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The nasty Mozart Malware has made a major comeback in the cyber-world. Yes, the devious malware known for infecting the Home Depot Inc, United States & breaching data is now using a novel DNS protocol to communicate with the remote hackers. This new DNS Protocol is also being used by Mozart Malware to remain under the radar of security solutions & other intrusion detection systems. Read on to know more about this backdoor malware. The First Attack of Mozart Malware Mozart malware made its first appearance in September 2014 after it hacked the Home Depot Inc., United States. According to the sources, this earlier unknown & unseen malware was specifically crafted to attack the Home Depot, the largest home development vendor in the United States. The word “Mozart” was observed in the software’s malicious code& it is suspected to have connections with the hacker’s system, the sources state. Read Full Article

IT Security researchers have unmasked a new malware, GhostDNS, which has hacked over 100,000 residence routers & changed their DNS settings. This widespread DNS Trojan campaign aims at hacking the web-pages & stealing login credentials of the users. The newly discovered GhostDNS malware seems to be related to its scandalous predecessor, DNS Changer Malware that could turn the inconspicuous network router into a vital tool for hackers. The malware would tamper the router & its DNS settings. Following this successful vandalizing, malware would redirect the users to the malicious versions of the legitimate banking websites or other legit pages. This paves a way for the bad guys to steal user’s account credentials, PIN numbers & passwords! According to the report by CyberSecurity firm, Qihoo Netlab 360, GhostDNS is starting to grade up its efforts to gather sensitive information with a whole new bunch of scanners. In this event, the attackers try to curb the p...

A Campaign active since August 2015 which had been using MDM Protocol to spy on 13 iPhone users in India was recently uncovered by security researchers. The attackers who were posing to be Russians were most probably operating from India. MDM or Mobile Device Management Protocol is security software which is utilized by large companies or enterprises to monitor and control policies on the devices used by the members of the workforce. The MDM protocol was being used to dispatch and regulate new applications via remote access. The MDM protocol is connected with the Apple Push notification service (APNS) to manage the connected device by sending a wake-up alert on the device. Once the device is linked, it connects to a pre determined web service that can be used for giving out commands or installing apps and services on the targeted device. The security researchers were unable to find out how the cyber attackers succeeded in installing the  MDM Malware  into the 13 iPho...