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Gunpoder Android Malware Hides Malicious Behaviors in Adware (Threatpost)
2015-07-07 18:13

The Gunpoder Android malware has co-opted a Nintendo NES game emulator and hides inside the Airpush ad library, researchers at Palo Alto Networks said.

Another malware building toolkit leaked, botnets already popping up (Help Net Security)
2015-07-07 14:49

Another malware building toolkit has been leaked, allowing less tech-savvy crooks to generate a fully functional variant of the KINS banking Trojan and to inject its configuration code in a JPG file i...

Ad Fraud Malware Updating Flash on Infected PCs (Threatpost)
2015-07-06 17:59

Ad fraud malware is one of the more profitable specialties in the cybercrime world, and the attackers who use it often have to adapt their tactics in order to keep the money rolling in. One of the...

Old MS Office feature can be exploited to deliver, execute malware (Help Net Security)
2015-07-06 15:18

A Microsoft Office functionality that has been in use since the early 1990s can be exploited to deliver malicious, executable files to users without triggering widely used security software, claims se...

The top three banking malware families (Help Net Security)
2015-07-03 06:45

The primary motivator behind banking malware attacks is to capture credentials, financial data, and personal information from employees, and partner company employees, across industries. Then apply th...

4,900 new Android malware strains discovered every day (Help Net Security)
2015-07-01 13:13

G DATA security experts discovered 440,267 new Android malware strains in the first quarter of 2015, which means that a new mobile malware strain for Android was discovered every 18 seconds. "New...