Incident ResponseZeroAccess botnet reactivates, click fraud activity resumesAdam GreenbergJanuary 30, 2015The Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit first noticed the ZeroAccess botnet reactivating from March 21, 2014, to July 2, 2014.
Incident ResponseKaspersky notes increase in legitimate certificates used to sign malwareAshley CarmanJanuary 30, 2015The number of legitimate certificates used to sign malware jumped from 1,500 to more than 6,000 in only six years.
MalwarexHamster malvertising campaign exploits Adobe zero-dayTeri RobinsonJanuary 30, 2015The number of infections for a malvertising campaign originating on an adult website rose by 1500 percent in a two-day period.
Incident ResponsePhishing scam tricks users by acting as fake child sex offender alertAshley CarmanJanuary 30, 2015The newly identified attack disguises itself as a warning to parents about a new child predator who has moved into their neighborhood.
MalwareZeus variant targeting Canadian banks, U.S. banks may also be a targetAdam GreenbergJanuary 29, 2015A new Zeus trojan variant is targeting a number of banks in Canada, including Bank of Montreal, Royal Bank of Canada, and National Bank of Canada.
MalwareWinnti trojan may help set stage for Skeleton Key attacks, analysts sayDanielle WalkerJanuary 29, 2015Security firm Symantec found a backdoor, called Winnti, on a computer also infected with Skeleton Key.
Compliance ManagementUpatre, Dyre used in Univ. of Florida attackTeri RobinsonJanuary 29, 2015Hundreds of computers belonging to University of Florida students and faculty were infected with Upatre and Dyre in a multistage attack.
Compliance ManagementResearcher commandeers drone through Maldrone backdoorTeri RobinsonJanuary 28, 2015A security engineer from Citrix demonstrated the Maldrone malware that he built as a backdoor to control drones.
