Java exploits jump, Android malware emerges outside app stores
A continued rise in exploit-based attacks, particularly against Java, and an increasing sophistication in mobile threats characterized the first half of 2013, which saw its …
Phishing and malicious attachments on the increase
Spam volume has dropped in August, but with the level of phishing increasing tenfold and malicious attachments being found in 3.4 percent more emails when compared with July, …
Unofficial Android iMessage app can steal info and download malware
Android users who have dreamed about being able to use iMessage, Apple’s proprietary and free messaging solution, have been pleasantly surprised by the iMessage Chat for …
Major increase in Filecoder malware
The ESET HQ malware research lab is reporting an unusual spike in the actvity of Filecoder malware – Trojans that encrypt user files and try to extort a ransom from the …
Rootkit detector for OS X
ESET Rootkit Detector is a new security tool for OS X that scans for malicious kernel extensions attempting to change operating system behavior by hooking inside the OS. When …
A short overview of Android banking malware
As more and more people use their mobile phones to do their online banking, money transfers, and so on, cyber crooks wielding banking malware are increasingly turning to …
IE 0-day attack reports push ISC to raise official threat level
Over the weekend, FireEye researchers have managed to shed some light on the in-the-wild attacks leveraging the latest discovered Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability …
Clever email campaign delivers deadly ransomware to orgs
A new type of ransomware that obviously concentrates on targeting organizations instead of home users has been spotted by Emsisoft researchers. Dubbed CryptoLocker, the …
Websites of energy sector companies compromised in watering hole attack
The websites of nearly a dozen energy sector companies have been compromised to serve as so-called “watering holes”, where visitors would be served with malware or …
Researchers discover ties between TDSS and ZeroAccess rootkit families
A lot has been said and written about the long-lasting TDSS (or TDL) and the considerably newer ZeroAccess (or Sirefef) rootkits, and the similarities between the two have …
New wave of Shylock Trojan targets bank customers
Cybercrooks wielding the Caphaw (better known as Shylock) banking Trojan are once again targeting users of financial institutions around the world, warns Zscaler. The initial …
Rootkit freezes computers’ hard disk to respawn itself
Researchers from Vietnamese security firm Bkav have recently spotted and analyzed a new piece of malware that uses an unexpected self-protection mechanism: it …