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Viruses & Malware
Viruses & Malware
Data-wiping malware targets Europe
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2017-03-07 10:50
Shamoon—the mysterious disk wiper that popped up out nowhere in 2012 and took out more than 35,000 computers in a Saudi Arabian-owned gas company before disappearing—is back. Its new, meaner design has been unleashed three time since November. What's more, a new wiper developed in the same style as Shamoon has been discovered targeting a petroleum company in Europe, where wipers used in the Middle East have not previously been seen.
Newly Discovered Android Trojan Hijacks Routers
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2017-01-03 22:45
The most common way for threat actors to compromise a network router is to attack it directly. The other and potentially more scalable way is to try and get individual users to unwittingly do it for them.
Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered a dangerous new Trojan dubbed Switcher that is designed to infect and hijack WiFi routers via compromised Android end user devices.
Three hospitals in England cancel operations over computer virus
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2016-11-01 23:56
Planned operations and outpatient appointments have been cancelled at three hospitals in northeastern England after a computer virus infected a health service network, the National Health Service Trust said.
In a post on its website, the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust called the attack a "major incident" and said it had cancelled all planned operations, outpatient appointments and diagnostic procedures for Wednesday.
Nymaim malware got a major 'upgrade', says Verint
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2016-11-01 03:29
The miscreants behind the Nymaim malware dropper have updated their code to include better obfuscation and blacklisting against security software.
Analytics outfit Verint, which discovered the latest version and offers its analysis here, says the new code base targets phishing rather than the drive-by-download approach favoured by the original version of the malware.
CallJam malware infects Androids and keeps ringing premium rate numbers
Submitted by l33tdawg on Sun, 2016-09-11 23:40
A new mobile malware known as "CallJam" loves to continuously hit up premium phone numbers from the Android devices it infects.
Just like other Android trojans (such as Android.Xiny.19.origin and the DroidJack remote access tool), CallJam likes to masquerade as downloadable games in the official Google Play Store.
Specifically, this particular malware takes the form of a game called "Gems Chest for Clash Royale." As many as 500,000 people have downloaded the malicious app since someone first uploaded it to the Google Play Store back in May 2016.
