Detecting Car Hacks
Implementing an effective detection system for attacks against cars may wind up being far more difficult than expected.
Malware
New ‘Mask’ APT Campaign Called Most Sophisticated Yet
PUNTA CANA–A group of high-level, nation-state attackers has been targeting government agencies, embassies, diplomatic offices and energy companies with a cyber-espionage campaign for more than five years that researchers say is the most sophisticated APT operation they’ve seen to date. The attack, dubbed the Mask, or “Careto” (Spanish for “Ugly Face” or “Mask”) includes a […]
Mac Trojan Steals Bitcoin Wallet Credentials
A new Trojan for Mac OS X disguised as an app for sending and receiving payments steals Bitcoin wallet login credentials.
It would be understandable, even natural, for most casual observers to have grown so completely overwhelmed by the inundation of stories about government surveillance and exploitation techniques that they tuned it out months ago. Why get worked up about something you can’t change?
The range of targets APT groups are going after is widening, as are the levels of talent and financing these groups possess.
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab said the exploit for the latest Adobe Flash zero day is a password-grabbing Trojan targeting users in China.
Researchers have discovered a relatively new way to distribute malware that relies on reading malicious obfuscated JavaScript code stored in a PNG file’s metadata to trigger iFrame injections.
Cybercriminals have tweaked the way the malware GameOver Zeus is delivered to users’ machines, changing .exe files to .enc files to evade detection.
DailyMotion, one of the most popular websites on the Web, is still serving fake AV malware three weeks after it was notified of a compromise.
A criminal campaign using the Tor-based Chewbacca Trojan, which includes memory-scraping malware and a keylogger, is responsible for the theft of more than 49,000 credit card numbers in 10 countries.
