Tag archive: Trojan

Android users need to be on watch for new malware masquerading as the Netflix app. The bogus version mirrors the official app very closely in appearance and will steal user's account information. Researchers from the Semantec computer security firm published a warning about the fake Netflix app in a blog post on Wednesday. The Trojan, named Android.Fakeneflic, is pretty straight forward. The Fake app is mainly just a splash screen and a… Read More

You may have seen a trail of news stories bubbling up yesterday and over the weekend about a group of hackers who said they discovered the German government was using spyware to keep tabs on its citizens. It turns out that story may be true as some German officials from a number of states have admitted to using the software. The large European hacker club called Chaos Computer Club (CCC) stumbled upon a Trojan Horse, and upon reverse-engineering… Read More

On late Sunday, USA Today's official account on Twitter was taken over by the hacking group known as the Script Kiddies. Representatives of USA Today quickly regained control of the account with help from Twitter. While no fake news post was distributed over the USA Today account, the hacking group used the platform of about 170,000 followers to brag about hacks on other prominent accounts and attempted to promote a recently created… Read More

A new Android virus records users' phone calls without their knowledge, reports Network World. The Trojan malware, which automatically records outgoing phone calls and stores them on the device's SD card, was first uncovered by CA Technologies security researcher Dinesh Venkatesan, who specializes in a variety of nasty software, including “mobile threats.” To test the Android malware, Venkatesan ran tests of the… Read More

Zitmo, a Trojan spyware app that poses as banking activation software, has now been modified to attack Android-based devices. The virus, which steals financial transaction information, has previously been successfully used on Symbian, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile devices. Axelle Apvrille, an author at the security blog Fortinet, said Zitmo is being put to use by the ZeuS botnet gang. “The malware poses as a banking activation… Read More

In an unusual move, Apple has announced that it will be releasing an update to its Mac OS X operating system that will directly detect and remove the MacDefender malware/phishing scam that has been targeting Mac OS X. Apple says the update will be available “in the coming days,” and in the meantime has posted instructions for users to manually remove MacDefender and its variants. Although MacDefender popped up earlier this month,… Read More

Although malware on Mac OS X is nowhere near as common as it is on Windows, Trojan horses—programs that purport to do something useful and instead do something nasty—aren't exactly unknown. Some appear in the form of “free” installers for commercial applications distributed via file sharing networks, while others have been mostly proofs-of-concept that never made it out into the wild. However, a new-ish trojan… Read More

It’s easy to get lured into a false sense of security as a Mac user – after all, Apple's personal computers are paraded about as virus immune machines.  Of course that isn’t a catch-all, and a new report from the Intego Mac Security Blog says there is new malware targeting Mac computers. Apple Discussion forums are also rife with complaints of a program called MacDefender (not to be confused with this site). The trojan appears to be… Read More

Last week, Google launch an unusual security initiative by releasing its own “Android Market Security Tools March 2011″ to remove the trojan DroidDream from infected users Android phones and devices. The action was unusual in that it was initiated by Google itself, rather than released to mobile operators who, in turn, pushed it out to customers. Now, attackers seem to be using Google's release as a new attack vector:… Read More

According to security firm Symantec, an Android app that found itself in the hands of Chinese hackers is hijacking infected smartphones and charging clueless owners. The free app is called Steamy Window, which was modified with a backdoor Trojan added to its code. It was then rereleased to unapproved third-party app vendors, where it’s been picked up by Android owners and since then wreaking havoc on their texting bills. The original Steamy… Read More

Security firm Sophos has identified a new Trojan horse circulating that targets Apple's Mac OS X platform, dubbing it OSX/MusMinim-A, after the malware's apparent author. Although users still have to be tricked into downloading the Trojan—and the software currently claims it's not finished and that more features are coming—the malware can run arbitrary Unix shell commands, shut down and restart the computer, put… Read More

Cyber security firm Symantec released its quarterly report yesterday, revealing that targeted attacks to steal company data have increased. The report specifically focuses on the Hydraq Trojan and the Stuxnet worm, and the damage they caused and concern for future attacks involving each. “Past targeted attacks…are important because they demonstrate that there are vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure sectors – specifically, in the power and… Read More

And Microsoft thought its biggest problem this week was Google. According to the company’s lawyers, the sale of pirated Microsoft software has been lining the pockets of infamous Mexican drug cartel La Familia Michoacana. The money from the counterfeit copies has funded the group’s extremely illegal activity, including kidnappings and drug and weapons trafficking. La Familia Michoacana is an elite gang in Mexico and sees a profit of $800 million… Read More

In recognition of last Friday’s Data Privacy Day, Facebook finally introduced HTTPS capability and a slew of other upgraded security tools. But it might not be enough: Today, PandaLabs announced two new malware viruses that are attacking user accounts. As always, users need to be exceptionally careful of unknown or sketchy e-mails and messages. Avoid opening links or opening attached files from unknown sources – and don’t provide any personal… Read More

Mozilla might be having trouble with its deadlines for Firefox 4, but when it comes to patching a dangerous hole in its browser, it acted remarkably quickly. On Tuesday, visitors of the Nobel Prize website were attacked by malware, which drove them to a hacker-controlled Taiwanese site that attempted to plant a Trojan on the unlucky users’ PCs. But the window for infiltrating vulnerable systems was shut quickly, as Mozilla responded with a patch… Read More