Trojans that can act as backdoors are particularly alarming since they enable malicious actors to perform a range of dangerous activities. Trojan.Sakurel.B is classified as a backdoor type of a Trojan that is currently active in the wild. In order…
There is a new RAT (Remote Access Tool/Trojan) that goes by the name of Pupy. It is open-source so everybody can have full access to its capabilities. It can be used by administrators, penetration testers, engineers, but unfortunately, also by…
A severe threat known as Trojan:Win32/Usascape.A has surfaced the Web and is currently infecting unprotected machines. Trojan:Win32/Usascape.A is most likely exploiting a particular software vulnerability to get into a system. More information is needed to confirm the exact distribution method…
A banking spyware known as Telax 4.7 has been targeting mainly users speaking Portuguese, ESG malware researchers report. Users should beware of fake email messages that may claim their PayPal account has been compromised. It is highly advisable in case…
The Komprogo Trojan horse opens a backdoor on a compromised computer. It may download potentially malicious files, and may upload personal data to a few remote locations. It also modifies the Windows Registry. Komprogo Trojan Distribution Method There are a…
Miuref.B is an Infostealer type of Trojan horse. It aims to get confidential information from a targeted computer. That information may include financial, computer or credential data. When the information is collected, it is sent to different remote locations. Also,…
The Glasrats Trojan horse also known as Backdoor.Glasrats is reported to open a backdoor on a compromised computer. It is classified as a backdoor type of Trojan horse. Glasrats Trojan may download potentially malicious files, and may upload personal data…
Cryptolocker.AB is a Ransomware Trojan horse of the Cryptolocker family. It searches for files with many different extensions, encrypts them with a “.crinf” extension, then asks for a huge ransom for decryption. It can delete Shadow Volume Copies, disable Windows…
Attacks by the notorious “Pandemiya family” of trojan horses have increased lately and experts advise all users who have visited suspicious sites, opened unfamiliar mail attachments or have run into Trojans before, to check their computers for this specific Trojan.…
Referral spam is one of the most annoying issues that website admins are dealing with. As we’ve already pointed out, we’re currently in the spam season. We’re about to add another spam URL to the list – site2400288.snip(.)to. Referral spam…
A new type of trojan, known to regenerate has been spotted out into the wilderness of the web. The cyber-threat is believed to redistribute mostly via USB flash drives and malicious downloads as well as infected email attachments. Security researchers…
A new trojan has surfaced, named Infostealer.Predet by Symantec researchers. The trojan modifies registry entries, logs keystrokes directly steals all types of important information from user PCs and even spreads to removable drives. But most importantly the trojan masks itself…
TheZip is a nasty computer infection that may aim for two main things on the PC it infects – the information in the affected computer and overloading it with its processes. TheZip is a very unhealthy application and may overload…
A particularly dangerous ransomware has arisen from the depths of the internet, going by the name of DecryptorMax. The questionable cyber threat is reported to replicate several files in the infected user PC and scan for various files to encrypt…
Backdoor:PHP/SimpleShell.A is a Backdoor trojan horse. It consists of a PHP script running on a compromised server. It could also download other malicious files on a computer, modify various settings and steal personal information. Backdoor:PHP/SimpleShell.A – How Did I Get…
Trojan.Luminrat is a Trojan horse that can open a backdoor on an infected computer. It can also download other malicious files on your machine, modify various settings and steal personal information. It may steal email and FileZilla profile credentials as…
Beware of a worm going by the name of W32.Wabot.B. It is a variant of the wabot family and the worm has been reported to download malicious files on the affected PC from a remote server. Security experts strongly advise…
TrojanClicker:Win32/Buoveco.A is a Trojan horse that can use your computer to click on online advertisements, without your knowledge or approval. It can generate pay-per-click revenue for the attacker on a site or application. TrojanClicker:Win32/Buoveco.A – Distribuution There are a number…
A particularly dangerous virus has been detected by Symantec security researchers, going by the name ‘Belvira’. This virus is reported to create multiple files on the user PC and modify these files in the Windows Registry to run on system…
Trojan.Multi.GenAutorunReg.A is a variant of the GenAutorunReg trojan horses and it aims to obtain sensitive information from the infected computer, control it and monitor the activities on it. This dangerous threat may be very difficult to spot since it uses…
