Malware

According to FireEye, China-based espionage group "APT12" has infiltrated the networks of several organizations, as recently as June, with new malware variants that are difficult to detect.

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have identified a new "watering hole" advanced persistent threat attack that takes advantage of a previously patched Java vulnerability.

Dmitriy Smilianets, a 29-year-old Moscow native, will fight charges that he was involved in a massive card stealing cyber campaign since 2005.

Symantec discovered that the links, which include tweets written in Russian, lead to sites hosting mobile malware.

A dubious email that states its recipient has won a $200 Apple gift card, is actually a ruse to get victims to click malicious links and attachments.

Researchers at RSA expect the malware's developers to add a suite of features that in the near future will make it a "full-blown" banking trojan.

After attackers planted a remote access trojan on Calif.-based Efficient Services Escrow Group's systems, they carried out a cyber heist that led to the firm's shutdown.