Android smart phone users experienced the first ever ransomware attack in the second quarter of 2014 and PC-focused malware continues to cause problems, with cybercriminals attacking known vulnerabilities in both PDFs and MS Office documents. Phishing attacks emphasize financial gain, focusing on global banks and the World Cup. And, spam

I was checking my bank account online when I got alarmed by my browser prompting me that the site’s certificate was invalid as shown below: Figure 1: Invalid website certificate prompt I usually don’t get this prompt since I regularly check my accounts online, so out of concern and curiosity,

We have reported about executable malware files that masquerade as PDF files to trick users into opening them – but can PDFs actually contain viruses? Yes, Adobe PDF documents can, unfortunately, carry different types of viruses or even malicious executable code. Many users dismiss suggestions that these can be dangerous

Trust in the Cloud: Security-as-a-Service You can hardly read the news today without seeing the term “the cloud”. Although the phrase is used frequently in the context of thousands of products and services, it is a somewhat imperfect concept that confuses many. Technology security experts often get asked, “What is

A variation of the iBanking malware is making its way around Android operating systems. Detected by CYREN’s AntiVirus as Android OS/Agent.HJ, this SMS/spyware collects sensitive data from Android phones, including text messages, phone calls, and recorded audio. The malware has the capability to intercept phone calls and send text messages

Simplocker is ransomware that encrypts files on an infected Android device and then forces the user to pay a ransom fee to decrypt them. The app presents itself as a pornography player – in this case using the name “Sex xonix”. After launching the app a message appears on the

CYREN GlobalView Security Lab First to Identify and Mitigate Danske Bank and Swedbank Phishing Attack With the ability to analyze over 12 billion transactions per day on its real-time global infrastructure, CYREN was the first to recognize and stop a targeted phishing attack on customers of the Norwegian and Swedish

We have recently tracked an attack with phony bill payments emails from E.On Energy (eonenergy.com).The attachment is a Zbot Trojan that targets the customers of eonenergy.com to “energize its malicious operation”. Eonenergy.com is one of the UK’s leading power and gas companies. While Zbot can be used for a wide

Where there is money to be made, you can be sure an Internet scammer/spammer will be there. Wall Street is no exception. In the latest pump and dump rendition, scammers acquire a large quantity of an inactive, inexpensive, “bioceutical” penny stock; in this case, 417,00 shares at $0.19 per share,

Im aktuellen CYREN Internet Threats Trend Report stellte das CYREN GlobalView™ Security Lab unter anderem fest, dass die Zahl der Phishing-Angriffe auf Nutzer von PayPal um 73 Prozent gestiegen ist.  Dieser Aufwärtstrend zeigt, dass Cyberkriminelle von weniger rentablen Spam-E-Mails auf einträglichere Angriffe umsteigen. PayPal ist dauerhaft ein beliebtes Ziel solcher