Threat IntelligenceFirm finds link between Regin spy tool and QWERTY keyloggerDanielle WalkerJanuary 27, 2015Source code for the keylogger, called QWERTY, was published in Snowden documents.
Threat ManagementNew attack uses ransomware to drop trojans and keyloggersAshley CarmanJanuary 27, 2015The Internet Crime Compliant Center issued a warning on Thursday about a new scam that might be rooted in an initial ransomware infection.
MalwareCTB-Locker ransomware variant being distributed in spam campaignAdam GreenbergJanuary 23, 2015As part of a recent spam campaign, Trend Micro researchers observed a variant of CTB-Locker ransomware asking for 3 Bitcoins within 96 hours.
MalwareAnalysts detail spying tool Regin’s malicious modulesDanielle WalkerJanuary 23, 2015Two stand-alone modules, dubbed Hopscotch and Legspin, were analyzed by Kaspersky Lab.
Security ArchitectureStudy: 11 percent of banking-related Android apps flagged suspiciousDanielle WalkerJanuary 22, 2015Apps were flagged for containing malware or suspicious binaries, a RiskIQ study found.
MalwareFalse malware alerts cost organizations $1.27M annually, report saysTeri RobinsonJanuary 20, 2015Research from The Ponemon Institute and Damballa found that of an average 17,000 alerts a company fields weekly, only 19 percent are reliable.
MalwareRAT infects League of Legends, Path of Exile gamers in AsiaDanielle WalkerJanuary 20, 2015Attackers compromised gaming platform provider Garena to infect legitimate releases of popular games.