Security News

HAMMERTOSS: New Russian Malware (Schneier on Security)
2015-07-31 16:12

Fireeye has a detailed report of a sophisticated piece of Russian malware: HAMMERTOSS. It uses some clever techniques to hide: The Hammertoss backdoor malware looks for a different Twitter handle...

Writing Advanced OS X Malware an ‘Elegant’ Solution to Improving Detection (Threatpost)
2015-07-30 17:56

OS X security researcher Patrick Wardle is expected at Black Hat to demonstrate how to write advanced Mac malware, including Gatekeeper and Xprotect bypasses, in hopes of raising awareness to the...

Asprox Botnet Spreading Click-Fraud Malware via JavaScript Attachments (Threatpost)
2015-07-29 15:27

The SANS Internet Storm Center reports a rash of malicious spam pushing Kovter click-fraud malware.