Malicious fake Android AV apps pushed onto users
It seems that every week a new way of targeting Android users with malware is discovered, and most often than not, Russian users are primary targets. Sophos’ researcher …
Flashback botmasters earned less than $15K
It has already been established that the criminals behind the Flashback botnet were after money, but according to Symantec researchers, their plan was foiled by the attention …
Ads on Wikipedia can point to malware infection
Every now and then, Wikipedia’s popularity and brand are misused by malware peddlers, typosquatters and scammers. But the fact that the Wikipedia project is funded …
Banking Trojan masquerading as Chrome installer
Brazilian and Peruvian users looking to install Google’s Chrome browser are in grave danger of downloading information-stealing malware instead. “We recently found …
Zeus exploits users of Facebook, Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo!
Trusteer discovered a series of attacks being carried out by a P2P variant of the Zeus platform against users of Facebook, Google Mail, Hotmail and Yahoo – offering …
Alternative app marketplaces prove profitable for cybercriminals
Avast researchers discovered a new batch of fake alternative marketplaces for downloading smartphone apps that trick users into sending premium rate SMS messages. Using a …
Fake HD repair tool targets Windows users
In the last year, ransomware infections have taken over from scareware as the cybercriminals’ favorite mode of squeezing money out of their victims, but that …
Trojan posing as Flash Player for Android
Russian Android users are constantly targeted with Trojans posing as legitimate apps. Last month it was fake Instagram and Angry Birds Space apps, this time the lure is a …
FixMeStick: USB device for removing malware
FixMeStick has launched the first ever, consumer-ready USB device for removing viruses from infected PCs. The principles of the FixMeStick are not new to security IT …
Ransomware starts targeting US users
A year or two ago, fake antivirus solutions were pushed almost daily onto users, but as time went by, they became wiser and more able to recognize them. So cybercriminals …
Java drive-by generator used in recent attack
A malware delivery campaign that doubles its infections efforts to really make sure the users get compromised has been recently spotted by F-Secure researchers. One of them …
Online banking fraud insurance scam
In their never ending effort to devise new schemes that defraud online banking accounts, criminals have come up with a scam that is both simple and extremely believable …