Sinowal and Zbot Trojan collaborate in new attack
Trend Micro researchers have recently come across an interesting example of malware collaboration involving the Zeus banking Trojan and a new variant of the password-stealing …
Fake Facebook password request email carries malware
Not ones to miss an opportunity, malware peddlers are piggybacking on the fact that Facebook is blocking the accounts of certain users and demanding they change their …
The operations of a cyber arms dealer
FireEye researchers have linked eleven distinct APT cyber espionage campaigns previously believed to be unrelated, leading them to believe that there is a shared operation …
Apple-related phishing and online banking malware increase
As the holiday season approaches, Trend Micro is raising concern about the ongoing proliferation of Apple iOS phishing sites, as well as a sizable uptick in online banking …
Top 12 scams of the holiday season
McAfee released its annual “12 Scams of Christmas” list to educate the public on the most common scams that criminals use during the holiday season to take …
Cryptolocker surge directly tied with Blackhole downfall
The recent emergence of Cryptolocker as one of the most widespread, visible and deadly threats is directly tied to the arrest of “Paunch”, the creator of the …
The complexity of Android malware is increasing
259 new mobile threat families and variants of existing families were discovered by F-Secure Labs in the third quarter of 2013, according to the a new mobile threat report for …
Malware analysts regularly investigate undisclosed data breaches
ThreatTrack Security published a study that reveals mounting cybersecurity challenges within U.S. enterprises. Nearly 6 in 10 malware analysts reported they have investigated …
Cybercriminals opting for real-time malware campaigns and phishing
The third quarter of 2013 saw further use of real-time malware campaigns and a dramatic increase in phishing sites, according to Commtouch. The ever-growing exploitation of …
Svpeng Android banking Trojan goes phishing
The Android banking Trojan known as Svpeng has been improved by its creators and is now capable to perform phishing attacks as well as stealing money directly from a …
Malware peddlers testing new infection techniques
An ongoing malicious spam campaign impersonating UPS has shown that malware peddlers are experimenting with different approaches for infecting hapless users, and additional …
Hypervisor-based, hardware-assisted system monitoring
In the last few years, many different techniques have been introduced to analyse malicious binary executables. Most of these techniques take advantage of Virtual Machine …