Waledac botmasters use Virut malware to build a new botnet
Despite having been swooped down on by security companies and law enforcement a couple of times, the botmasters of the Waledac (Kelihos) botnet refuse to give up and are using …
Cyber-espionage campaign targeting diplomatic and government institutions
Kaspersky Lab identified an elusive cyber-espionage campaign targeting diplomatic, governmental and scientific research organizations in several countries for at least five …
Increase in targeted spam and phishing attacks via e-mail
The threat level in the field of e-mail security increased in 2012 and will continue to do so in 2013 – despite the fact that spam levels decreased by 53% in 2012 as …
Fake LinkedIn notifications lead to phishing and malware
LinkedIn users are once again targeted with a massive and widespread spam campaign that takes the form of a notification about a supposedly received message from a potential …
Spoofed Google Chrome update page serves malware
Malware peddlers are taking advantage of yesterday’s release of the latest version of Google Chrome and have already set up a spoofed page of the initial rollout page in …
Bogus U.S. Airways registration confirmation leads to info-stealing malware
A new email spam campaign impersonating U.S. Airways is hitting inboxes, warns Webroot, and the airline’s customers would do well to be on the lookout for the following …
Japanese cops collar malware-carrying cat
When imagining law enforcement officers investigating and searching for cyber criminals or evidence about their activities, the last thing that you can probably envision is …
Cybercriminals mostly targeting LinkedIn, PayPal and Amazon
GFI Software released a collection of the most prevalent threat detections encountered last month. In December, GFI threat researchers found a handful of phony Google Play app …
ENISA summarizes 120 threat reports, identifies top trends
The EU’s cyber security agency ENISA has published the first Cyber Threat Landscape analysis of 2012, summarizing over 120 threat reports. The report identifies and …
McAfee says he used malware to spy on Belize authorities
John McAfee’s name is well-known in the information security industry, but until very recently, most of the general public didn’t know that he had long ago stopped …
Conficker targets photography lovers
People who bought a Hama-manufactured slide scanner from popular German retailer chain Tchibo in the weeks leading to Christmas are being warned about taking home more than …
The threat landscape continues to expand rapidly
ThreatMetrix announced cybersecurity trends and risks businesses and consumers must keep top of mind in 2013. These include cyberwarfare, data breaches, migrating malware, …
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