Highly compelling spam campaign delivers malware
A spam email campaign that may trick a lot of users opening the malicious attachment has been spotted by Sophos. Variations of “RE:Check the attachment you have to react …
Fake “Steam Cracker” steals user credentials
Users of Valve’s Steam game platform are once again targeted by malware peddlers, and this time the lure is a “Steam Cracker”. The cracker is being offered …
DarkComer RAT disguised as Skype encryption software
A while ago, Syrian dissidents claimed that the government uses malware to spy on them. The malware was delivered through compromised email accounts of other opposition …
How cybercriminals are infecting networks
Research by Websense reveals the trifecta that is driving epidemic levels of data theft: 1) extremely effective social media lures 2) evasive and hard-to-detect infiltration …
Spam campaign combines phishing, malware and survey scams
An ongoing spam campaign characterized by brief subject lines and containing only a hyperlink rendered in a large font saying “Click here to see the attached …
Flashback botnet decline not as fast as expected
Given the attention that the Flashback Mac malware has received since the discovery of the 600K strong botnet of computers infected with it and the number of tools that …
Malware disguised as new Instagram Android app
Instagram, the popular free photo sharing app for iOS devices, is now available for download for Android users on Google Play and Instagram’s website. Unfortunately, a …
Active fake AV spam campaigns hit Twitter
Two distinct malicious spam campaigns are currently targeting Twitter users and taking them to compromised sites serving rogue AV and scareware software, warns GFI. The …
APT attackers spoof email sent by malware researcher
Pro-Tibetan activists and organizations currently seem to be one of the most targeted groups when it comes to emails with malicious attachments, and the people behind the …
New Mac malware uses Flashback Java exploit
Apple’s decision to push out a Flashback malware removal tool for OS X Lion bundled with a new Java security update has proven to be rather fortunate, as a new Mac OS X …
“Movie” apps on Google Play steal contact info
29 malicious Android apps whose goal is to steal personal and contact information have been discovered over the weekend on the official Google Play market. According to …
Stuxnet was planted via infected memory stick
Although it has never been confirmed, the speculation that the Stuxnet worm was manufactured for the express reason of disrupting the production at Iran’s Natanz uranium …