9% of all ransomware-infected emails target the UK
9.1% of all ransomware-infected emails detected by Bitdefender in 2015 have targeted UK users. Furthermore, 54% of all malware files targeting the UK contained some form of …
Mobile banking threats among the leading malicious financial programs
For the first time ever, mobile financial threats rank among the top ten malicious programs designed to steal money. Another alarming trend is the rapid spread of ransomware, …
Five key cybersecurity trends for 2016
The overwhelming shift to mobile and cloud computing among both businesses and consumers will see some surprising additions to the risk landscape in 2016. ISACA shares five …
Comcast users hit with malvertising, malware and tech support scam all in one go
Another tech support scam / ransomware campaign combo has been launched at users, but this time the order of delivery is reversed. The intended victims are the customers of …
New Steam escrow system drives impatient users to fake trading sites serving malware
On Wednesday, Valve introduced a new “trade hold” system that should prevent scammers from stealing items from Steam users’ hijacked account, or at least …
Malware threats on pirated content sites
Content theft sites pose a serious and growing threat to Internet users by exposing them to harmful malware that can lead to identity theft, financial loss and computers being …
Demand for new malicious programs reaches saturation point
According to Kaspersky Lab, the number of new malware files detected by its products in 2015 decreased to 310,000 a day, falling 15,000 from the 2014 number of 325,000. …
Nemesis financial malware kit gains bootkit capabilities, extra stealth
A threat group that steals mostly payment card data from financial services organizations has added a bootkit utility to their malware toolkit. This new capability assures the …
“Backstabbing” malware steals mobile backups via infected computers
In this day and age, our mobile devices carry more personal and business information than any other electronic device. Is it any wonder, then, that attackers want to have …
Exposed: New toolset of the Sofacy cyber-espionage group
Kaspersky Lab has spotted new attacks by the Sofacy group which make use of several upgraded techniques designed for aggressive persistency and greater invisibility of …
A deadly campaign delivers Pony info-stealer followed by Cryptowall ransomware
After the tech support scam paired with ransomware, another deadly combination has been seen targeting PC users: info-stealer coupled with ransomware. According to Heimdal …
A double whammy of tech support scam and ransomware hits US, UK users
Tech support scams and ransomware usually don’t go together, but there’s a first time for everything. Symantec researchers have spotted a generic tech support scam …
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