Mexican Police have recently announced that a new version of crypto locker is working in Brazil . This new version hits computers when a user download something online specially vulgar videos and photos. On Executing the computer pretend to be get locked by Mexican city police and ask to…
Zeus 2.x variant includes ransomware features
Zeus 2.x variant includes ransomware features Cybercriminals are getting more sophisticated, as reports are coming in that hacker coders have successfully merged a ransom trojan with a Zeus malware successor called Citadel. A notorious malware platform targeting … View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking
Zeus 2.x variant includes ransomware features
Zeus 2.x variant includes ransomware features Cybercriminals are getting more sophisticated, as reports are coming in that hacker coders have successfully merged a ransom trojan with a Zeus malware successor called Citadel. A notorious malware platform targeting … View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking
Zeus variant tricks Facebook users into exposing card data
A new variant of the Zeus trojan tricks users into exposing their debit card details by displaying rogue offers when they visit Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail, according to researchers from security firm Trusteer. View full post on Computerworld Security News View full post on National Cyber Security » Announcements
New variant shows Duqu attackers still in operation
Ryan Naraine is a journalist and social media enthusiast specializing in Internet and computer security issues. He is currently security evangelist at Kaspersky Lab, an anti-malware company with operations around the globe. He is taking a leadership role in developing the company’s online community initiative around secure content management technologies….
New OS X malware variant attacks unpatched Macs
@Predrag Vasic “A fully-patched Windows XP computer (with no additional software, such as anti-virus) is compromised within minutes of being put on the internet; meanwhile, vast majority of Macs out there do not even run any antivirus, and have been exposed to the internet for years, without compromise. And almost…
Intego Warns of New Mac Trojan Variant
The company’s researchers say Flashback.G has already infected many OS X users. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
New Flashback malware variant follows XProtect update
When the MacDefender fake antivirus malware was making its rounds early last year, there was a daily cat-and-mouse game between the criminals developing the software and various malware detection companies, plus Apple with its XProtect routine that establishes its “Safe Downloads” list. While MacDefender has been properly addressed and is…
DroidKungFu Android Trojan variant poses as legitimate app
A new variant of the DroidKungFu Android Trojan is posing as a legitimate application update in order to infect handsets, according to security researchers from Finnish antivirus vendor F-Secure. Distributing Android malware as updates is a relatively new tactic that was first seen in July. The primary method of infecting…
Sophos tackles new BlackHole RAT malware variant for OS X
Back in February of this year a malware utility called BlackHole, or MusMinim by security company Sophos, was found for OS X. BlackHole is a backdoor server program RAT (Remote Access Tool) that runs on an infected system and allows a remote user to interact with the system by sending…