- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 6th, 2016
AlphaLocker Is the Most Professional Ransomware Kit to Date
... but security researchers already cracked it
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 6th, 2016
New Trojan Uses Fiddler to Redirect Infected Users to Phishing Sites
Only targets users of one Mexican bank, for now
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 5th, 2016
Android Trojan Pesters Users for Administrator Rights Non-Stop
Like a whining child, the trojan won't give up until it gains device admin privileges so it can carry out its attacks
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 5th, 2016
Ads on News Sites Pushed Malware-Infected Android Marshmallow Upgrade
Malicious activity points to a server in Estonia
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 4th, 2016
New CryptMix Ransomware Promises to Give Money to a Children's Charity
CryptMix is a mashup of CryptXXX and CryptoWall
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 1st, 2016
Decrypter for Alpha Ransomware Lets Victims Recover Files for Free
Another weird case of a ransomware crook asking for iTunes gift cards instead of (undetectable) Bitcoin
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 29th, 2016
Crooks Deliver Android Malware via Fake Google Chrome Updates
Malware collects sensitive info, including credit card data
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 29th, 2016
BPlug Trojan Hides in Chrome Extensions and Spams Your Facebook Friends
Trojan also hides your Facebook logout menu
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 29th, 2016
TrueCrypter Ransomware Dev Leaves Flaw in Code That Lets Victims Decrypt Files UPDATED
Major slip-up allows victims to easily decrypt their files
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 28th, 2016
Three Android Malware Variants Battle for Supremacy on the Underground Market
World, meet KNL Bot, Bilal Bot, and Cron Bot
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 28th, 2016
Researchers Find Three New Ransomware Strains: CryptFlle2, BrLock and MM Locker
Threats are simplistic but nevertheless dangerous
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 27th, 2016
RuMMS Android Malware Attacks via SMS Spam, Steals Money from Bank Accounts
It targets users in Russia only, also includes an SMS worm that allows it to spread to other Android devices
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 25th, 2016
Ransomware Can Infect Android Devices Without Any User Interaction
Hacking Team and Towelroot exploits combined to deliver ransomware to Android devices via malvertising
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 24th, 2016
Windows PowerShell and Google Docs Abused to Spread Laziok Trojan
Attackers deployed Laziok as a reconnaissance tool
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 20th, 2016
New CryptoBit Ransomware Could Be Decryptable
Researchers are still reverse-engineering the malware
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 20th, 2016
Meet Panda Banker, One of the Most Recent Zeus Banking Trojan's Offspring
Panda Banker targets only banks in Australia, the UK
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 20th, 2016
New PWOBot Python Malware Can Log Keystrokes, Mine for Bitcoin
PWOBot only targeted European organizations