The wave of ‘police Trojan’ ransomware that has hit PC users across the developed world in the last year is probably the work of a single highly-active Russian cybercrime gang, a forensic analysis by Trend Micro has concluded. First detected in 2011, there have been numerous police ransom attacks in…
Surveillance spyware migrates from Windows to Mac OS X via trojans
“Researchers have uncovered a malware-based espionage campaign that subjects Mac users to the same techniques that have been used for years to surreptitiously siphon confidential data out of Windows machines,” Dan Goodin reports for Ars Technica. “The recently discovered campaign targets Mac-using employees of several pro-Tibetan non-governmental organizations, and employs…
Chinese Trojans used to attack pro-Tibet organisations
A malware campaign targeting activists at pro-Tibet organisations could be the work of the same Chinese group behind a major attack on the chemical industry last year, researchers from AlienVault have suggested. The new attack uses a malicious Word attachment sent by email to organisations including the Central Tibet Administration…
Ransom Trojans spreading beyond Russian heartland
Ransom malware has moved out of its traditional Russian market and is starting to become a measurable problem in countries such as the US and Germany, figures from Trend Micro have confirmed. As reported by Trend’s Smart Protection Network cloud, the US headed the list with just over 2,000 infections,…
TROUBLESOME TROJANS: Spyware via faked Apple iTunes updates
TROUBLESOME TROJANS Firm Sought to Install Spyware Via Faked iTunes Updates Governments use the Internet to spy A surveillance firm claims it can distribute its spyware via faked iTunes updates. Apple appears to have moved to eliminate the security gap, but the debate over trojans used by governments, both democratic…
Troublesome Trojans
iTunes Used to Install Trojan? In contrast to their Italian competitor Hacking Team, which was also in Berlin to solicit new customers, the Gamma team even took steps to ensure that journalists left the room when their managing director gave a presentation. The wariness of the media, it would seem,…
Energy giant EDF used Trojans to spy on Greenpeace
The head of nuclear security at French energy giant EDF has been given a prison sentence and his company fined a stinging 1.5 million euros (£1.3 million) after being found guilty of spying on environmental campaigners Greenpeace using Trojan malware. The company that runs 58 nuclear power stations in France…
Two Jailed in UK for Use of Banking Trojans
Yevhen Kullibaba and Yurly Konovolenko have been sentenced to four years and eight months in jail. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Can you trust your antivirus tool to protect you against governmental backdoors or “lawful interception” police Trojans?
Who can you trust to protect your systems from governmental snooping? View full post on firefox hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans
DeBank malware tool spots SpyEye, Zeus banking trojans
A Finnish penetration testing company has released a free tool it says can detect all variants of five major families of malicious software that steal online banking credentials. The tool, called Debank, was built by Finnish penetration testing company Fitsec, which has used the tool to scan its customers’ machines,…
