The old adage that crime does not pay is not only applicable those cybercriminals who are caught, but also to many of the victims of the Gatak Trojan who download it while attempting to gain access to pirated software.
Earlier this month researchers at Red Canary squashed an attempt by malicious actors to place and execute malware on Ask.com’s toolbar.
A researcher has warned of a new Facebook instant message spam campaign designed to trick recipients into downloading a malicious downloader script, which a second researcher said he observed downloading Locky ransomware.
November 21 marks the eighth anniversary of Conficker being discovered and according to researchers at ESET it is still going strong.
The preponderance of active malware families as well as the number of attacks increased by five percent in October, according to the Global Threat Index, a monthly ranking from Check Point.
