ENISA summarizes 120 threat reports, identifies top trends
The EU’s cyber security agency ENISA has published the first Cyber Threat Landscape analysis of 2012, summarizing over 120 threat reports. The report identifies and …
Android botnet spreads SMS spam
Researchers from two security firms have detected widespread SMS spam campaigns aimed at making users download a new Android Trojan that ropes their devices into a mobile …
Looking to the future: Security predictions for 2013
The door is closing on 2012, and it’s time to look ahead to next year. As you round out your 2013 business and IT plans, cybercriminals are resolving to implement …
Researchers uncover Tor-powered Skynet botnet
Rapid7 researchers have recently unearthed an unusual piece of malware that turned out to be crucial to the formation of an elusive botnet – dubbed Skynet by the …
Facebook helps Feds take down international cybercrime ring
The Department of Justice and the FBI announced the arrests of 10 individuals from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, New Zealand, Peru, the United Kingdom, and the …
Six threats to watch out for in 2013
FortiGuard Labs revealed its 2013 threat predictions, highlighting six threats to watch out for next year. 1. APTs Target Individuals through mobile platforms APTs also known …
Gameover gang uses Cutwail botnet to swell its own
The hackers behind the Gameover variant of the popular Zeus banking Trojan have rented the massive Cutwail botnet in order to send out millions of fake emails carrying the …
Battles over online information control to escalate
The year ahead will feature new and increasingly sophisticated means to capture and exploit user data, escalating battles over the control of online information and continuous …
Microsoft concludes Russian programmer didn’t operate Kelihos botnet
Following the settling of the Nitol botnet lawsuit earlier this month, Microsoft has announced on Friday that it has reached a settlement with Russian software programmer …
miniFlame discovered, designed for targeted cyber espionage
Kaspersky Lab announced the discovery of miniFlame, a small and highly flexible malicious program designed to steal data and control infected systems during targeted cyber …
Proxy service users download malware, unknowingly join botnet
In yet another example of if-it’s-too-good-to-be-true-it-probably-isn’t, hundreds of thousands of users signing up for a cheap and supposedly legitimate proxy …
Microsoft settles Nitol botnet lawsuit
Less than a month since Microsoft’s revelation that it had disrupted the functioning of the Nitol botnet by effecting a takedown of a domain (3322.org) which was also …