The Virut botnet suffered a major setback last week, after it was announced that many of the domain names used by a cybercriminal gang to control computers infected with the malware had been disabled. This was the result of coordinated ...
The Shylock home banking malware has been updated with new functionality that allows it to spread automatically using the popular Skype Voice-over-IP (VoIP) and instant messaging client. Shylock, named after a character from Shakespeare's ...
Tags: banking malware, Shylock, Skype Voice-over-IP, network security
IDG News Service-Security researchers from antivirus vendor Symantec have uncovered a piece of malware that uses Google Docs,which is now part of Google Drive,as a bridge when communicating with attackers in order to hide the malicious ...
Tags: malware, Google Docs, proxy, Google drive
CIO-Regardless of the security expertise and resources you apply to securing your assets,you are unlikely to achieve much unless you focus on the most vulnerable element of your organization:your employees. "Computers have become much ...
Tags: secure data, the human element
Security researchers have identified a botnet controlled by its creators over the Tor anonymity network. It's likely that other botnet operators will adopt this approach, according to the team from vulnerability assessment and penetration ...
Tags: Security researcher, botnet, Tor network, DDoS
20,000 PCs in the UK could be cut off from the web on Monday 9 July 2012, as a consequence of the DNS Changer virus. Infected machines will no longer be able to access websites, e-mail, chat or social networking sites such as Facebook, ...
Tags: UK, computer, DNS Changer virus, networking site, cyber security
Yesterday, three people were arrested in Stoke-on-Trent following an investigation into ransomware by officers from the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU). Ransomware commonly uses popup pages which contain blackmailing messages, telling ...
Tags: E-Crime, ransomware, ransomware attack, security tools
The hacker group that recently infected Israeli police computers with the Xtreme RAT malware has also targeted government institutions from the U.S., U.K. and other countries, according to researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro. ...
Tags: hacker group, Xtreme RAT malware, U.S., U.K.
French 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
A new variant of a Trojan program called Reveton that prevents victims from using their computers and displays rogue messages from law enforcement agencies is using localized voice messages to trick victims into paying made-up fines, ...
Tags: Reveton, victims, computers, displays, antivirus vendor, Trend Micro
An exploit for an unpatched vulnerability in the Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) has been incorporated into Blackhole, one of the most widely used Web attack toolkits, according to security researchers from antivirus firm Sophos. The ...
Tags: vulnerability, Microsoft, MSXML, Blackhole, Web attack toolkits
IDG News Service - Cybercriminals are using computers infected with a particular piece of malware to power a commercial proxy service that funnels potentially malicious traffic through them, according to security researchers from Symantec. ...
Tags: Cybercriminals, computer, malware, commercial proxy service
IDG News Service - One of the world's most active spam botnets -- Grum -- was crippled after two of its command and control (CnC) servers hosted in the Netherlands were taken down, according to researchers from security firm FireEye. ...
Tags: spam botnets, Netherlands, FireEye, security
IDG News Service - Google on Thursday dismissed the possibility that a new wave of pharmacy, penny stock and e-card spam emails are being sent by Android spam botnets. "Our analysis suggests that spammers are using infected computers and ...
Tags: Google, pharmacy, penny stock, spam email, computers
A 30-year-old Phoenix man was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in prison for using botnets and selling access to them, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Joshua Schichtel, allegedly connected to a group of hackers who used ...
Tags: Phoenix man, botnets, U.S.Department of Justice, Arizona