Spotting malicious apps on Android markets just got easier
“Spotting malicious apps before they are offered for download and/or removing them is a tough challenge for every online Android app marketplace, including Google Play, …
Malvertising campaigns increase 325 percent
Cyphort investigated the practices used by cyber criminals to inject malicious advertisements into legitimate online advertising networks. Researchers found that malvertising …
Angler EK exploits recently patched IE bug to deliver ransomware
“If they haven’t already, Internet Explorer users would do well to implement the security update provided by Microsoft last month, as among the fixed vulnerability …
GameOver Zeus gang boss also engaged in cyber espionage
Cyber crooks and cyber spies are often two distinct categories of attackers, but not always. Years-long research by the FBI, Fox-IT and Crowdstrike revealed that, at least in …
Malicious advertisements surge! 260% spike in 2015
“RiskIQ announced at Black Hat USA 2015 its latest findings on the prevalence of malvertising across the nearly two billion publisher pages and 10 million mobile apps it …
Malvertisers abused Yahoos ad network for days
“A large-scale malvertising attack abusing Yahoos ad network has been hitting visitors of the Internet giant’s many popular and heavy-traffic sites for nearly a …
Macs can be permanently compromised via firmware worm
“Security researchers Xeno Kovah and Trammell Hudson have discovered several flaws in the firmware installed on Apple computers, and have created a worm that can …
Fake “Windows 10 Free Upgrade” emails deliver ransomware
“It didn’t take long for malware peddlers to take advantage of the huge interest users have shown into Windows 10. The newest version of the popular software was …
Most malvertising attacks are hosted on news and entertainment websites
“More than 50 percent of malvertising is unknowingly hosted on news and entertainment websites, according to Bromium. “Bad actors look to extend their reach as far …
Hacking Team’s RCS Android: The most sophisticated Android malware ever exposed
“As each day passes and researchers find more and more source code in the huge Hacking Team data dump, it becomes more clear what the company’s customers could do …
Free tools for detecting Hacking Team malware in your systems
“Worried that you might have been targeted with Hacking Team spyware, but don’t know how to find out for sure? IT security firm Rook Security has released Milano, …
Hacking Team used fake app hosted on Google Play to install its spyware on Android devices
“The massive Hacking Team data leak includes the source code of a fake Android news app and instructions on how to use it, Trend Micro researchers have found. The app, …