Meet ‘Tox’: Ransomware for the Rest of Us
The packaging of malware and malware-construction kits for cybercrime “consumers” has been a long-running trend. Various turnkey kits that cover...
Brazilian Banking Malware Hides in SQL Database
Spam is a plague that has given headaches to system administrators and users for years. A lot of spam tries...
Stolen Credit Card Numbers Easy to Buy Online
We have seen an increasing amount of articles published about the “Dark Web,” underground cybercriminal sites that are hosted on...
Update on the Beebone Botnet Takedown
On April 8, the takedown operation for the polymorphic botnet known as Beebone successfully concluded. This action redirected traffic from...
VaultCrypt Ransomware Hides Its Traces While Stealing Web Credentials
Since the beginning of the year we have seen a spike in ransomware including the emergence of new ransomware families....
Takedown Stops Polymorphic Botnet
Several global law enforcement agencies—with assistance from McAfee —this week successfully dismantled the “Beebone” botnet behind a polymorphic worm known...
Here’s What You Need To Know About Botnets
In the year of 2000, Professor Vijay Pande, a renowned Stanford University researcher, released a little program that, when downloaded...
Why the New Flinch App is Far From Family Friendly
It’s called Flinch and the idea behind this new app echoes an innocent childhood game: Stare at the other person...
British Airways Frequent Flyers Report Stolen Air Miles
Frequent flyers, beware. Tens of thousands of accounts may have been compromised due to an automated attack against British Airways,...
Teslacrypt Joins Ransomware Field
A newly crafted ransomware, Teslacrypt, has arrived in the malware genre that encrypts user files using AES encryption and demands...
