Kaspersky discovered a new strain of the Svpeng Trojan delivered through popular news websites using Google’s AdSense via a zero-day in Chrome. Crooks exploited a Chrome Zero-Day vulnerability to deliver the Android Svpeng Trojan to Android users via Google AdSense. The Svpeng Trojan is not a new threat, it was first spotted by Kaspersky Lab in July 2013 when threat […]
Security experts from Cheetah Mobile Security Research Lab published an interesting Technical analysis of the mobile variant of the Locker virus. Blatant malicious behavior of the Locker virus The Locker virus can easily be identified by its blatant malicious behavior. Here are the tell-tail signs: Windows appear on the top of the home screen that […]
Security researchers at Skycure have discovered a new commodity Android Spyware, dubbed Exaspy, targeting high-level executives. While in many countries the number of Smartphone and Tables is greater of desktop PC, new threats are targeting mobile devices. Researchers at Skycure have discovered a new strain of Android spyware, dubbed Exaspy, that has been used in targeted attacks against […]
Switzerland’s attorney general has confirmed to have investigated the presence of spyware in a venue that also hosted talks on Iran’s nuclear negotiations. Swiss officials confirmed to have found an espionage malware in the computer equipment at Geneva venue, a five-star hotel (believed to be Hotel Président Wilson) that has hosted sensitive talks including Iranian nuclear negotiations. […]
Mirai botnet was used to power a massive DDoS attack against Liberia causing the Internet outage in the entire country with financially devastating results. Mirai is the malware that a few weeks ago caused a massive Internet outage in the US. Mirai was first spotted this summer by the security expert MalwareMustDie, now media reported the use of the […]
A malware compromised the NHS network, hundreds of scheduled operations, appointments, and diagnostic procedures have been canceled. The situation is becoming even more worrying and dangerous, healthcare industry continues to be targeted by hackers and malware. Cyber attacks on hospitals is a disconcerting trend emerged across the years, they represent a serious threat for data […]
Cisco Talos group analyzed the evolution of the Sundown exploit kit that over the past six months has become responsible for a large number of infections. Over the past months, the threat landscape for exploit kits is rapidly changing. Angler EK, Neutrino EK, and Nuclear EK that for years monopolized the criminal underground disappeared. Now, […]
According to a study published by the independent anti-virus testing outfit AV-TEST, the number of malicious search engine results has been increasing. The vast majority of the Internet users blindly trust data provided in response to their queries to the search engines. Actually, search engine results are increasingly poisoned with malicious links, the experts noticed a […]
Exclusive: The security researcher MalwareMustDie has found a new Linux/IRCTelnet malware– made in Italy – that aims IoT botnet connected by IRC and Telnet. It is able to generate an IPv6 DDoS and performing NEW dangerous capabilities that Mirai was unable to cover. In a brief interview to Security Affairs @unixfreakjp of MalwareMustDie group explains […]
Watch out, threat research labs Netskope spotted the CloudFanta Malware Stealing Banking Information Via Cloud Storage Apps. Threat Research Labs, Netskope, published a detailed research on the malware “CloudFanta” campaign, suspect since July 2016 to steal more than 26,000 worth of email credentials. CloudFanta benefits from the ‘SugarSync’ – a cloud storage app – to […]