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A New Trojan Programme Has The Potential to Spread Very Quickly Over The Next Few Months
Nov 28, 2013A new Trojan programme that targets users of online financial services has the potential to spread very quickly over the next few months, security researchers warn. The malware was first advertised on a private cybercrime forum in July, ...
Tags: Online Banking, Threatonline, financial services, security
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Citadel Malware Steals Log-in Credentials and Credit Card Information From Users
Jul 1, 2013A new variant of the Citadel financial malware uses in-browser injection techniques combined with extensive content localization to steal log-in credentials and credit card information from users in different countries, according to ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Citadel Has Ability to Modify or Replace Websites Opened by Users on Infected Computers
Jul 1, 2013A new variant of the Citadel financial malware uses in-browser injection techniques combined with extensive content localisation to steal log-in credentials and credit card information from users in different countries, according to ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The Source Code for The Carberp Financial Malware Has Been Leaked Online
Jun 27, 2013The source code for the Carberp financial malware has been leaked online, increasing the risk that other cybercriminals will create their own variants based on it, according to researchers from Russian cybercrime investigations firm ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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A Newly Discovered Trojan Program Exploits Previously Unknown Flaws in Android and Windows
Jun 13, 2013A newly discovered Trojan program exploits previously unknown flaws in Android and borrows techniques from Windows malware in order to evade detection and achieve persistence on infected devices. Security researchers from antivirus firm ...
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Use P-to-P Communications Has Increased Fivefold During The Past 12 Months
Jun 5, 2013The number of malware samples that use P-to-P (peer-to-peer) communications has increased fivefold during the past 12 months, according to researchers from security firm Damballa. The largest contributors to this increase are advanced ...
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A New Variant of The Citadel Financial Malware Is Targeting Users of The Payza
May 28, 2013A new variant of the Citadel financial malware is targeting users of the Payza online payment platform by launching local in-browser attacks to steal their credentials, according to researchers from security firm Trusteer. Citadel is a ...
Tags: Payza, Payment Platform, Computer Products
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Mac OS X Spyware Has Turned up on The Laptop of an Activist
May 21, 2013Previously unknown Mac OS X spyware, signed with a valid Apple Developer ID, has turned up on the laptop of an activist from Angola at a human rights conference in Norway. Security researcher and privacy activist Jacob Appelbaum found the ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Security Researchers From Damballa Have Found a New Variant of The Pushdo Malware
May 20, 2013Security researchers from Damballa have found a new variant of the Pushdo malware that's better at hiding its malicious network traffic and is more resilient to coordinated takedown efforts. The Pushdo Trojan program dates back to early ...
Tags: Pushdo Botnet, Takedown Attempts
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The Number of Mobile Threats Has Increased by Nearly 50% During The First Three Months
May 17, 2013The Android threat landscape is growing in both size and complexity with cybercriminals adopting new distribution methods and building Android-focused malware services, according to a report from Finnish security vendor F-Secure. The ...
Tags: Android, Computer Products
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Security Researchers From Group-IB Have Uncovered a Cyberfraud Operation
May 17, 2013Security researchers from Russian cybercrime investigations firm Group-IB have uncovered a cyberfraud operation that uses specialized financial malware to target the customers of several major Australian banks. Over 150,000 computers, ...
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AutoIt Is Increasingly Being Used Thanks to Its Flexibility and Low Learning Curve
May 9, 2013AutoIt, a scripting language for automating Windows interface interactions, is increasingly being used by malware developers thanks to its flexibility and low learning curve, according to security researchers from Trend Micro and ...
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A New Variant of Gozi Banking Trojan Program That Infects a Computer's Master Boot Record
Apr 23, 2013Researchers from security firm Trusteer have found a new variant of the Gozi banking Trojan program that infects a computer's Master Boot Record (MBR) in order to achieve persistence. The Master Boot Record (MBR) is a boot sector that ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The Shylock Home Banking Malware Has Been Updated with New Functionality
Jan 21, 2013The 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
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Burlington, Wash. Officials Have Notified Hundreds of Employees and Residents
Jan 4, 2013Computerworld - Burlington, Wash. officials have notified hundreds of employees and residents that their bank account information was compromised last week when hackers broke into city systems and stole more than $400,000 from a city ...
Tags: Burlington, hackers, Bank of America, $400, 000, alert