- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 21st, 2012
Military, Energy and Oil Organizations Targeted in Mirage Campaign
The operation relies on spear phishing attacks aimed at company executives
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 21st, 2012
BlackHole 2.0 Exploit Kit Used to Advertise Malicious Services
Cybercriminals are relying on the crime pack's name to promote their products
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 20th, 2012
“Twitter Video” Facebook App Spreads via DMs, Leads to Malware
Victims are lead to believe that a fail video of them is making the rounds online
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 20th, 2012
Over 1 Million PCs Currently Part of ZeroAccess Global Botnet
The threat is helping cybercriminals earn as much as $100,000 (80,000 EUR) per day
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 19th, 2012
Experts Identify IE Exploit on Indian Defense Site, Find Link to PlugX RAT
AlienVault researchers have analyzed the zero-day and the websites that serve it
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 19th, 2012
German Users Warned of IE Zero-Day Attacks, Told to Turn To Other Browsers
Germany's Federal Office for Information Security has issued an alert
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 19th, 2012
Fortune 500 Firms Infected by TDL4 Malware Using DGA-Based C&C
Over 250,000 unique victims have already been identified
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 18th, 2012
Internet Explorer Zero-Day Exploited in Wild, Tied to Poison Ivy and Nitro Attacks
Microsoft is aware of the problem and is currently working on addressing it
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 17th, 2012
Flame Has at Least Three More Brothers, Experts Found
Researchers have performed a thorough analysis of the threat's C&C servers
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 14th, 2012
Researchers Find Botnet C&C Servers Hidden in Tor Anonymity Network
Suriya Prakash provides details of the threat and why it's so difficult to stop it
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 14th, 2012
Ransomware Encrypts over 110 File Types and Holds Them Hostage
A military-grade cipher algorithm is utilized to encrypt the information
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 14th, 2012
874 Systems from 33 Countries Infected with Enfal Malware, Researchers Find
A new variant attempts to escape defense mechanisms
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 13th, 2012
Microsoft Disrupts Nitol Botnet, Limits Threat from Spreading
The company's Digital Crimes Unit continues to go after cyber threats
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 13th, 2012
Expert: Stuxnet Did Not Escape into the Wild
Professor Larry Constantine has an interesting theory regarding the infamous worm
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 13th, 2012
BlackHole Exploit Kit 2.0 Made Available, Price Remains the Same
A number of "cool" new features have been added to the new version
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 12th, 2012
Researchers Notice Increase in Pay-Per-Install Schemes Targeting Android Devices
Cybercriminals can earn as much as $5 (4 EUR) for each time their apps are installed
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 11th, 2012
Buggy Malware Found to Target French Nuclear Power Company
Norman researchers are uncertain if it's a flawed attack or simply a way to confuse them