Malicious computer code that leverages a newly-patched security flaw in Oracle’s Java software is set to be deployed later this week to cybercriminal operations powered by the BlackHole exploit pack. The addition of a new weapon to this malware arsenal will almost...
July 05, 2012 By Jayendra Pathek, Randy Abrams NSS Labs has recently encountered a phishing campaign targeting American Express customers. The phishing emails ask users if they have recently reset their password, or verified their user ID for their American Express...
A little over three months ago, I wrote here about how Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit, along with its financial industry partners and Kyrus Tech, took action to disrupt the dangerous Zeus botnets, known for fueling half a billion dollars in online fraud and identity...
The creators of the Flame malware have sent a “suicide” command that removes it from some infected computers. Security firm Symantec caught the command using booby-trapped computers set up to watch Flame’s actions. Flame came to light after the...
by Stephen Cobb ESET Security Evangelist A week ago the big malware news was the code known as Flame, Flamer, or sKyWIper (detected by ESET as Win32/Flamer.A), then on June 1, this news broke: “A damaging cyberattack against Iran’s nuclear program was the...
by David Harley Senior Research Fellow It’s not only the malware that ESET calls Win32/Flamer.A which is complex (and quite dauntingly large). The news and speculation around this threat is also extensive and complex. While it is understandable that what appears...