MalwareZeus variant ‘Maple’ targets financial data of Canadian usersDanielle WalkerJune 11, 2014So far, the new variant has targeted 14 major banks in the country, Trusteer found.
Incident ResponseSmall businesses running cloud-based POS software hit with unique ‘POSCLOUD’ malwareAdam GreenbergJune 11, 2014Researchers with IntelCrawler have identified a unique type of malware, known as POSCLOUD, which targets cloud-based point-of-sale software.
Security ArchitectureAndroid Trojan has affected 2,000, spawned 30 versionsTeri RobinsonJune 10, 2014A Kaspersky Labs security expert says the Trojan-Ransom.AndroidOS.Pletor.a is most often spread by downloads from fake porn sites.
Incident ResponseExpensive new trojan, Pandemiya, based on 25K original lines of C codeAdam GreenbergJune 10, 2014Pandemiya, a new trojan based on 25,000 lines of C code, is being sold for as much as $2,000 on underground forums.
MalwarePossibly 350K ransomware infections, $70K earned, in Dropbox phishing schemeAdam GreenbergJune 9, 2014A PhishMe researcher determined that attackers may have compromised 350,000 systems with CryptoWall ransomware and earned more than $70,000 in Bitcoins as part of an ongoing Dropbox phishing scheme.
MalwareRansomware targeting U.S. encrypts files using Windows PowerShellAdam GreenbergJune 4, 2014Researchers with Trend Micro have observed a ransomware variant targeting the U.S. that encrypts files using Windows PowerShell.
MalwareCERT Polska tracks nosedive in Gameover Zeus trafficDanielle WalkerJune 4, 2014The news comes soon after law enforcement announced an international effort to disrupt the botnet.
