a bleak picture of security.

Cybercrime

Sophisticated, Multi-faceted Attack Uses an Man in the Browser Attack to Bypass Transaction Authorization Measures Researchers at Trusteer have recently observed a new strategy being...

Cybercrime

Tucked away in a small town outside Moscow, Russia one of the world’s most prolific and effective cybercriminals works away on the next version...

Cybercrime

Wikimedia, the foundation responsible for information hub Wikipedia, is warning users that if they see ads on the encyclopedia’s webpage, their system might be...

Cybercrime

In an apparent act of cyber espionage, as the acts are being called by Shadowserver researchers Steven Adair and Ned Moran, persons unknown have...

Cybercrime

Researchers at Trusteer have discovered a variant of Zeus with a P2P component that is targeting high profile sites such as Facebook, Google, Hotmail,...

Malware & Threats

TrustSphere, a company that provides reputation and messaging intelligence solutions, has released an email security product that leverages a social graph of trusted senders...

Malware & Threats

International Travelers Warned of Threats via Hotel Connections - “The Malware Hotel—You can check in, but you can't check out!”

Cybercrime

The Blackhole exploit kit has moved its ransom-based payloads forward from child porn and terrorism to copyright violations. The new theme from the crime...

Malware & Threats

Version 11.3 of Adobe’s Flash Player, due in June, will provide the same silent update feature currently available to Windows users to those running...