Zscaler experts have found in the wild a fake version of the Super Mario Run Android App that could install the Android Marcher banking trojan. Bad news for mobile gamers, security experts at Zscaler have spotted a strain of the Android Marcher Trojan masqueraded as the recently released Super Mario Run mobile game for Appleâs iOS. Marcher is a sophisticated banking […]
Forcepoint has detected two new versions of an advanced persistent threat (APT) malware dubbed MM Core APT and first discovered in 2013. The APT MM Core malware has been in the wild since April 2013 when it was spotted for the first time by experts at FireEye. The malware researchers dubbed the first release of the […]
Recently experts from MalwareHunterTeam discovered FireCrypt ransomware, a threat that comes as a malware building kit and includes DDoS code. Ransomware has become one of the fastest growing threats, new malware implements sophisticated features to avoid detection and rapidly spread among the greatest number of machines. Recently experts from MalwareHunterTeam discovered a new strain of ransomware dubbed FireCrypt, […]
The Koolova ransomware will decrypt the encrypted files for free it the victim read two blog posts about how to avoid ransomware infection. Ransomware authors are very creative, in the last here we assisted a rapid evolution of the cyber extortion practice. Ransomware has become one of the fastest growing threats, new malware implements sophisticated […]
The software engineer Darren Cauthon reported his LG Smart TV was infected with ransomware on Christmas day, the malware asked for $500 to unlock the device IoT Ransomware is a scaring reality, the threat will increase in the next months and security firms have been warning IT industry. Routers, smart TV, and CCTVs are all potential victims of […]
A new variant of the Sundown exploit kit leverages on steganography to hide exploit code in harmless-looking image files. Security experts from Trend Micro have spotted a new version of the Sundown exploit kit that exploits steganography in order to hide malicious code in harmless-looking image files. The use of steganography was recently observed in the malvertising campaigns conducted […]
Researchers at security firm CyberX have recently discovered a variant of the KillDisk malware that also implements ransomware features. KillDisk is a malware that has been used in attacks against industrial control systems (ICS), it was developed to wipe the hard drives of the infected machine in order to make it inoperable. The new variant is […]
Security experts from Kaspersky Lab have spotted a new Android Trojan, dubbed Switcher, that targets routers in order to change their DNS settings. Malware researchers at Kaspersky Lab have spotted a new Android Trojan, dubbed Switcher, that targets routers and changes their DNS settings in order to redirect traffic to malicious websites. The Switcher Trojan has been […]
Lithuania said found Russian spyware on its government computers, the government blames Moscow for cyber espionage campaigns. Lithuania blames Russia for cyber attacks that have hit government networks over the last two years. According to the Reuters, the head of cyber security Rimtautas Cerniauskas confirmed the discovery of at least three Russian spyware on government […]
Alice ATM malware is a new threat targeting ATMs discovered by researchers at Trend Micro  as part of a joint research project with Europol EC3. Security experts from Trend Micro have discovered a strain of ATM malware, dubbed Alice, that was designed to target the safes of the self-serve machines. The malware is very essential, […]