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20% of all malware ever created appeared in 2013

According to the latest PandaLabs report, malware creation hit a new milestone. In 2013 alone, cyber-criminals created and distributed 20 percent of all malware that has ever …

25,000 UNIX servers hijacked by backdoor Trojan

The ESET security research team, in collaboration with CERT-Bund, the Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing and other leading agencies, has uncovered a widespread …

Rbrute Trojan hacks Wi-Fi routers to help spread Sality

Researchers from Russian AV company Dr. Web have recently analyzed a Trojan that hacks Wi-Fi routers in order to facilitate the spreading of the infamous Sality malware …

Account-hijacking Trojan spreads via Facebook messages

Private messages delivering what seems to be an image are spreading like wildfire on Facebook, as the file in question triggers the download of a Trojan that compromises the …

Facebook scam promises naked videos of friends, delivers Trojans instead

Bitdefender has discovered that more than 1,000 people have already been tricked into installing Trojan malware after clicking on a new Facebook scam that promises naked …

Zeus retrieves attack list hidden in sunset and cat images

Malware peddlers employing a new Zeus banking Trojan variant have resorted to hiding the malware’s configuration file into innocuous-looking sunset and cat photos, warns …

SpyEye and Tilon banking malware have the same author(s)

When first discovered by Trusteer in 2012, the Tilon banking malware received its name because of some similarities with the Silon banking Trojan. As Silon (and Zeus, and …

Bogus Whatsapp desktop app offer leads to malware

The popularity of the Whatsapp IM service is undisputed – hundreds of millions of users around the world are proof of that. And it is precisely this what makes the name …

Android Trojan delivered via Facebook “Suggested Posts”

Researchers have uncovered a potentially massive attack on Android users. This highly elaborate ploy originates on Facebook, where cyber-criminals advertise a series of apps. …

Android banking Trojans are on the rise

The mobile malware sector continues to grow at a significant pace both technologically and structurally, and a majority of the mobile malware created in 2013 was focused on …

Mac Bitcoin-stealing Trojan lurks on download sites and GitHub

CoinThief, the recently discovered Bitcoin-stealing Trojan that targets Mac users, has been spotted being offered on several download websites such as CNET’s …

Modular Corcow banking Trojan poised for success

Banking Trojans are among the most used stealthy malware, and the most popular ones are undoubtedly Zeus, SpyEye, Citadel and Carberp. Still, that doesn’t mean there is …

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