Malware: Archive: December 2011

The company also says the same software development environment was used to build both viruses.

Filmmaker Darryl Manson purchased the drive from retailer Dick Smith, only to find that it contained both malware and pirated movies.

Trend Micro researchers report that the North Korean leader's death is being leveraged to distribute a Trojan.

The Trojan offers to decrypt three files in order to convince victims to pay $69.

All of the links in the e-mails redirect victims to a site hosting the BlackHole exploit kit.

The site serves a malicious Java applet that retrieves a Trojan.

According to the firm, the phishing e-mails contain an attachment that installs a banking Trojan on victims' PCs.

The ransomware imitates messages from local police, including the UK Metropolitan Police, the Spanish police, Dutch police, and many others.

The malware disabled computer connectivity within Gwinnett Medical Center's two facilities.

Dr. Panayotis A. Yannakogeorgos says the Russians may have intentionally planted a worm with digital U.S. and Israeli fingerprints.

According to Sophos, 33 of 50 lost USB devices it examined were infected.

The only thing you need to know to become a cybercriminal these days is where to deposit the money.

Google's Safe Browsing Alerts will now alert network operators to domains that are responsible for distributing malware.