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Malware hides behind JavaScript, PNGs to bypass browser security

2014-02-04 12:00:00| InfoWorld: Top News

A newly discovered cross-site scripting attack uses a sly variant on an existing hack to deliver malware in a way that's so heavily obfuscated, even experts didn't notice it at first.

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Tor-enabled malware stole credit card data from PoS systems at dozens of retailers

2014-01-31 13:17:25| InfoWorld: Top News

Payment card data was stolen during the past three months from several dozen retailers that had their point-of-sale systems infected with a memory-scraping malware program called ChewBacca. The cyber criminal operation was investigated by antifraud researchers from RSA, the security division of EMC, who analyzed the malware and its command-and-control infrastructure.

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FileZilla warns of large malware campaign

2014-01-29 13:52:27| InfoWorld: Top News

Spoofed versions of the popular file transfer program FileZilla that steal data are circulating on third-party websites, the organization behind the software said Tuesday.FileZilla is an open source application, and hackers have taken its source code and modified it in order to try to steal data for more than a decade. But this campaign, run on third-party websites, is one of the largest FileZilla has seen to date, it said.

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New Windows malware tries to infect Android devices connected to PCs

2014-01-23 22:47:52| InfoWorld: Top News

A new computer Trojan program attempts to install mobile banking malware on Android devices when they're connected to infected PCs, according to researchers from Symantec. This method of targeting Android devices is unusual, since mobile attackers prefer social engineering and fake apps hosted on third-party app stores to distribute Android malware.

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Target-related malware was a side job for man living in Russia

2014-01-22 14:56:08| InfoWorld: Top News

In a surprising TV interview, a 23-year-old living in Russia said he helped code a software program that experts believe was eventually modified to steal tens of millions of payment card details from Target. Rinat Shabayev, who lives in Saratov, Russia, told Lifenews.ru that the program has a defensive purpose of finding software problems but could have been abused by criminals.

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