“Watering hole” sites crucial to new cyber espionage campaign
RSA’s newly dubbed FirstWatch research team has recently presented their findings on a “water holing” campaign that they first spotted back in July. The …
Bogus Facebook photo notification carries malware
A new Facebook-themed spam campaign is targeting the social network’s users, trying to trick them into opening the attached file: “The attached ZIP file has the …
How to prevent a botnet infection?
The research team at e-mail security provider Eleven, published five tips today to help users prevent a botnet infection on their computer. Botnets are groups of hijacked …
F-Secure Mobile Security protects Android TVs and set-top boxes
F-Secure launched a new version of F-Secure Mobile Security which features support for standard Android devices including TVs and set-top boxes. The new version also comes …
Mobile banking trends and hidden risks
While mobile banking apps are growing quickly in popularity, 68 percent of smartphone owners who have not yet adopted these apps are holding back due to security fears, while …
Backdoor Trojan masquerading as KLM e-ticket
As many flyers tend to book their tickets online and receive them in electronic form, it’s no wonder that malware peddlers often choose to deliver their malicious wares …
Fake debt payment notices deliver malware
Emails purportedly coming from PayPal’s Bill Me Later service have been hitting inboxes around the world, threatening to file charges against the users if they do not …
Twitter messages lead to phishing AND malware
If you have received a private message from another Twitter telling you “lol ur famous now”, have followed it to a fake Facebook page requiring you to log into …
Pinterest users targeted with fake ad-pushing app
Pinterest, the extremely popular pinboard-style social photo sharing website, has launched official apps for Android, iPad and iPhone back in April, but that hasn’t …
Darwin’s theory applies to malware
G Data’s new malware report shows a new and unexpected development in malware: the extreme growth of new malicious programs seems to be slowing down. Granted, the …
Google Go programming language used for creating destructive Trojan
When Google introduced its Go programming language in 2009, they surely didn’t hope for it to be used for writing malware but, as these things go, it was a only a matter …
Analysis of Flame C&C servers reveals more unknown malware
Since its discovery by Kaspersky Lab and CrySyS researchers back in May, the Flame malware and its C&C infrastructure are being analyzed for additional clues on who might …