For employees facing hundreds of e-mails, the temptation to speed-read and download attachments on autopilot can be great. Cybercriminals, of course, take advantage, sending out seemingly important documents that might contain just about anything from phishing links to malware. Our experts recently discovered two very similar spam campaigns distributing the IcedID and Qbot … [Read more...] about Malicious spam spreading banking Trojans
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Researchers Warn of Facefish Backdoor Spreading Linux Rootkits
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new backdoor program capable of stealing user login credentials, device information and executing arbitrary commands on Linux systems. The malware dropper has been dubbed "Facefish" by Qihoo 360 NETLAB team owing its capabilities to deliver different rootkits at different times and the use of Blowfish cipher to encrypt communications … [Read more...] about Researchers Warn of Facefish Backdoor Spreading Linux Rootkits
Beware — A New Wormable Android Malware Spreading Through WhatsApp
A newly discovered Android malware has been found to propagate itself through WhatsApp messages to other contacts in order to expand what appears to be an adware campaign. "This malware spreads via victim's WhatsApp by automatically replying to any received WhatsApp message notification with a link to [a] malicious Huawei Mobile app," ESET researcher Lukas Stefanko said. The … [Read more...] about Beware — A New Wormable Android Malware Spreading Through WhatsApp