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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 6th, 2016
New Android RAT Targeting Users in China

New Android RAT Targeting Users in China

Infections might be part of a cyber-espionage campaign

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 5th, 2016
New Remcos RAT Available for Purchase on Underground Hacking Forums

New Remcos RAT Available for Purchase on Underground Hacking Forums

Another option added to today's commodity malware

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 5th, 2016
Android Trojan Can Buy and Install Apps from Google Play Store

Android Trojan Can Buy and Install Apps from Google Play Store

The trojan is only effective on devices running Android 4.3

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 4th, 2016
Kasidet PoS Credit Card Scraper Hides C&C Servers on Namecoin's Blockchain

Kasidet PoS Credit Card Scraper Hides C&C Servers on Namecoin's Blockchain

Kasidet uses Namecoin's Dot-Bit service to hide C&C servers

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 3rd, 2016
New Gozi Trojan Version Can Bypass Some Behavioral Biometrics Defenses

New Gozi Trojan Version Can Bypass Some Behavioral Biometrics Defenses

New Gozi campaign targets Japan, Spain, Poland

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 1st, 2016
Trojan in 155 Google Play Android Apps Affects 2.8 Million Users

Trojan in 155 Google Play Android Apps Affects 2.8 Million Users

Trojan was seen before, last time in April 2016

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 28th, 2016
New SpyNote Android RAT Leaks Online

New SpyNote Android RAT Leaks Online

RAT doesn't need root access to work properly

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 27th, 2016
Researchers Crack Mad Max Botnet DGA Algorithm and See in the Future

Researchers Crack Mad Max Botnet DGA Algorithm and See in the Future

Arbor can now take down the malware's botnet

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 26th, 2016
New Locky Spam Wave Delivers Entire Ransomware Inside JavaScript File

New Locky Spam Wave Delivers Entire Ransomware Inside JavaScript File

Locky ransomware continues to evolve, gets closer to 100% JS

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 25th, 2016
One Crook May Be Behind Jigsaw, Ranscam, and AnonPop Ransomware

One Crook May Be Behind Jigsaw, Ranscam, and AnonPop Ransomware

Cisco discovers ties between all operations

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 24th, 2016
CTB-Faker Ransomware Uses WinRAR to Lock Data in Password-Protected ZIP Files

CTB-Faker Ransomware Uses WinRAR to Lock Data in Password-Protected ZIP Files

Victims can recover files under certain conditions

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 24th, 2016
Stampado Ransomware Stomped Out Before It Could Do Any Real Damage

Stampado Ransomware Stomped Out Before It Could Do Any Real Damage

Emsisoft researcher puts out free decrypter that can unlock files encrypted by the Stampado ransomware

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 24th, 2016
Adwind RAT Affects Macs, but It's Almost Useless

Adwind RAT Affects Macs, but It's Almost Useless

Adwind author still has a lot of work ahead of him

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 22nd, 2016
CrypMIC Ransomware Is Nothing More than a Lame CryptXXX Clone

CrypMIC Ransomware Is Nothing More than a Lame CryptXXX Clone

CryptMIC is the most accurate CryptXXX clone to date

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 22nd, 2016
BlackMoon Banking Trojan Infected over 160,000 South Koreans

BlackMoon Banking Trojan Infected over 160,000 South Koreans

The crooks behind the recent campaign may be from China

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 20th, 2016
New Python-Based Ransomware HolyCrypt Preparing for Broader Distribution

New Python-Based Ransomware HolyCrypt Preparing for Broader Distribution

HolyCrypt is in its testing phase, needs a lot of work

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 15th, 2016
New Delilah Trojan Used to Blackmail Employees, Recruit Insiders

New Delilah Trojan Used to Blackmail Employees, Recruit Insiders

Crooks use trojan to turn workers to the Dark Side

 
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