Microsoft names alleged Zeus bot herders
When Microsoft disrupted two of the most harmful botnets using Zeus malware in March, they also filed a lawsuit at the federal district court in New York against the bot …
SMS Trojan masquerades as Firefox for Android
Android users who have a preference for Russian third-party online Android markets should be on the lookout for a malware posing as the Firefox browser. The developers of this …
Malicious emails target Uyghur activists, deliver backdoors
Highly targeted emails carrying a backdoor Trojan are currently directed at Uyghur activists, warn Kaspersky Lab and Alien Vault researchers. The former spotted emails …
Massive crime ring automates bank fraud, steals tens of millions
Two-factor authentication schemes have definitely been proven to be ineffectual as news of a massive global financial services fraud campaign that targeted well-moneyed …
Customized webinjects for Zeus and SpyEye Trojans on sale
Criminals are now selling customized webinjects that are priced per feature. For example, one seller offers a webinject for Zeus/SpyEye that contains the automatic transfer …
Zeus malware strain infecting 1 in 50 PCs
ThreatMetrix Labs came across a new variant of the P2P version of the Zeus Trojan. One of the main changes to this variant is the way it encrypts its configuration file …
Massive botnet shut down after botmaster’s arrest
Following an investigation that lasted 10 months, Russian police authorities have managed to arrest the 22-year-old operator of one of the largest botnets known to date. …
Spammers bait users with “stolen nude photos”, deliver malware
If you get an email saying that nude pictures of you and/or of your girlfriend have been leaked on the Internet, don’t open the attachment. The same goes for attachments …
Bogus BancorpSouth emails lead to exploit kit
Fake security related notices ostensibly coming from BancorpSouth, a bank holding company operating mainly in the South of the United States, have been hitting users’ …
Trojan infection triggers massive printing jobs
If your printers start printing garbage characters until they run out of paper, it’s a sure sign your network has been hit by the Milicenso Trojan. According to Symantec …
Malware-as-a-service allows victim management
A big amount of the malware out there are RAT (Remote administration tool) samples. This is software created by people specialized on it, people that develop, improve and sell …
Rising malware threat for banking credentials
AhnLab cautioned against increasing variations of SpyEye trojan and ZeuS bot that attempt to steal personal banking information all over the world. Lately, the AhnLab Security …
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