Sep 6, 2013 | Malware and Exploits
According to Kaspersky Lab, spam is being found which pretends to come from CNN – and is claiming that the US has begun bombing Syria: Clicking the shortened link will lead to an exploit kit which targets older, vulnerable versions of Adobe Reader and Java. The...
Sep 6, 2013 | Malware and Exploits
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab say a sophisticated piece of Google Android malware is being blasted out via a mobile botnet spamming victims with text messages containing malicious links. The Trojan – Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad.a – is being distributed alongside another...
Aug 13, 2013 | Malware and Exploits
PC World – 8/13/2013: Many android apps have mobile ads – it is the primary funding method for a lot of software developers – and mobile ad networks have been the target of many malware authors – if they can get their malicious code on the ad...
Aug 5, 2013 | Cyber-Crime, Malware and Exploits
In the last couple of days, we’ve seen two articles detailing malware supposedly released by the FBI or other US federal bureau that was designed to snoop on citizens – in one case, via their Android phone – and in another, malware designed to reveal...
Jun 26, 2013 | Malware and Exploits
In an article on InfoSecurity, it has been reported that the Caberp bootkit malware source-code has been leaked and is freely available online… this will certainly lead to many, MANY more variations of the threat. The leak followed a “fire-sale” of...
May 7, 2013 | Malware and Exploits
ESET is reporting in their blog that the linux webserver exploit is much further spread than first reported – with exploited Apache, Lighttpd and nginx servers being found – this means that the stealthy redirecting malware that infects webservers has the...
