Here you will find all the articles with the tag: malware.
McAfee Labs reports that a new type of malware has been found that works as a cryptographic mineral. The malware bears the name WebCobra and takes over his victim's device. Then it starts with cryptographic currency mining, including zcash and monero. Of course, the earnings go to the hackers. The t... Read more
4 years ago
Trickbot, the malware that had previously conventionally gone after bank details, now uses a Microsoft Excel file to capture user login codes. The new module is called pwgrab32 and tries to steal autofill data, browsing history and usernames and passwords from browsers and various other apps via a M... Read more
4 years ago
The amount of malware, specifically for Android, continues to grow. That's what researchers at G DATA SecurityLab are reporting today. The number of types of mobile malware increased by forty percent in the third quarter of 2018 compared to the same period last year. The G DATA researchers registere... Read more
4 years ago
Google is of course doing its utmost to prevent malware from being given a chance in the Play Store. But there are some loopholes in the net, as it turns out again today. A new malware app has been found that steals sensitive data from unsuspecting users. Security researcher Lukas Stefanko yesterday... Read more
4 years ago
Bitdefender believes that the criminal group behind the GandCrab-ransomware has lost an estimated $1 million in ransom money. This was after Bitdefender released a free tool for ransomware victims to unlock their devices again. According to the antivirus maker, at least 1,700 GandCrab victims were a... Read more
4 years ago
A new member of the GPlayed Trojan has been discovered. The malware is designed to attack customers of a Russian state-owned bank. Cisco Talos researchers discovered the malware. The researchers revealed earlier this month GPlayed, an "extremely powerful" trojan that pretends to be a Google service ... Read more
4 years ago
A government employee has been blamed for infecting the computer network of the American Geological Survey with malware. This is because the employee is said to have visited no less than 9,000 porn sites via his USGS laptop. Part of it was hosted in Russia. The employee not only visited numerous por... Read more
4 years ago
Security researchers report that a research institute affiliated with Russia is behind malware that could have major consequences. The malware in question was found in a Saudi Arabian power plant in the course of 2017 and appeared to be specifically targeted at critical infrastructure. That's what F... Read more
4 years ago
Kaspersky Lab reports today that it has discovered computers infected with DarkPulsar. This is malware that is rumoured to have been developed by the American National Security Agency (NSA). Networks in Egypt, Iran and Russia would have to deal with the malware. That's what researchers at Kaspersky ... Read more
4 years ago
Gazorp, a free malware-maker found on the dark web, lets cyber criminals make their own AZORult attacks. AZORult is a trojan that collects data from a system. It searches for stored passwords, files and login details of the computer itself. The malware-maker was discovered by Check Point Research o... Read more
4 years ago
