The spyware gave complete control of victimized computers, sold for as little as$25, and was bought by 14,500 hackers worldwide.
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Russian hacker gets 4 years in jail for NeverQuest banking malware
The NeverQuest Trojan has been used by cybermuggers to try to weasel millions of dollars out of victims’ bank accounts.
PageFair analytics hacked and used to distribute malware on Halloween
For 83 minutes the PageFair analytics service was compromised by hackers. The network was used to seed customer websites with malicious code that prompted users to download a Trojan posing as Adobe Flash.
Dridex botnet taken down, multi-million bank fraud suspect arrested
Andrey Ghinkul, aka Smilex, is alleged to have stolen millions, including $990,000 from a school in Pennsylvania, with a bank fraud botnet.
Microsoft Word Intruder gets down to business: Operation Pony Express
Still not convinced about patching promptly? Gabor Szappanos of SophosLabs goes behind the scenes of a Microsoft Word based malware campaign…
Google profits from YouTube RAT infestation, says consumer group
YouTube has thousands of videos on stealing images and spreading malware, along with examples of stolen streams from “slave” devices.
Cat and mouse game is over for Japanese death threat hacker
A Japanese programmer, who taunted police by leaving clues in a memory card that he tucked into the collar of a cat found wandering an island off Tokyo, has been sentenced to 8 years in jail.
From Cabir to Koler – 10 years of Mobile Malware
It’s 10 years since June 2004, when the first mobile malware appeared. We don’t want to *celebrate* this anniversary, you understand, but we thought we’d look back to see what we can learn…