Malware

A new report by Bitdefender has, at least partially, undressed the infamous group APT28 claiming that it's a Russian speaking group with a particular interest in government officials, defence companies and Ukraine.

The Trojan family dubbed SlemBunk that is targeting Android-based worldwide banking app users has been observed masquerading as the legitimate apps of financial institutions in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, according to a FireEye blog post.

An access control vulnerability was reported in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller.

A path traversal flaw recently reported in Kaspersky Anti-Virus can enable a remote user to view files on a target system.

The comeback was 16 years in the making, but macro malware is once again on security professional's radar in a big way impacting at least 100,000 people since it began its resurgence earlier this year, according to Intel Security

Security researchers found a large number of religious apps such as Bible or Quran mobile applications that contain malicious code.

The Nemucod trojan is on the rise and being used to spread Teslacrypt ransomware via phishing campaigns, although the silver lining is not as many people are being victimized this time around.

Researchers at Malwarebytes spotted a malvertising attack targeting Comcast customers that combines an EK, phishing and a tech support scam.