A former intern at FireEye firm has been arrested for developing and distributing the sophisticated Android malware dubbed Dendroid. A former intern at FireEye firm has been arrested for developing and distributing the sophisticated Android malware dubbed Dendroid.  Experts at Symantec in March 2014 discovered a new HTTP Android Remote administration tool, named Dendroid, available on […]
Every 18 seconds a new mobile Android malware is discovered in the wild as reported in the G DATA Malware Report Mobile for Q1 2015. Security firm GDATAÂ has published a report on mobile malware detected in the first quarter of 2015. The researchers discovered 440,267 new strains of Android malware, a new malware strain for […]
Researchers at ESET analyzed the Dino malware confirming that the sophisticated espionage platform belongs to the arsenal of the Animal Farm APT. Security experts at ESET have analyzed Dino, a sophisticated platform used by the Animal Farm ATP group. Earlier this year, security researchers discovered two powerful malware, dubbed Babar and Casper, likely developed by the […]
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating on the activities related to a FIN4 APT targeting executives at publicly traded firms. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched an investigation on the activities related to a hacking crew targeting executives at publicly traded firms. According to the Reuters, the SEC has contacted at least […]
Security experts at Trend Micro published a report on the Deep Web and related illegal activities that exploit the darknets it contains. Experts at TrendMicro published an interesting report on the Deep Web focusing their analysis on the services and products available in the dark part of the internet that is not indexed by the principal search […]
Experts at Symantec observed a significant upsurge in activity over the past year for the Dyre financial Trojan used to target banking customers worldwide The operators behind the popular Dyre banking trojan appear very active in this period, according to security experts at Symantec they are working hard five-day a week to maintain some 285 command […]
The Electronic Frontier Foundation published the “Who Has Your Back? 2015” report that ranked WhatsApp ranked as the worst in protecting users’ privacy. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published its annual report “Who Has Your Back? 2015: Protecting Your Data From Government Requests” that analyzes how private companies handlesusers data with specific focus on Government surveillance. “Which […]
Trustwave firm published a report related to 2014 incidents that revealed cyber criminal activities are paying with 1,425% return on investment. Hackers are seeing a whopping 1,425% return on investment for these two kinds of attacks Security experts at Trustwave published an interesting report on the return on investment related to illegal activities online. The experts revealed that […]
Security experts at Nettitude reported that VoIP (Voice over IP) infrastructures worldwide are targeted by a growing number of cyber attacks. A new wave of attacks against Voice over IP (VoIP) systems is targeting UK businesses, security experts believe that a surge was advantaged by the greater availability of hacking tools in the criminal underground. […]