64 bit version of notorious Zeus Trojan spotted by Kaspersky

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyF8i3aOx0DvGtfkHmJfMg9XJ0AjeWX-UNRBGP9oa_kWTLwdWIAEi9v1Spj_NW1jC6_qfNO6ZxN0k3gPoUMacf5BY3PqyXRDuVu4jZtqDJWaRl4AJ71f9UR6CiLYl2D4TfsGZaiVmJRzI/s200/zeus-banking-trojan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyF8i3aOx0DvGtfkHmJfMg9XJ0AjeWX-UNRBGP9oa_kWTLwdWIAEi9v1Spj_NW1jC6_qfNO6ZxN0k3gPoUMacf5BY3PqyXRDuVu4jZtqDJWaRl4AJ71f9UR6CiLYl2D4TfsGZaiVmJRzI/s200/zeus-banking-trojan.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As more number of people switch to 64bit version of OS,  Cyber criminals also started to write malware code that compatible with 64 bit.<br /><br />It is not surprising to see the world's most notorious Banking Trojan Zeus also come up with new variants supporting 64bit.<br /><br />Security researchers at Kaspersky <a href="http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208214171/The_inevitable_move_64_bit_ZeuS_has_come_enhanced_with_Tor" target="_blank">spotted</a> a 32-bit variant of Zeus malware containing 64bit version.  Researchers say 64-bit variant has already been in the wild around June with compilation date on April 2013.<br /><br />This new variant has ability to communicate with its command and control(C&C) server via Tor Network.<br /><br />A number of 64-bit users comparing to 32-bit users is very low.  Then, what is the need of developing 64bit supported variants?!<br /><br />Researchers believe that it might be marketing technique to attack buyers or the ground work for some future needs.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dated: Thursday, December 12, 2013</div><br /><br /></div>

64 bit version of notorious Zeus Trojan spotted by Kaspersky

As more number of people switch to 64bit version of OS,  Cyber criminals also started to write malware code that compatible with 64 bit. It ...

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Hackers steal 2 Million Facebook, Gmail, twitter accounts with Pony Botnet

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-9LvE8h-G_4F_sf-uD1RzJ49fGvrYAJV5j_6QqqhCguiPmGMqSm6_NrQFAhQVkXcB2kb4UGhlITPys7YgCRTL2RzBnNqWJz3CLss6LHhRnInimAcWf2jkFI_GYjRif8sUMoFiht_kOM/s640/Pony-botnet-steals-2-million-passwords.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-9LvE8h-G_4F_sf-uD1RzJ49fGvrYAJV5j_6QqqhCguiPmGMqSm6_NrQFAhQVkXcB2kb4UGhlITPys7YgCRTL2RzBnNqWJz3CLss6LHhRnInimAcWf2jkFI_GYjRif8sUMoFiht_kOM/s640/Pony-botnet-steals-2-million-passwords.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Cyber criminals have stolen more than two Million facbeook, Gmail, Twitter, Linkedin and yahoo accounts with the help of Pony malware, according to report from Trustwave.<br /><br />Security researchers at Trustwave gained access to the admin control panel of the "Pony botnet" which is storing a large amount stolen credentials from the infected machines.<br /><br />According to their <a href="http://blog.spiderlabs.com/2013/12/look-what-i-found-moar-pony.html" target="_blank">report</a>, around 1,580,000 website login credentials, 320,000 email credentials, 41,000 FTP credentials were stolen.<br /><br />Sponsored Links<br />Approximately 318121 facebook , 59549 yahoo, 54437 Google, 21708 Twitter login credentials were affected.<br /><br />The most commonly used password is appeared to be the unsurprisingly the weakest one.  As usual, '123456' password keep it's position in the top.  The second & third is '123456789' and '1234' respectively.<br /><br />Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and other services is reportedly resetting the account's passwords.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dated: Thursday, December 5, 2013</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>

Hackers steal 2 Million Facebook, Gmail, twitter accounts with Pony Botnet

Cyber criminals have stolen more than two Million facbeook, Gmail, Twitter, Linkedin and yahoo accounts with the help of Pony malware, accor...

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CryptoLocker ransomware reduce the price for decrypting files

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UxE1eRtH8MdgrrVjmCf7CYbuetxNo5j2ZnRkhyphenhyphensk79UgJfT_-JLz0YeM0J-S_MHYPpb7XqPh2EokaFC6FHZCxipB9yoTb9eucGmgAIqu18sxO7ebbi6twq7bFF6LE2xalx5nc1VanZw/s400/cryptolocker-ransomware.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UxE1eRtH8MdgrrVjmCf7CYbuetxNo5j2ZnRkhyphenhyphensk79UgJfT_-JLz0YeM0J-S_MHYPpb7XqPh2EokaFC6FHZCxipB9yoTb9eucGmgAIqu18sxO7ebbi6twq7bFF6LE2xalx5nc1VanZw/s320/cryptolocker-ransomware.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As a bitcoin value continuous its climb, now it is more than $800, the criminals behind cryptolocker ransomware have also come with up an idea to reduce the price for decrypting files to 0.5 Bitcoins.<br /><br />Initially, the ransomware were asking victims to pay 2 Bitcoins as ransom in order to decrypt their files.<br /><br />The victims who failed to pay the ransom within a particular time will be asked to use their decryption service if they want to get back their encrypted files.  However, victims need to pay more than before.<br /><br />The new variant of CryptoLocker ransomware spotted by F-Secure security team on November 20 is asking users to pay 0.5 Bitcoins instead.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>

CryptoLocker ransomware reduce the price for decrypting files

As a bitcoin value continuous its climb, now it is more than $800, the criminals behind cryptolocker ransomware have also come with up an id...

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Notorious Stuxnet malware infected Russian Nuclear Plant, claims Eugene Kaspersky

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9nFmWfuHzXx63yW2F-mdicf1h-0BtDM-akkoOsW1LwQvlB-x5OJklwnMdm_aN9Hjm07xbojEMCszYQQHG5svzmYCieCZ6F3zgwhvSzSNFN4f3mqAUhVxFc0HX0zF83eCzzCXqhoy-wg/s200/stuxnet-worm-infected-russian-nuclear-plant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9nFmWfuHzXx63yW2F-mdicf1h-0BtDM-akkoOsW1LwQvlB-x5OJklwnMdm_aN9Hjm07xbojEMCszYQQHG5svzmYCieCZ6F3zgwhvSzSNFN4f3mqAUhVxFc0HX0zF83eCzzCXqhoy-wg/s200/stuxnet-worm-infected-russian-nuclear-plant.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span id="goog_1296650943"></span><span id="goog_1296650944"></span>The notorious Stuxnet malware which is widely believed to have been developed by US and Israel to target Iran Nuclear plants, managed to "badly" infect the internal network of Russian Nuclear power plant.<br /><br />Eugene Kaspersky, founder of the Russian antivirus company Kaspersky, said a friend of him working at unnamed nuclear plant told him that their nuclear plant network was disconnected from the internet which is badly infected by Stuxnet.<br /><br />"So unfortunately these people who were responsible for offensive technologies, they recognise cyber weapons as an opportunity." SC Magazine quoted Kaspersky as saying.<br /><br />"All the data is stolen," Kaspersky said. "At least twice."<br /><br />This is first time the Stuxnet infects the major nuclear plant outside of its intended target in Iran.<br /><br /><br />Dated: Monday, November 11, 2013</div><br /><br /><br /></div>

Notorious Stuxnet malware infected Russian Nuclear Plant, claims Eugene Kaspersky

The notorious Stuxnet malware which is widely believed to have been developed by US and Israel to target Iran Nuclear plants, managed to ...

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