Tag «exploits»

McAfee Labs Report Sees Known Exploits and Fileless Malware

Drive Record New Malware Surge     Cybercriminals Leverage Microsoft Office Exploits, Fileless PowerShell Threats, Locky “Lutikus” Ransomware, Banking Trojans to Create Four New Malware Samples per Second in Q3 2017   McAfee Labs reports record volume of new malware, surges 10% in Q3 2017 with 57.6 million samples Fileless malware leveraging Microsoft PowerShell grew …

Dr. Web Discovered Trojan that exploits Android Applications Spreading New Vulnerability

BANGALORE, India- August 23, 2013 Dr.WEB, Russian developer of information security software, discovered the first malignant application for Android that spreads by exploiting the vulnerability Master Key. Android.Nimefas.1.origin can send text messages, transmit confidential information to criminals and allows intruders to remotely execute certain commands on the infected mobile device. Currently the Trojan is spread …