Malware

Europol arrested a total of 49 suspects Tuesday as the result of a joint investigation into a cybercrime gang that defrauded victims out of six million euro.

Poweliks is known to hide in the registry of Windows' computers, and may ultimately spread other malware as well as carry out click-fraud for scammers.

Researchers with Fidelis Cybersecurity have observed multiple, seemingly unrelated threat actors leveraging CVE-2014-4114 to distribute malware.

Trend Micro researchers say MalumPOS can be configured to target any point-of-sale system, and it also takes steps to avoid detection.

Banking malware Vawtrak, also known as Neverquest, is now using Tor2Web to steal banking credentials and stay hidden.

International law enforcement, with the help of security firm Group-IB, arrested alleged members of the criminal group in late May.

Check Point released its annual security study that looks at the state of cybersecurity in 2014.

Three Adobe Flash Player zero-day vulnerabilities discovered this year were distributed through exploit kits and used malvertising as their primary infection vector.