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Citadel’s Defenses Breached

Jun

2013

On June 5, Microsoft announced that they had worked together with members of the financial services industry and the FBI to disrupt the operations of a banking Trojan horse program called Citadel. The takedown operation resulted in over 1,000 Citadel botnets being taken offline.Citadel is a banking Trojan that has been in existence since 2011. […]

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New Trojan steals short messages

May

2013

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is warning users about a new Trojan for Android that can intercept inbound short messages and forward them to criminals. Android.Pincer.2.origin poses a serious threat because stolen messages can contain sensitive information such as mTAN codes which are used to confirm online banking transactions. The Trojan, discovered by Doctor Web’s […]

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Android.Oneclickfraud Gang Arrested, but Sister Apps Alive and Active

Jun

2012

As reported by various Japanese news agencies, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department recently arrested six men in connection with fraud for using a malicious Android app to scam victims into paying for adult-related video content. Details of the operation can be found in the blog I wrote in back in January. According to the local […]

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