Security firm Symantec has found that banking Trojan Shylock – malware which aims to infect computers – is currently targeting more than 60 financial institutions, the majority of which are in the UK. In a blog, the firm ...
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A new piece of custom malware sold on the underground Internet market is being used to siphon payment card data from point-of-sale (POS) systems, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor McAfee. Dubbed vSkimmer, the ...
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A new piece of custom malware sold on the underground Internet market is being used to siphon payment card data from point-of-sale (POS) systems, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor McAfee. Dubbed vSkimmer, the ...
Tags: Vskimmer Malware, Point-of-Sale Systems, Computer Products
A new piece of custom malware sold on the underground Internet market is being used to siphon payment card data from point-of-sale (POS) systems, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor McAfee. Dubbed vSkimmer, the ...
Tags: Vskimmer Malware, Point-of-Sale Systems, Computer Products
Recent reports from antivirus companies seem to suggest that the number of Android malware threats is growing. However, there are still many skeptics who say the extent of the problem is exaggerated. The security industry has an ...
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Analysts say the proposal for internet users to delete their online data and become invisible online could create a black hole in the web economy. Tineka Smith reports. Last year the European Commission announced proposals for the 'right ...
Tags: internet, web economy, cyber security
Websites affiliated with U.S. broadcaster NBC were hacked for several hours on Thursday, serving up malicious software intended to steal bank account details. On its own technology blog, NBC released a statement saying, "We've identified ...
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Websites affiliated with U.S. broadcaster NBC were hacked for several hours on Thursday, serving up malicious software intended to steal bank account details. On its own technology blog, NBC released a statement saying, "We've identified ...
Financial malware authors are trying to evade new online banking security systems by returning to more traditional phishing-like credential stealing techniques, according to researchers from security firm Trusteer. Most financial Trojan ...
Children as young as 11 years old are developing malicious code to steal personal information from online gamers, according to antivirus software provider AVG. The Q4 2012 Community Powered Threat Report reveals some schoolchildren have ...
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Following its latest threat report, security firm AVG has noted a “disturbing” new trend in the world of cybercrime – children with enough programming skills to code and distribute their own malware. The company said it ...
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Today’s mobile spam and phishing attacks will increasingly delivered by mobile malware networks, despite mobile device operating systems being more secure than those of desktop or laptop computers, a report has found. Blue Coat ...
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Financial malware authors are returning to traditional, phishing-like, credential-stealing techniques in order to evade detection, according to researchers from security firm Trusteer. Most financial Trojan programs used by cybercriminals ...
Tags: Financial malware, credential-stealing techniques, detection
Security firm FireEye has claimed that a series of targeted malware attacks detected a year ago are almost certainly part of a Chinese campaign to steal industrial secrets from US companies working in the field of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial ...
US law enforcement has announced charges against three alleged East European cyber thieves accused of stealing banking information from computers across Europe and the US, including at the space agency NASA. The "alleged international ...
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