Update. Washington Free Beacon representatives have told Softpedia that the issue has been addressed. The site is now safe to visit. Find the initial story below. These days, most media organizations are in a rush to publish stories on the recent NSA data leak. As expected with a story of such importance, ... [read more >>] Kaspersky Lab researchers have come across a threat which they say is the most sophisticated Android Trojan they’ve ever seen.
Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad.a is capable of performing various malicious tasks, including sending SMSs to premium rate numbers, downloading and installing additional malware, an... [read more >>] US law enforcement has teamed up with the private sector in an effort to disrupt the operations of 1,462 botnets powered by Citadel, the notorious malware designed to steal information that fraudsters can use to illegally access bank accounts.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Microsoft, the Financial S... [read more >>] Experts continue to analyze the pieces of malware used in the attacks against several high-profile South Korean organizations.
Up until now, no one was able to find a connection between the wiper malware used to delete information from the affected systems and the Whois hacker team that defaced the websit... [read more >>] Security firm Spider.io has identified a botnet, dubbed Chameleon, which helps cybercriminals earn more than $6 million (4.6 million EUR) a month from advertisers by emulating human visitors on certain websites.
Chameleon, which has been monitored by the company since December 2012, is similar to the recen... [read more >>] Earlier this week, we learned about MiniDuke, another sophisticated piece of malware used in cyberattacks against government organizations from Europe and other countries. Security firm Bitdefender claims to have identified an early version of the malware back in May 2012.
According to experts, the variant... [read more >>] On February 13, FireEye reported that cybercriminals were actively exploiting an Adobe Reader zero-day in an effort to spread malware. Experts from Kaspersky and Hungarian security firm CrySyS Lab have found that the same zero-day is being actively used to target high-profile organizations.
Researchers hav... [read more >>] The notorious Stuxnet worm has become a symbol of sophisticated cyberattacks ever since its 1.001 version was discovered in 2010. However, a new report published by Symantec shows that the development of the malware may have started much sooner than initially believed.
The security firm has uncovered Stuxn... [read more >>] Spanish Police, in collaboration with Europol’s newly-launched European Cybercrime Center (EC3), have managed to dismantle what it’s believed to be the largest and most complex cybercriminal ring responsible for spreading ransomware. It’s believed the cybercriminals have managed to infect... [read more >>] Security solutions provider Symantec and Microsoft have managed to disrupt Bamital, a botnet that has been successfully used by cybercriminals for click fraud operations.
According to Symantec, the malware that powers the botnet is designed to hijack search engine results and redirect victims to command an... [read more >>] |
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