Highly organised Russian groups have transformed mobile hacking into an industrial scale business, a kind of “malware-as-a-service,” complete with marketing affiliates, distributors and customer support.
MPs declare that the UK is losing the war on cyber crime
A Home Affairs Select Committee has stated that the UK is losing the war on online criminal activity and that the government is too complacent in targeting cyber criminals.
Microsoft: Almost 90 percent of Citadel botnets in the world disrupted in June
Malware removed from forty percent of computers in those botnets, according to the vendor.
Citadel malware variant uses content localisation to target brands and users in different countries
Malware modifies localised versions of social networks, banks and e-commerce sites when accessed from infected computers.
With Carberp source code’s release, security pros expect the worst
With the previously $40,000 Carberp Trojan’s source code now freely available, experts expect exceptionally destructive variants of the malware to flow onto the Internet.
Source code for Carberp financial malware is up for sale at a very low price, researchers say
The source code for the Carberp banking Trojan program is being offered for sale on the underground market at a very affordable price.
Microsoft, US feds disrupt Citadel botnet network
Microsoft and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation have taken aim at a botnet network based on malware called Citadel …
Researchers warn of increased Zeus malware activity this year
The amount of cyber-criminal activity associated with the Zeus family of financial Trojan programs has increased during the past few …
vSkimmer malware targets point-of-sale systems
A new piece of custom malware sold on the underground Internet market is being used to siphon payment card data …
Virut botnet crippled by researchers
The Virut botnet suffered a major setback last week, after it was announced that many of the domain names used …