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 >>] The official mirror of the ComboFix malware removal tool, the one hosted on BleepingComputer.com, has been found to be infected with the Sality virus. Marcos, an ESET moderator on the Wilders Security Forums, was the first to tell everyone about the existence of the infected version. Apparently, the mirror... [read more >>] United States officials have insisted on numerous occasions that the Shamoon malware, the one used in the cyberattacks against Saudi Aramco, is the work of Iran. However, new evidence suggests that it could be the work of an extremist Islamist group based in Saudi Arabia.
US authorities have said that a ma... [read more >>] Experts from security firm Kaspersky have identified a highly sophisticated cyber espionage campaign that targets organizations from a wide range of sectors, including government, research, trade and commerce, aerospace, military, diplomatic, oil and gas, and nuclear.
The campaign, dubbed Red October, date... [read more >>] |
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