Items tagged with Trojans

by Nathan Wasson - Tue, Aug 16, 2022

This Android Banking Malware Steals Your Logins And Then Leaves Ransomware Surprise

An Android Banking Trojan with an already extensive toolkit recently gained a ransomware module. While banking malware is an all too prevalent a threat for mobile devices, ransomware isn’t a technique commonly deployed against mobile devices, making this particular piece of malware notable. Banking trojans come in the... Read more...

by Nathan Wasson - Wed, Aug 03, 2022

Heads-Up, These Are The Apps Malware Authors Most Often Impersonate

Malware campaigns employ different techniques to smuggle malicious software onto computing devices without the notice of users or anti-virus systems. Threat actors who develop and distribute malware frequently rely on various forms of mimicry to take advantage of users’ trust in legitimate websites, services, and... Read more...

by Joshua Gulick - Tue, Nov 26, 2013

McAfee Labs Report Says Cyberthreats Increase with Malware and Cybercrime at Record Levels

You know malware is a steadily growing problem, but if you aren’t tuned into the cyber security industry, you might not know just how fast the threat is exploding. Hackers are taking computers hostage, stealing credit card data at ever-increasing rates, and spammers are winning the email war. McAfee released a... Read more...

by Michael Santo - Sat, Mar 14, 2009

TinyURL Phishing Increases in Popularity

TinyURL is a popular URL shortening service which is frequently used to reduce the length of a URL to something more manageable. Security firm Trend Micro has warned that TinyURL phishing, first reported in February, is becoming more popular and spreading across different languages. An example of tinyURL use would be perhaps a Mapquest link... Read more...

by Chad Weirick - Wed, Dec 19, 2007

Google Adverts Have Trojans

Romanian antivirus firm, BitDefender, claims to have discovered malicious code in Google's AdSense service. Google has been swift to respond:Google said on Wednesday: "We have canceled customer accounts that display ads redirecting users to malicious sites or that advertise a product violating our software principles.""We actively work... Read more...

by Chad Weirick - Tue, Aug 21, 2007

Search For Jobs & Get Trojans At The Same Time

Researchers at SecureWorks have found a massive cache of sensitive data from over 46,000 victims of a Prg Trojan variant. What's odd about this particular case is that not only did they find lots of private data, but where the data came from. “Experts at the Atlanta-based security company said the information includes bank and credit card... Read more...