jQuery.com compromised to serve malware via drive-by download
jQuery.com, the official website of the popular cross-platform JavaScript library of the same name, has been compromised and has been redirecting visitors to a website hosting …
Tinba Trojan targets major US banks
Tinba, the tiny (20 KB) banking malware with man-in-the-browser and network traffic sniffing capabilities, is back. After initially being made to target users of a small …
Macro based malware is on the rise
Malware authors have a rediscovered their love for Visual Basic, as the percentage of macro based malware rose from around 6% of all document malware in June to 28% in July, …
Citadel malware becomes APT tool in newest hacking campaign
APT attackers wielding a newer, more dangerous versions of the Citadel malware have been targeting a number of Middle Eastern petrochemical companies, Trusteer researchers …
(IN)SECURE Magazine issue 43 released
(IN)SECURE Magazine is a free digital security publication discussing some of the hottest information security topics. Issue 43 has been released today. Table of contents: …
Dragonfly malware targeting pharmaceutical companies
The recently revealed Dragonfly (Havex) malware is likely targeting the pharmaceutical sector, not the energy sector as previously believed, according to Belden. Until now, …
Home Depot and Target attackers likely not the same
More details about the malware used in the Home Depot breach have surfaced, and it seems that, after all, it wasn’t the one used in the Target breach (BlackPOS). …
Everything you need to know about POS malware
With this year’s dramatic uptick in data breaches targeting retailers and restaurant chains and, more specifically, the payment card data they process every day, …
Researchers find malicious extensions in Chrome Web Store
Earlier this year, Google has made it so that extension that are not hosted on the Chrome Web Store can’t be installed and used by users of its popular browser. This …
Researchers unlock TorrentLocker encryption
A team of Finnish researchers has discovered that the files encrypted by the recently unearthed TorrentLocker ransomware can be decrypted without paying the ransom – if …
Salesforce users hit with malware-based targeted attack
Late last Friday, global cloud-based CRM provider Salesforce has sent out a warning to its account administrators about its customers being targeted by the Dyreza malware. …
Ransomware rising, even on Android
The first half 2014 saw an increase in online attacks that lock up user data and hold it for ransom – even on mobile devices, according to F-Secure. Rising numbers of …
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