Malware Malware

Malware is more prevalent, sophisticated and targeted than ever. In recent history, we have witnessed the devastation wrought by Stuxnet, the most dangerous malware ever seen, and the infection of thousands of Apple Macs which some say is a sign that malware writers have turned their attention to the popular platform. Here we keep track of malware trends and attacks.

Accused Russian hacker claims authorship of 'Zeus' malware

Accused Russian hacker claims authorship of 'Zeus' malware

FBI releases conversation transcripts.
Staff Writers Jun 3 2014 12:20PM Security
US charges Russian man believed to be behind 'GOZ' botnet

US charges Russian man believed to be behind 'GOZ' botnet

Accused of stealing banking credentials, distributing ransomware
Staff Writers Jun 3 2014 4:29AM Security
Antivirus vendor Avast suffers data breach

Antivirus vendor Avast suffers data breach

Community forum taken offline.
Allie Coyne May 27 2014 3:31PM Security
Social engineering on rise as vulnerabilities decline: Microsoft

Social engineering on rise as vulnerabilities decline: Microsoft

Deceptive downloads danger.
Juha Saarinen May 8 2014 5:52AM Security
LaCie's online payment system breached

LaCie's online payment system breached

Customer details exposed for almost a year.
Ashley Carman Apr 16 2014 2:04PM Security
Google rolls out continual app security scan for Android

Google rolls out continual app security scan for Android

Malware threat exaggerated?
Juha Saarinen Apr 11 2014 6:04AM Security
Dangerous new Zeus malware fools anti-virus

Dangerous new Zeus malware fools anti-virus

Trojan tricks systems.
Tim Ring Apr 7 2014 11:01AM Security
Word, Excel malware creeping under radar of sysadmins

Word, Excel malware creeping under radar of sysadmins

Stealthy Crigent virus discovered.
Tim Ring Mar 31 2014 12:40PM Security
Banking trojan infections double in Australia

Banking trojan infections double in Australia

Takes over PC and then attempts to infect victim's mobile device.
Munir Kotadia Mar 26 2014 12:35PM Security
Social engineering threat tops infosec risks: ASD

Social engineering threat tops infosec risks: ASD

Agencies told to avoid bait.
Munir Kotadia Mar 18 2014 6:14AM Security
NSA slams mass malware campaign claims as false

NSA slams mass malware campaign claims as false

Says it doesn’t impersonate Facebook servers.
Allie Coyne Mar 14 2014 2:00PM Security
NSA spreads malware 'on an industrial scale'

NSA spreads malware 'on an industrial scale'

VPNs and VoIP sessions targetted.
Juha Saarinen Mar 13 2014 5:15AM Security
British govt health site directs visitors to malware

British govt health site directs visitors to malware

Mistyped URL blamed.
Doug Drinkwater Feb 4 2014 7:10AM Software
Yahoo! email accounts hacked, passwords reset

Yahoo! email accounts hacked, passwords reset

Third party service hack suspected.
Darren Pauli Jan 31 2014 10:45AM Security
Zeus malware re-purposed for tech support

Zeus malware re-purposed for tech support

An unorthodox alternative to long phone calls with relatives.
Darren Pauli Jan 29 2014 6:38AM Security
BlackPOS malware used in Target heist

BlackPOS malware used in Target heist

Hackers created webserver on Target network to collect cards.
Darren Pauli Jan 17 2014 8:55AM Security
Defence mulls surveillance malware export restrictions

Defence mulls surveillance malware export restrictions

Govts clamp down on zero day exploit trading.
Darren Pauli Jan 15 2014 6:45AM Security
Oracle issues mega batch of security patches

Oracle issues mega batch of security patches

Java gets 36 security updates.
Juha Saarinen Jan 14 2014 6:29AM Security
Target US breached by PoS terminal malware

Target US breached by PoS terminal malware

RAM scraping used.
Darren Pauli Jan 13 2014 2:01PM Security
Yahoo.com ads expose thousands to malware

Yahoo.com ads expose thousands to malware

As many as 27,000 infected.
Doug Drinkwater Jan 7 2014 8:45AM Security

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