Beta Bot, a new banking Trojan, has been refined with new infection capabilities and features that enable it to avoid detection by security software.
Calling it a paradigm shift, university researchers were able to trigger mobile-device malware using a modest amount of music, lighting, magnetic fields or sound vibrations.
A new variant of Citadel malware is making the rounds that are targeting Payza, a money transfer service popular all over the world, especially in developing nations that are under-serviced when it comes to online banking access.
The developers of Reveton have expanded that ransomware’s repertoire with a password stealing functionality, according to Stefan Sellmer at the Microsoft Malware Protection Center.
Microsoft observed a precipitous drop-off in click-traffic on their “extended publishing network,” which they claim reflects a similar drop-off in click-fraud, as a result of the actions they have taken to stymie ZeroAccess, according to Microsoft Malware Protection Center researchers Tommy Blizard and Nikola Livic.
AutoIt, the BASIC-like automation language for Windows programmers, is becoming a favored tool among malware developers for the same reasons it attracts legitimate users: it’s free, flexible and easy to use.
Malware developers continue to clone SourceForge Web sites that appear to offer the source code for popular gaming software but are actually peddling malicious code tied to the ZeroAccess Trojan.
In an attempt to better evade detection, cybercriminals are increasingly configuring their command and control infrastructure in such a way that initial malware callbacks communicate with a server located in the same country as the newly infected machines.
As Twitter continues to secure its footing in the social network spectrum, it continues to be complemented by an ongoing deluge of spam and malware, intent on tapping into – and duping – the social network’s 200 million plus users.
Thousands of U.K. business computers have been infected by espionage malware using a custom protocol to communicate with its command and control servers. Researchers at Israeli security company Seculert added that the malware is still percolating with a number of capabilities yet to be deployed. The custom protocol has another unique element to it, in[...]
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