Trojan

Godfather malware makes banking apps an offer they can’t refuse

No horse heads in beds...that we know of

Security22 Dec 2022 | 7

Legit Android apps poisoned by sticky 'Zombinder' malware

Sure, go ahead and load APKs instead of using an app store. You won't enjoy the results

Research09 Dec 2022 | 25

Good news, URSNIF no longer a banking trojan. Bad news, it's now a backdoor

And one designed to slip ransomware and data-stealing code onto infected machines

Research21 Oct 2022 | 1

Steganography alert: Backdoor spyware stashed in Microsoft logo

Now that's sticker shock

Research02 Oct 2022 | 27

WordPress-powered sites backdoored after FishPig suffers supply chain attack

And two other security snafus in this web publishing world

Patches15 Sep 2022 | 18

Cybercriminals target games popular with kids to distribute malware

Kaspersky research finds Minecraft and Roblox have the most malicious files associated with them

Security07 Sep 2022 |

‘Precursor malware’ infection may be sign you're about to get ransomware, says startup

As more and more biz pays up to restore data, we're told

Security26 Mar 2022 | 15

China thrilled it captured already-leaked NSA cyber-weapon

Not now with your mischief, Beijing

Security14 Mar 2022 | 22

Techniques to fool AI with hidden triggers are outpacing defenses – study

Here's how to catch up with those poisoning machine-learning systems

AI + ML25 Feb 2022 | 8

Software engineer jailed for 2 years after using RATs and crypters to steal underage victims' intimate pics

Another one who pleaded autism in mitigation

Legal12 Jan 2022 | 96

It's the flu season – FluBot, that is: Surge of info-stealing Android malware detected

And a bunch of bank-account-raiding trojans also identified

Security30 Nov 2021 | 5

Trojan Source attack: Code that says one thing to humans tells your compiler something very different, warn academics

Updated Bidirectional character attack – simple and nightmarish

Security01 Nov 2021 | 59

Cred-stealing trojan harvests logins from Chromium browsers, Outlook and more, warns Cisco Talos

Masslogger evolution rears its ugly head, $30 gets you three month license to cause carnage

Security18 Feb 2021 | 8

Weeks before US oil contract prices went negative, a spear-phishing crew went after oil firms. What did they get?

Who wants to know about their biz plans? Someone determined

Security21 Apr 2020 | 8

Please, just stop downloading apps from unofficial stores: Android users hit with 'unkillable malware'

Picked up xHelper 'matryoshka' trojan? Best to just nuke the site from orbit

Security08 Apr 2020 | 32

There's a cling-on off the starboard bow... Small moon spotted orbiting asteroid NASA's Lucy will visit in 2027

Tch-oh, you wait for one cosmic rock and then two show up

Science10 Jan 2020 | 10

Feds slap $5m bounty on 'Evil Corp' Russian duo accused of running ZeuS, Dridex banking trojans

Account-draining malware masterminds charged but remain in motherland

Security05 Dec 2019 | 14

Who needs malware? IBM says most hackers just PowerShell through boxes now, leaving little in the way of footprints

Direct-to-memory attacks now account for 57 per cent of hacks, apparently

Security26 Feb 2019 | 79

Fancy Bear hacker crew Putin dirty RATs in Word documents emailed to govt orgs – report

Disguised as files about recent Lion Air crash, no less

Security21 Nov 2018 | 25

US-CERT warns of more North Korean malware

'Typeframe' springs from the same den as 'Hidden Cobra'

Security18 Jun 2018 | 16

Hackers tiptoe out, launch Silence trojan, quietly raid banks of meeelllions

They're exploiting already infected bodies, say researchers

Security02 Nov 2017 | 14

Another banking trojan is trying to loot your cryptocurrency wallets

Trickbot variant adds Coinbase exchange to monitored sites

Security30 Aug 2017 | 6

For all the chaos it sows, fewer than 1% of threats are actually ransomware

It does a pretty good job of ruining everything

Security04 Jul 2017 | 22

Say hello to Dvmap: The first Android malware with code injection

Trojan deletes root access to dodge detection

Security09 Jun 2017 | 15

64-bit malware threat may be itty-bitty now, but it's only set to grow

Upgrade and they will come

Security24 May 2017 | 9

Media players wide open to malware fired from booby-trapped subtitles

VLC, Kodi, Popcorn Time and Stremio were all vulnerable

Security23 May 2017 | 37

FireEye calls Shim-anigans: Bank-raiding hackers switch tactics

Game's the same, just got more fierce, apparently

Security05 May 2017 | 8

Recruiters considered really harmful: Devs on GitHub hit with booby-trapped fake job emails

All the more reason to reject new_position_offer.docx

Security30 Mar 2017 | 11

FBI secures guilty plea from Russian bot-herder

Ebury infections for fun and profit, sentencing in August

Legal29 Mar 2017 | 4

TeamSpy hackers get the crew back together after four-year hiatus

Updated Remote-control app hijacked for use as snooping tool – again

Security21 Feb 2017 | 6

Mega UK hospitals trust Barts says IT borkage was due to trojan – not ransomware

Oh, well, that's all right then

Security17 Jan 2017 | 11

Brother-and-sister duo arrested over hacking campaign targeting Italy's bigwigs

EyePyramid operation targeted politicians and business leaders

Security12 Jan 2017 | 15

NASA plans seven-year trip to Jupiter – can we come with you, please?

Vid Mighty Trojan probe will eye up biggest metal ball in Solar System

Science05 Jan 2017 | 46

New Android-infecting malware brew hijacks devices. Why, you ask? Your router

1,280 Wi-Fi networks have fallen victim to the Switcher

Security03 Jan 2017 | 20

Bad news, fandroids: Mobile banking malware now encrypts files

First Faketoken stole credentials, now it holds data to ransom

Security20 Dec 2016 | 16

Hospital info thief malware puts itself into a coma to avoid IT bods

Software nasty also uses steganography to inject poison payload

Security22 Nov 2016 | 10

Google to patch Chrome mobile hole after bank trojan hits 318k users

Flaw allowing ads to offer dodgy apps won't be fixed for about three weeks

Security08 Nov 2016 | 16

Hax0rs sow Discord by using VoIP service to sling malware at gamers

Not even playtime's safe these days

Security21 Oct 2016 | 7

Double-dipping malware steals iOS creds and roots Android

Old Apples, modded Androids, most at risk from Chinese DualToy trojan

Security15 Sep 2016 | 11

Sneaky Gugi banking trojan sidesteps Android OS security barricades

Updated Overlay malware gets angry if you try and say no

Security06 Sep 2016 | 14

Boffins design security chip to spot hidden hardware trojans in processors

When fabs go rogue

Security24 Aug 2016 | 23

Google AdSense abused to distribute Android spyware

Svpeng Trojan incoming!

Security15 Aug 2016 | 41

Eye of Sauron-themed trojan targets Russia, Sweden

Necromancer-loving author wrote 'tricky' malware at its core

Security08 Aug 2016 | 14

Lurk trojan takedown also took out Angler exploit kit

Follow the malware

Security11 Jul 2016 |

Sofacy NotSoGood: Time to switch up our Trojan-slinging tactics

US gov employee sent dodgy attachment by 'foreign ministry'

Security15 Jun 2016 | 2

Flash. Bang. Wallet: Marcher crooks target UK Android users

Mobile banking trojan matches banks' look and feel

Security02 Jun 2016 | 9

Russia launches raids over Sberbank heist

Lurk trojan attack lands 18 behind bars in FSB dragnet

Legal02 Jun 2016 | 4

Gozi trojan mastermind sentenced by US court to time served

Miscreant turned FBI informant gets out after 37 months

Security04 May 2016 | 5

SpyEye duo behind bank-account-emptying malware banged up

Billion-dollar Russian Trojan team in the tank for quarter of a century in the US

Legal21 Apr 2016 | 11

Halfbreed trojan targets US banks

Hybrid strains combine to form biz hacker

Security15 Apr 2016 | 8

Brazilian and Russian cybercrooks collaborating to create more potent threats

Borrowed technologies, code obfuscation, and a lot more in their bag of tricks

Security01 Apr 2016 | 1

US bank fended off 513 trojans last year alone

Even after all these years, it pays to beware of geeks bearing code

Security24 Mar 2016 | 7

Wait! Where did you get that USB? Super-stealthy trojan only drives stick

Snoop-proofed trickster targets air-gapped systems

Security23 Mar 2016 | 68

Millions menaced as ransomware-smuggling ads pollute top websites

msn.com, nytimes.com, aol.com et al hit by malware-injecting banners

Channel15 Mar 2016 | 114

Android trojan Triada implants itself into older mobes' 'brains'

First time this one's been seen in the wild, says Kaspersky

Security03 Mar 2016 | 5

Android Xbot trojan poses as banking app, nicks your login creds

A Swiss Army knife for mobile ne'er do wells

Security19 Feb 2016 | 11