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BlackOS malicious web traffic managing software is on sale

Security researchers are keeping a close eye on underground cybercrime forums and are quick to spot new offerings, such as the BlackOS software package. Not to be confused …

Fake Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 video hides a backdoor

As the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 nears the end of the second week, cyber crooks are diversifying the attacks against users curious to know what …

Aversion to new Facebook News Feed could lead to scams

Facebook has been gradually rolling out a new, more simplified design for users’ News Feed for a while now. It’s a given that some users won’t like the …

20% of all malware ever created appeared in 2013

According to the latest PandaLabs report, malware creation hit a new milestone. In 2013 alone, cyber-criminals created and distributed 20 percent of all malware that has ever …

Gang wielding ColdFusion exploits expands botnet of hacked e-commerce sites

A German website of French automaker Citro?«n is the latest of the wide array of higher-profile webshop sites that have been compromised by a hacker gang leveraging Adobe …

“Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 found” video is a scam

Cyber scammers are misusing the public’s interest in the fate of the recently disappeared plane on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to lure users into filling in online …

Facebook security and privacy pitfalls

In this interview, Andrei Serbanoiu, Online Threats Researcher at Bitdefender, discusses Facebook security and privacy pitfalls, the dangers of sharing on the social network, …

Fraudulent tax returns net nearly $4 billion for cybercriminals

ThreatMetrix announced the risks consumers face during tax season and strategies to protect taxpayer identities, especially when filing online returns. Of all potentially …

Malware peddlers are trying out different exploit kits

Websense researchers have been following several recent email spam campaigns targeting users of popular services such as Skype and Evernote, and believe them to be initiated …

Facebook scam promises naked videos of friends, delivers Trojans instead

Bitdefender has discovered that more than 1,000 people have already been tricked into installing Trojan malware after clicking on a new Facebook scam that promises naked …

Cybercriminals increasingly drawn to Tor anonymity and hidden services

Initially created to help political dissidents bypass traffic restrictions and hide their online activity from authoritarian governments, the Tor anonymity network has long …

Three-year-old Uroburos rootkit likely created by Russian state-sponsored hackers

Researchers from German antivirus company G Data have discovered and analyzed a complex rootkit with spying capabilities and believe that it has been created and employed by …

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