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New Android devices sold with pre-installed malware

A wide range of smartphones and tablets manufactured by Samsung, Motorola, Asus and LG Electronics have apparently been compromised with malicious apps before being sold to …

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 …

Four trillion security transactions reveal security highlights

In 2013, CYREN analyzed more than four trillion security transactions worldwide – averaging 10 to 15 billion transactions per day. There’s been a marked increase …

Zeus retrieves attack list hidden in sunset and cat images

Malware peddlers employing a new Zeus banking Trojan variant have resorted to hiding the malware’s configuration file into innocuous-looking sunset and cat photos, warns …

Mt. Gox users targeted with fake promises of lost Bitcoin recovery

Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has shared more details about the issues that have led to it filing for bankruptcy protection just as malware peddlers have started taking advantage …

Two of every five CryptoLocker victims pay the ransom

Ransomware is one of the most effective means for cyber crooks to “earn” themselves huge sums of money with practically no effort, which explains its popularity …

SpyEye and Tilon banking malware have the same author(s)

When first discovered by Trusteer in 2012, the Tilon banking malware received its name because of some similarities with the Silon banking Trojan. As Silon (and Zeus, and …

Bogus Whatsapp desktop app offer leads to malware

The popularity of the Whatsapp IM service is undisputed – hundreds of millions of users around the world are proof of that. And it is precisely this what makes the name …

Android Trojan delivered via Facebook “Suggested Posts”

Researchers have uncovered a potentially massive attack on Android users. This highly elaborate ploy originates on Facebook, where cyber-criminals advertise a series of apps. …

Android banking Trojans are on the rise

The mobile malware sector continues to grow at a significant pace both technologically and structurally, and a majority of the mobile malware created in 2013 was focused on …

Details about Neiman Marcus breach revealed

The Neiman Marcus breach is not as bad as previously believed, as the number of potentially affected cards dropped from 1.1 million to approximately 350,000. “The number …

Yara signatures for Careto, the Masked APT

Last week, Kaspersky Lab released their research (Unveiling Careto – The Masked APT) on a fresh APT campaign, which is supposed to had been running for several years. …

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