New financial malware targeting banks avoids AV detection
Two years ago, Trusteer discovered Silon, a financial malware that was defrauding online banking customers protected by two factor authentication systems left and right. In …
Free cleanup tool for Morcut malware targeting Macs
MacClean is a free clean-up solution designed for Apple fans that may be infected by the Morcut malware. Once downloaded, this easy-to-use tool scans your Mac and alerts you …
Andy Murray is the most dangerous British athlete in cyberspace
Tennis player Andy Murray has topped a list of the most dangerous British athletes to search for on the web, according to McAfee. Following on from the annual McAfee Most …
Stuxnet cousin able to attack industrial control systems
Today, extensive analysis on a new cyber espionage weapon dubbed “Gauss’ has been released, stating that the tool has capabilities to attack national critical …
Nepalese government websites serving backdoor
Two websites belonging to the Nepalese government have been injected with malicious code that tries to take advantage of a Java vulnerability (CVE-2012-0507) in order to …
Defense contractor targeted with “sexy” spam carrying malware
Targeted spam campaigns take many forms and take advantage a variety of natural human responses and feelings such as curiosity, fear, or lust. This last one spotted bet on the …
6+ million malware samples created in the last 3 months
In the second quarter of 2012 alone, more than six million new malware samples were created, a similar figure to the first quarter, according to PandaLabs. The average number …
Olympics and Android hit by malware and rogue apps
GFI Software released its report of the most prevalent threat detections encountered last month. In July, GFI threat researchers observed a number of malware attacks targeting …
RSA and Bit9 team to accelerate cyber forensics investigations
Bit9 announced an agreement with RSA to integrate Bit9’s cloud-based software reputation service with RSA NetWitness Spectrum Live service. Under terms of the agreement, …
Android malware masquerading as legitimate AV apps
If you’re an Android user, you probably couldn’t help but notice the hundreds of articles about the proliferation of malware created specifically for that …
Employees targeted with faked emails from payroll services firms
Administrators at companies that outsourced payroll management to outside firms have recently been heavily targeted with malicious emails supposedly coming from those very …
Malicious Olympic 2012 Android apps spotted
The Olympic Games currently underway in London have proven to be one of the best lures for cyber scammers and other cyber crooks: we’ve had Olympic-themed spam emails …