CSOonline

New version of Gozi financial malware bundles MBR rootkit

Researchers from security firm Trusteer have found a new variant of the Gozi banking Trojan program that infects a computer’s Master Boot Record (MBR) in order to achieve persistence. The Master Boot ...
ExtremeTech

New Rombertik malware attacks hard drives, wipes MBR if detected

A new malware, Rombertik, is making headlines for its hostile response to investigation techniques. When it detects an attempt, it attacks the master boot record of the local hard drive. Share on ...
CSOonline

Symantec finds Linux wiper malware used in S. Korean attacks

Security vendors analyzing the code used in the cyberattacks against South Korea are finding nasty components designed to wreck infected computers. Tucked inside a piece of Windows malware used in the ...
Computerworld

‘Mebroot’ rootkit slides further under the security radar, researcher says

Thousands of Web sites have been rigged to deliver an updated version of a rootkit that many data security tools may be unprepared to handle, according to U.K.-based security software vendor Prevx Ltd ...
Computerworld

McAfee sees surge in spam, Koobface samples, MBR attacks

The first three months of 2013 have seen a surge in spam volume, as well as large numbers of samples of the Koobface social networking worm and master boot record (MBR) infecting malware, according to ...