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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 9th, 2016
CryLocker Ransomware Uses Imgur, Pastee, and Google Maps

CryLocker Ransomware Uses Imgur, Pastee, and Google Maps

Ransomware made over 10K victims in just two weeks

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 9th, 2016
New Linux Trojan Discovered Coded in Mozilla's Rust Language

New Linux Trojan Discovered Coded in Mozilla's Rust Language

Trojan is not yet finished, still a work in progress

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 9th, 2016
Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Discovered Targeting Seagate NAS Hard Drives

Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Discovered Targeting Seagate NAS Hard Drives

Malware authors have made around $86,400, so far

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 8th, 2016
New CallJam Android Malware Discovered on Google Play Store

New CallJam Android Malware Discovered on Google Play Store

Over 100,000 users possibly affected by CallJam

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 7th, 2016
Trifecta Complete: Linux and Windows Backdoor Has a Mac Version as Well

Trifecta Complete: Linux and Windows Backdoor Has a Mac Version as Well

Kaspersky researchers uncover Backdoor.OSX.Mokes

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 7th, 2016
Dridex Banking Trojan Will Soon Target Crypto-Currency Wallets

Dridex Banking Trojan Will Soon Target Crypto-Currency Wallets

Recent Dridex versions attempt to blacklist computer configurations regularly used by security researchers

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 6th, 2016
Social Engineering Helps Banking Trojan Bypass Android 6 Enhanced Protections

Social Engineering Helps Banking Trojan Bypass Android 6 Enhanced Protections

Gugi Android banking trojan activity spikes in Russia

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 5th, 2016
LuaBot Is the First DDoS Malware Coded in Lua Targeting Linux Platforms

LuaBot Is the First DDoS Malware Coded in Lua Targeting Linux Platforms

LuaBot is the latest addition to the Linux malware scene

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 5th, 2016
Pokemon-Themed Umbreon Rootkit Targets Linux x86 and ARM Platforms

Pokemon-Themed Umbreon Rootkit Targets Linux x86 and ARM Platforms

Rootkit lets hackers open SSH connections to victim's device

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 5th, 2016
Mirai DDoS Trojan Is the Next Big Threat to IoT Devices and Linux Servers

Mirai DDoS Trojan Is the Next Big Threat to IoT Devices and Linux Servers

Mirai evolves from the source code of Gafgyt

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 5th, 2016
TorrentLocker Ransomware Still Around, Uses Tor to Hide Backup C&C Servers

TorrentLocker Ransomware Still Around, Uses Tor to Hide Backup C&C Servers

Two years later, TorrentLocker is still going strong

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 4th, 2016
Threat Alert: Cerber Ransomware v3 Spotted in the Wild

Threat Alert: Cerber Ransomware v3 Spotted in the Wild

Cerber ransomware v3 is currently undecryptable

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 1st, 2016
DressCode Android Malware Found in over 40 Google Play Store Apps

DressCode Android Malware Found in over 40 Google Play Store Apps

Malware turns infected devices into proxy servers

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 31st, 2016
Unsophisticated Revenge RAT Released Online for Free <em>EXCLUSIVE</em>

Unsophisticated Revenge RAT Released Online for Free EXCLUSIVE

RAT is still in its early stages of development

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 30th, 2016
Trojan Uses Recently Disclosed UAC Bypass to Install Fake Chrome Browser

Trojan Uses Recently Disclosed UAC Bypass to Install Fake Chrome Browser

Fake Chrome browser used to show ads to infected users

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 30th, 2016
Spam Wave Delivers New Ozone RAT

Spam Wave Delivers New Ozone RAT

German-speaking users targeted with new spam wave

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 27th, 2016
Ramnit Trojan Resurgence Now Complete As v2 Targets UK Banks

Ramnit Trojan Resurgence Now Complete As v2 Targets UK Banks

February 2015 takedown brushed aside as Ramnit resurfaces

 
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