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Report: 13 Percent of Home Networks Had Malware in 2012
Large portion hit with high-level, botnet-generated threats like ZeroAccess as mobile networking threats also on the rise, Alcatel-Lucent’s Kindsight Security Labs reports. View full post on PCMag.com Security Coverage High Tech Crime Solutions http://computer-security-expert.com, http://www.computersecurityguru.com, AmIHackerProof.com, http://www.hackerforhireusa.com
Eleven-Year-Old Kid Writes Runescape Malware
Whatever happened to watching Saturday morning cartoons instead of writing malware apps? View full post on PCMag.com Security Coverage High Tech Crime Solutions http://computer-security-expert.com, http://www.computersecurityguru.com, AmIHackerProof.com, http://www.hackerforhireusa.com
Security firm Bit9 hacked, Stolen Digital Certs Used To Sign Malware
Bit9 disclosed Friday that hackers had stolen digital code signing certificates from its network and have utilized it to sign malware. Bit9, a company that provides software and network security services to the U.S. government and at least 30 Fortune 100 firms. “As a result, a malicious third party was able to illegally gain temporary access to [...]
Android malware with ability to install Backdoor on Computers
Kaspersky Lab has revealed a new type of malware that can infect your computer when connected smartphone or tablet. Two such application, Super Clean and DroidCleaner found in Google Play android market. These two are actually same application, just released with two different names. These applications apparently disguised as a tool to clean memory for the Android operating [...]
Hackers hijack Bit9 to target its customers with malware
The whitelisting company says it was breached because it failed to install its own software on a number of its computers, giving saboteurs access to a code-signing certificate. View full post on Latest articles from SC Magazine News Hi Tech Crime Solutions http://www.computersecurityguru.com, AmIHackerProof.com, http://computer-security-expert.com, http://computersecurityexpert.net
AVG finds 11 year-old creating malware to steal game passwords
Security firm AVG thinks it has spotted a disturbing new threat in its latest threat report – children with enough programming skills to code and distribute their own malware. View full post on Techworld.com security High Tech Crime Solutions http://computer-security-expert.com, http://www.computersecurityguru.com, AmIHackerProof.com, http://www.hackerforhireusa.com
AVG finds 11 year-old creating malware to steal game currency
Security firm AVG thinks it has spotted a disturbing new threat in its latest threat report – children with enough programming skills to code and distribute their own malware. View full post on Techworld.com security High Tech Crime Solutions AmIHackerProof.com, http://computersecurityexpert.net, http://www.computersecurityguru.com, http://TheCyberWars.com
Chinese malware campaign ‘Beebus’ target US defense industries
A Chinese malware campaign called ‘Beebus’ specifically targeting the aerospace and defense industries has been uncovered by FireEye security researchers. Beebus is designed to steal information, and begins its infiltration, as so many attacks do, with spear-phishing emails. Operation Beebus very related to Operation Shady RAT and was first detected in April 2011. The attacks carried out [...]
Bicololo malware spreading via 404 Error targeting Russians
A Trojan that attacks Russian Internet users using a new trick to spread itself. Known as “Bicololo” was first discovered in October 2012 and specially designed to steal login credentials from users. For this, the malware modify the system Hosts file (i.e etc/hosts) to host perfect phishing sites via DNS poisoning to collect social networking and email credentials. <!– adsense –> [...]
Chinese malware targeted US drone secrets, security firm alleges
A series of highly-targeted malware attacks detected a year ago are almost certainly part of a longstanding and determined Chinese campaign to steal industrial secrets from US companies working in the field of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), security firm FireEye has claimed. View full post on Techworld.com security Hi Tech Crime Solutions http://www.hackerforhireusa.com, http://computer-security-expert.com, http://www.GregoryDEvans.com, [...]
DNS Changer malware mastermind pleaded guilty
Remember the DNS Changer malware that infected at least four million computers in more than 100 countries, including 500,000 in the United States, with malicious software or malware ? Valeri Aleksejev, 32 years old from Estonia, is the first of the seven individuals to enter a plea, admitting his guilt for his role in the [...]
Russian Hackers Behind Gozi Malware charged for Infecting Millions users
The mastermind Russian Hackers who coded and distributed the Gozi malware, Nikita Vladimirovich Kuzmin, 25 was charged along with Deniss Calovskis, 27, and Mihai Ionut Paunescu, 28 for infecting more than a million computers worldwide in order to steal banking and other credentials from tens of thousands of victims. They may face a maximum penalty of 95, [...]
Dissecting a mobile malware
The capillary diffusion of mobile devices, the lack of security systems on these platforms and low level of awareness on principal cyber threats made them a privileged target for cybercrime. We have assisted in the recent year to an explosion of malware designed to hit principal mobile OSs, in a recent report Sophos security firm [...]
Online Advertising More Likely to Spread Malware Than Porn
Cisco this week announced that you are more likely to catch a computer virus shopping online than surfing for pornography. View full post on PCMag.com Security Coverage Hi Tech Crime Solutions http://computer-security-expert.com, http://www.computersecurityguru.com, AmIHackerProof.com, http://www.hackerforhireusa.com
News briefs: The latest breaches, malware and hacktivist activities
This month’s news briefs include bits on Android, spammers, breach penalties, crime networks, hacktivism and more. View full post on Latest articles from SC Magazine News High Tech Crime Solutions http://computer-security-expert.com, http://www.computersecurityguru.com, AmIHackerProof.com, http://www.hackerforhireusa.com
