Sign up for our Newsletters | Email the Editor | Print The mobile malware deluge everybody has been warning about may not be upon us – yet. But a couple of security experts say this should not lull businesses into a false sense of security. Tablets, smartphones, laptops and…
Malware Campaign Targets Russia, Allies
Trend Micro has uncovered evidence of a major targeted malware attack that has managed to infect more than 1400 computers in Russia and its former Soviet satellite states. After penetrating the command and control servers connected to a gang using the widely-circulating ‘Lurid’ downloader malware toolkit, the company discovered a…
Sophos warns vs new Trojan malware targeting Mac OS X
A new Trojan malware now stalks users of computers running Apple Inc.’s Mac OS X, using an old disguise that once fooled users of Microsoft’s Windows. View full post on computer security alerts – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
On the Success of Malware
There’s often a lot of discussion about whether a piece of malware is advanced or not. To a large extent these discussions can be categorized as academic nitpicking because, at the end of the day, the malware’s sophistication only needs to be at the level for which it is required…
New Mac malware variant surfaces, poses as PDF
by Serenity Caldwell, Macworld.com First Look: Trojan Horse warning: What you need to know Update brings enhanced malware protection for Snow Leopard Inside Snow Leopard’s hidden malware protection Leap-A malware: what you need to know Lion: The Complete Macworld Review How to: Discover malware before installing Mac malware, while…
Mac OS X vulnerable to new PDF trojan malware
Although Macs have the squeaky clean image of being malware-free, things may start to change as the platform gets increasingly more popular. Researchers at F-Secure and Sophos have discovered a new trojan horse malware that targets Mac OS X and is disguised as a PDF file. The malware was first…
Mac malware uses Windows-style PDF camouflage ruse
Mac malware creators are adopting Windows malware camouflage trickery in a bid to trick users into running their malicious creations. Boobytrapped PDF files have long been a problem for Windows users. The OSX/Revir-B Trojan reapplies this approach towards Mac fans, who may be less familiar with the ruse. The malware…
Researchers find Mac OS X malware posing as PDF file
Researchers at F-Secure have discovered a Mac OS X malware file masquerading as a PDF file to lure users into installing a backdoor trojan. The malware, flagged as a trojan dropper, installs downloader component that downloads a backdoor program onto the system, while camouflaging its activity by opening a PDF file to…
Despite crackdown, Zeus bank-robbery malware still ‘alive and kicking’
Despite a widespread industry effort to disrupt and shut down the Zeus malware gang, Microsoft’s malicious software removal tool is still finding tens of thousands of machines infected with the notorious banker trojan every month. According to Microsoft, the tool is disinfecting the Zeus malware (also called Zbot) from between…
Russia and allies targeted by huge malware campaign
Trend Micro has uncovered evidence of a major targeted malware attack that has managed to infect over 1,400 computers in Russia and its former Soviet satellite states. After penetrating the command and control servers connected to a gang using the widely-circulating ‘Lurid’ downloader malware toolkit, the company discovered a list…