Security News

Angler Exploit Kit, Bedep Malware Inflating Video Views (Threatpost)
2015-05-05 12:00

Cybercriminals are using the Angler exploit kit to infect users with the Bedep Trojan, which then uses their computer resources to perform click-fraud and artificially inflate video views.

Rombertik Malware Can Overwrite MBR if Audited (Threatpost)
2015-05-04 20:26

Cisco Talos reports a new strain of spyware called Rombertik that escalates its anti-detection capabilities by destroying the Master Boot Record if the code is audited.

Attackers Peddling Malware via CareerBuilder (Threatpost)
2015-05-04 13:37

Attackers have recently taken to the job searching website CareerBuilder to spread Microsoft Word documents that masquerade as job hopefuls' resumes, but in reality, are laden with malware.

Week in review: Researchers hack surgery robot, 5-year-old malware turns Linux servers into spamming machines (Help Net Security)
2015-05-04 05:03

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, podcasts and articles: The invasion of biometrics Depending on where you stand biometrics is a good thing or something that is do...

Unnoticed for years, malware turned Linux and BSD servers into spamming machines (Help Net Security)
2015-05-01 09:30

For over 5 years, and perhaps even longer, servers around the world running Linux and BSD operating systems have been targeted by an individual or group that compromised them via a backdoor Trojan, th...