New variant of Zeus banking trojan concealed in JPG images

Tuesday, February 18th, 2014

A new variant of the nefarious Zeus banking trojan – dubbed ZeusVM – is concealed in JPG image files, according to the collaborative findings of Jerome Segura, senior security researcher with Malwarebytes, and French security researcher Xylitol. The act is known as steganography – concealing messages or images in other messages or images. In ...

The Best Banks That Protect Your Money from Hackers and Thieves

Monday, February 17th, 2014

After the massive security breaches at Target and Nieman Marcus recently, we could all stand to be more aware of the security features on our credit cards and debit cards and how banks protect our money. Some banks offer more security features than others. Let's take a look. First, let's talk about what happens in ...

Bogus Evernote alert leads to exploit kit

Monday, February 17th, 2014

Evernote users are being actively targeted with an email spam campaign that tries to trick them into following a malicious link. Sent from [email protected] and titled "Image has been sent", the email pretends to be a notification from Evernote that alerts the user to an image he or she needs to check out, ...

Exploit released for vulnerability targeted by Linksys router worm

Monday, February 17th, 2014

Technical details about a vulnerability in Linksys routers that's being exploited by a new worm have been released Sunday along with a proof-of-concept exploit and a larger than earlier expected list of potentially vulnerable device models. Last week, security researchers from the SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center identified a self-replicating malware ...

Important Kickstarter Security Notice

Saturday, February 15th, 2014

On Wednesday night, law enforcement officials contacted Kickstarter and alerted us that hackers had sought and gained unauthorized access to some of our customers' data. Upon learning this, we immediately closed the security breach and began strengthening security measures throughout the Kickstarter system. No credit card data of any kind was accessed ...