Sending out unsolicited email on a massive scale is a common practice for certain “businesses”  located in Russia or in neighbouring countries. For years this approach has been working quite well for them: using botnets to send mails in question keeps the cost for these companies very low. In ESET’s laboratories we regularly monitor mail … More CyberThreats Daily: From Russia with Spam

Cellphones running the Android operating system fail to encrypt data sent to and from Facebook and Google Calendar, shortcomings that could endanger hundreds of millions of users’ privacy, a computer scientist says. In a simple exercise for his undergraduate security class, Rice University professor Dan Wallach connected a packet sniffer to his network and observed … More CyberThreats Daily: Security shocker – Android apps send private data in clear

OddJob, which is the name given to this Trojan, keeps sessions open after customers think they have “logged off”’, enabling criminals to extract money and commit fraud unnoticed. OddJob’s most obvious characteristic is that it is designed to intercept user communications through the browser. It uses this ability to steal/inject information and terminate user sessions … More CyberThreats Daily: New Trojan Keeps Online Banking Sessions Open after Users Logout

Phishing attacks on small and medium-sized businesses are on the rise with thousands of organizations falling victim. If a cybercriminal gets on to a computer with access to your business’ financial accounts they can withdraw funds and your business is out of the money. That’s it. Gone. See ya. Have a nice day. Look out, … More CyberThreats Daily: There’s no money back if your account is drained by malware

About 8 out of every 10 Web browsers run by consumers are vulnerable to attack by exploits of already-patched bugs, a security expert said. The poor state of browser patching stunned Wolfgang Kandek, chief technology officer at security risk and compliance management provider Qualys, which presented data from the company’s free BrowserCheck service at the … More CyberThreats Daily: Bulk of browsers found to be at risk of attack