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BitDefender Has Traced The Cyber-Espionage Malware "Miniduke" Back to June 2011
Mar 6, 2013Romanian security company BitDefender today said it has traced the cyber-espionage malware "MiniDuke" back to June 2011, more than a year and a half before the campaign was uncovered. BitDefender found the malware by digging through its ...
Tags: BitDefender, MiniDuke, espionage malware
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Researchers Have Identified an Ongoing Cyber-Espionage Campaign
Mar 1, 2013Security researchers have identified an ongoing cyber-espionage campaign that compromised 59 computers belonging to government organizations, research institutes, think tanks and private companies from 23 countries in the past 10 days. ...
Tags: cyber-espionage, computers, cyber security
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The Sandbox Anti-Exploitation Protection Is Part of an Important Cyber Espionage Operation
Feb 18, 2013The head of the malware analysis team at antivirus vendor Kaspersky said last week that a recently found exploit that bypasses the sandbox anti-exploitation protection in Adobe Reader 10 and 11 is highly sophisticated and probably part of ...
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Microsoft Will Release Seven Security Updates Next Week
Jan 3, 2013Microsoft today said it will release seven security updates next week--including one rated critical for Windows 8 and Windows RT--to patch 12 vulnerabilities in Windows,Office,SharePoint Server and the company's website design software. ...
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French Security Firm Intego Discovered a New Mac Trojan Horse This Week
Dec 28, 2012French security firm Intego discovered a new Mac Trojan horse this week that is being used to target specific individuals. The Trojan, dubbed "Crisis" by Intego -- a Mac-only antivirus developer -- and called "Morcut" by Sophos, is ...
Tags: Intego, Mac, Trojan horse, Hacking Toolkit
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Cyber Attackers Used a Highly Sophisticated Toolkit
Dec 17, 2012Cyber attackers who disrupted the websites of U.S. banks over the last two weeks used a highly sophisticated toolkit — a finding that points to a well-funded operation, a security vendor has said. Prolexic Technologies said the ...
Tags: cybercrime, Hactivists, highlightedpost, Bank attacks