The "Find and Call" app, which uploads a user's contact list to a remote server so its developers can spam friends and colleagues of the victim, is the first malware to enter the Apple App Store.
Criminals continue to lean on trusted brands to dupe victims out of their personal and financial information, and they are getting smarter in their strategies and techniques, said a Kaspersky Lab researcher.
Exposing and defeating cyber criminal campaigns out for financial gain or trade secrets is the challenge of the day, but there are strategies and tools available to help.
One of the most easily accessible commercial exploit toolkits has been updated to take advantage of an unpatched Windows vulnerability that spreads through Internet Explorer.
The infamous trojan Citadel, known for being the first crimeware kit to include a CRM module to communicate with its creators, will only be sold only to recommended sources.
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