cybercriminals

So far, ransomware has mostly been spotted targeting US, Canadian, Australian and European users, but its not limited to hitting citizens of these traditionally prosperous …

A new FireEye report highlights the resurgence of Poison Ivy, a malware Remote Access Tool (RAT) that has remained popular and effective eight years after its original release …

McAfee found that Android-based malware achieved a 35 percent growth rate not seen since early 2012. This rebound was marked by the continued proliferation of SMS-stealing …

When cybercriminals use Man-in-the-Browser (MitB) malware to commit online fraud, financial institutions are not their only targets. Dating, eCommerce, hospitality, and travel …

The cross-platform Frutas RAT is being used in a new email phishing campaign targeting high-profile finance, mining, and telecom companies as well as governments in Europe and …

Cybercriminals have been spotted using a novel method of controlling Android mobile malware: a legitimate service called Google Cloud Messaging. GCM has been created to allow …

A series of Internet campaigns pushing bogus Firefox updates onto unwary users have been spotted by researchers, and among them is one that lures them in through “Green …

When it comes to the infamous Reveton ransomware, cyber crooks are forever coming up with additional ways to bilk money from users: pairing it up with banking Trojans, playing …

For malware authors and attackers, the ideal malware is that which works on as many platforms as possible. As Java is used in a wide variety of computing platforms, it stands …

According to a recent report by Alcatel-Lucent subsidiary Kindsight, as much as 10 percent of home networks and over 0.5 percent of mobile devices are infected with malware, …

Phishing attack frequency declined 20 percent from Q4 2012 to Q1 2013, due to a precipitous drop in virtual server phishing attacks. APWG statistics indicate that phishing …

2013 has been touted by Gartner as the year when mobile phones will overtake PCs as the most common Web access device worldwide. When you think about it, it’s logical, …