A computer Trojan that targets online banking users is evolving and spreading rapidly because its creators have adopted an open-source development model, according to researchers from cyberthreat management firm Seculert. Called Citadel, the new piece of malware is based on ZeuS, one of the oldest and most popular online banking…
Lessons from history: The first virus
It has been 26 years to the day when the computing world was introduced to its first virus: The Brain. The Brain was a boot sector virus that was written on and for floppy disks and spread by the exchange of disks between users. The Brain which was also known…
‘Saudi’ hacker targets Israel with Trojan horse virus
A self-defined “Saudi hacker” who twice this week posted details of thousands of Israeli credit cards hit again on Friday with a new Internet file containing a Trojan horse virus, public radio said. According to the report, the hacker who goes by the name “0xOmar” posted what appeared to be…
Part virus, part botnet, spreading fast: Ramnit moves past Facebook passwords
The latest variant of Ramnit, the Windows malware responsible for the recent theft of at least 45,000 Facebook logins, is the latest example of how malware writers and cyber-criminals take “off-the-shelf” hacks and bolt them together to teach old viruses new tricks. Facebook passwords aren’t the only thing that the…
‘Saudi’ hacker targets Israel with Trojan horse virus
A self-defined “Saudi hacker” who twice this week posted details of thousands of Israeli credit cards hit again on Friday with a new Internet file containing a Trojan horse virus, public radio said. According to the report, the hacker who goes by the name “0xOmar” posted what appeared to be…
Virus could disable cyber attack source
TOKYO, Jan. 4 (UPI) — Japanese computer scientists say they’ve developed a computer virus that can be launched online to track down and disable the source of a cyber attack. View full post on cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Japan Reportedly Building Vigilante Virus Assassin Squad
Japan reportedly has paid Fujitsu $2.3 million to build a self-replicating assassin squad — a computer virus it can set loose in the network to track down and eliminate other viruses. Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun reported that the Defense Ministry’s Technical Research and Development Institute began developing the anti-viral virus…
Fujitsu creates antivirus virus for Japanese government
Fujitsu has developed code for the Japanese government that will destroy malware and collect information on its creators. The government decided to investigate the possibilities of such code in 2005, and three years later the Defense Ministry’s Technical Research and Development Institute awarded Fujitsu a ¥178.5m ($2.3m) contract to develop…
Japan testing ‘virus’ cyberdefence weapon, reports say
The Japanese authorities have tested a ‘virus’ cyberweapon capable of tracing and disabling computers being used in cyberattacks against the country, a newspaper in the country has reported. Quoting anonymous sources said to be connected to the project, The Yomiuri Shimbun said that Japan’s Defense Ministry’s Technical Research and Development…
Murder retrial ordered after court records destroyed by virus
A convicted murderer has been granted a retrial after a stenographer’s backup record of his trial was apparently destroyed by a malware infection. The possibly unique sequence of events came to a head when Randy Chaviano, 26, appealed against his 2009 conviction in a Florida court for shooting Charles Acosta…