Trojan

Emotet Botnet Offline After Global Takedown By Police

Good news. One of the world's most dangerous botnets, Emotet, has been taken down in a co-ordinated police operation around…

4 years ago

Microsoft Takes Down Trickbot Hacking Operation

Another takedown from Microsoft sees it disrupt key Trickbot servers, which it said could have indirectly impact US election infrastructure

4 years ago

TrickBot Malware Update Makes It Harder To Detect

TrickBot information-stealing malware updated with new 'nworm' module that uses encryption and in-memory execution to hinder detection efforts

4 years ago

Financial Malware Attacks On The Rise, Warns Kaspersky

Consumers are increasingly being targetted by financial malware, alarming new research shows

5 years ago

Malware Riddled Laptop Sells For $1.3m

Eleven year old laptop containing six infamous viruses has been auctioned off for more than $1m as a piece of…

5 years ago

Mobile Banking Malware On The Rise, Kaspersky Lab Warns

Worrying number of attacks by mobile banking malware, report from Kaspersky Lab discovers

5 years ago

Rootkit Malware Hijacks Systems To Drive Advertising Traffic

Scranos first appeared last November, but has already spread to tens of thousands of systems around the world

6 years ago

Orangeworm Gang Stealing Healthcare Data Since 2015

Healthcare trojan found on X-ray and MRI machines after three year campaign by Orangeworm gang, Symantec warns

7 years ago

Cyber Banking Mastermind Arrested By Police In Spain

Mastermind suspected of stealing £870m (€1bn) arrested for Carbanak, Cobalt banking malware campaigns

7 years ago

Ransomware Remains Weapon Of Choice For Hackers

Spyware to the left, ransomware to the right...new Malwarebytes report paints grim picture of growing cyber threats

7 years ago

Catelites Malware Targets Bank Customer Logins

Sophisticated fake mobile banking app interface for Android will steal your bank login credentials

7 years ago

BankBot Malware Slips Into Google Play Yet Again

The banking Trojan, which imitates real banking apps to steal users' login details, has been reported on Google Play several…

7 years ago

IBM X-Force Discovers IcedID Banking Trojan

New banking Trojan discovered and is active in the wild hitting targets in the United States and the UK

7 years ago

Silence Trojan Actively Targets Banks & Financial Institutions

Financial institutions facing targetted threat from Silence trojan which infiltrates internal banking networks

7 years ago

Mac Users Targeted By Malware Unwittingly Distributed By A Popular Media Player

ESET says it found the OSX/Proton malware in a version of Eltima's media player

7 years ago

Banking Trojan Emotet Returns ‘With A Vengeance’ To Strike UK

Return of the Trojan. Emotet is back 'with a vengeance' and the UK is bearing the bulk of its attacks

7 years ago

Death By PowerPoint: Malware Attacks Use Malicious Slide Show Files To Evade Antivirus

A sophisticated attack uses targeted emails and a known Microsoft Office bug to get around antivirus and take over users'…

7 years ago

‘Hero’ Brit WannaCry Cyber Researcher Arrested In US For Kronos Trojan

FBI arrests Marcus Hutchins, who successfully stalled the WannaCry ransomware attack in May

7 years ago

Malware Discovered Hidden Behind Every Single App On An Android App Store

ESET security research discover Cepkutusu.com was spreading malware via its app marketplace

7 years ago

Kaspersky Discovers Dvmap Trojan Taking Control Of Android Devices

The malware is spreading via the Google Play store

7 years ago

Criminals Drain European Bank Accounts Using SS7 Security Flaw

The attack highlights the need for the telecoms community to address the security problem in SS7

8 years ago

TrickBot Trojan Now Targets Private Banks

Malware is now hand picking private banks, as IBM warns of 'skyrocketing' breaches of financial data

8 years ago

Developer Of Citadel Trojan Faces 10 Year Prison Sentence

Russian developer of banking trojan that stole more than £400m, faces lengthy stint in American jail

8 years ago

Zeus Banking Trojan Returns To Snatch Passwords And Credentials

The trojan used web injection to sneakily snatch credentials imputed into fake forms

8 years ago

Patient Data Safe After Barts NHS Health Cyber Attack

An unknown Trojan malware was responsible for the attack, but failed to access patient data

8 years ago

Faketoken Mobile Banking Trojan Targets 2,000 Android Apps

The data encryption capability is unlike that of most mobile ransomware in that it blocks the data rather than the…

8 years ago

Five New Malware Variants Discovered Every Second

Security researchers have added more than 115 million malware samples to their databases so far this year, with Windows viruses…

8 years ago

Android Fake Email App Trojan Takes Aim At German Banks

Android malware appears to be increasingly tailored to target specific banking services

8 years ago

Selfie Stealing Android Trojan Discovered By McAfee Labs

Tweaked Acecard trojan aims to trick gullible Android users into sending selfies and photos of their IDs

8 years ago

Ransomware Spammers Turn To Ads For Cash

This year's biggest Trojan malware has turned from spreading ransomware to spreading an ad-clicking backdoor

8 years ago