#malware

A complex malware known as 'Gooligan' has reportedly compromised more than a million Android phones and continues to spread to about 13,000 devices every day. Cyber security company Check Point has released the research on this malware and said that most of the hacked Google accounts are from Asia, with only 19 percent in countries situated in North and South America. A new breed of malware known as Steam Stealer is the prime suspect in stealing numerous user accounts from Valve's flagship platform, Steam. Dubbed as the Steam Stealer, the goal of this malware is to steal online gaming items and user account credentials, and then resell them on the black market. According to Kaspersky Lab, it works with a malware-as-a-service business model that steals the entire set of Steam configuration files. This makes the malware highly attractive for wannabe cybercriminals all around the world. Kaspersky Lab researchers strongly believe that the malware was originally developed by Russian-speaking cybercriminals since they found a number of language traces in several underground malware forums. have found the so-called KeRanger malware on Friday -- the first ransomware to attack Macintosh machines. Read more in our articles including "Android malware 'Gooligan' infects more than 1 million accounts" and "Over 900 million Android phones affected by QuadRooter flaw".