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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • May 6th, 2016
AlphaLocker Is the Most Professional Ransomware Kit to Date

AlphaLocker Is the Most Professional Ransomware Kit to Date

... but security researchers already cracked it

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • May 6th, 2016
New Trojan Uses Fiddler to Redirect Infected Users to Phishing Sites

New Trojan Uses Fiddler to Redirect Infected Users to Phishing Sites

Only targets users of one Mexican bank, for now

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • May 5th, 2016
Android Trojan Pesters Users for Administrator Rights Non-Stop

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

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • May 5th, 2016
Ads on News Sites Pushed Malware-Infected Android Marshmallow Upgrade

Ads on News Sites Pushed Malware-Infected Android Marshmallow Upgrade

Malicious activity points to a server in Estonia

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • May 4th, 2016
New CryptMix Ransomware Promises to Give Money to a Children's Charity

New CryptMix Ransomware Promises to Give Money to a Children's Charity

CryptMix is a mashup of CryptXXX and CryptoWall

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • May 1st, 2016
Decrypter for Alpha Ransomware Lets Victims Recover Files for Free

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

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 29th, 2016
Crooks Deliver Android Malware via Fake Google Chrome Updates

Crooks Deliver Android Malware via Fake Google Chrome Updates

Malware collects sensitive info, including credit card data

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 29th, 2016
BPlug Trojan Hides in Chrome Extensions and Spams Your Facebook Friends

BPlug Trojan Hides in Chrome Extensions and Spams Your Facebook Friends

Trojan also hides your Facebook logout menu

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 29th, 2016
TrueCrypter Ransomware Dev Leaves Flaw in Code That Lets Victims Decrypt Files <em>UPDATED</em>

TrueCrypter Ransomware Dev Leaves Flaw in Code That Lets Victims Decrypt Files UPDATED

Major slip-up allows victims to easily decrypt their files

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 28th, 2016
Three Android Malware Variants Battle for Supremacy on the Underground Market

Three Android Malware Variants Battle for Supremacy on the Underground Market

World, meet KNL Bot, Bilal Bot, and Cron Bot

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 28th, 2016
Researchers Find Three New Ransomware Strains: CryptFlle2, BrLock and MM Locker

Researchers Find Three New Ransomware Strains: CryptFlle2, BrLock and MM Locker

Threats are simplistic but nevertheless dangerous

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 27th, 2016
RuMMS Android Malware Attacks via SMS Spam, Steals Money from Bank Accounts

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

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 25th, 2016
Ransomware Can Infect Android Devices Without Any User Interaction

Ransomware Can Infect Android Devices Without Any User Interaction

Hacking Team and Towelroot exploits combined to deliver ransomware to Android devices via malvertising

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 24th, 2016
Windows PowerShell and Google Docs Abused to Spread Laziok Trojan

Windows PowerShell and Google Docs Abused to Spread Laziok Trojan

Attackers deployed Laziok as a reconnaissance tool

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 20th, 2016
New CryptoBit Ransomware Could Be Decryptable

New CryptoBit Ransomware Could Be Decryptable

Researchers are still reverse-engineering the malware

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 20th, 2016
Meet Panda Banker, One of the Most Recent Zeus Banking Trojan's Offspring

Meet Panda Banker, One of the Most Recent Zeus Banking Trojan's Offspring

Panda Banker targets only banks in Australia, the UK

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • April 20th, 2016
New PWOBot Python Malware Can Log Keystrokes, Mine for Bitcoin

New PWOBot Python Malware Can Log Keystrokes, Mine for Bitcoin

PWOBot only targeted European organizations

 
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