Nemesis Bootkit — A New Stealthy Payment Card Malware

Another day, another stunning Malware – this time targeting banks, payment card processors, and other financial services.



Security researchers have uncovered a sophisticated payment card malware that executes before the operating system boots, making the malware very difficult to detect and much less remove.



The malware in question is part of "Nemesis" – a malware suite that includes

Lenovo Caught Using Rootkit to Secretly Install Unremovable Software

Two years ago Chinese firm Lenovo got banned from supplying equipment for networks of the intelligence and defense services various countries due to hacking and spying concerns.



Earlier this year, Lenovo was caught red-handed for selling laptops pre-installed with Superfish malware.



One of the most popular Chinese computer manufacturers ‘Lenovo’ has been caught once again using a hidden

Hacking Team Spyware preloaded with UEFI BIOS Rootkit to Hide Itself

Last Week someone just hacked the infamous Hacking Team, The Italy-based cyber weapons manufacturer and leaked a huge trove of 400GB internal data, including:


Emails
Hacking tools
Zero-day exploits
Surveillance tools
Source code for Spyware
A spreadsheet listing every government client with date of purchase and amount paid





Hacking Team is known for its advanced and

Apple Mac OSX Zero-Day Bug Allows Hackers to Install RootKit Malware

A zero-day software vulnerability discovered deep in the firmware of many Apple computers could allows an attacker to modify the system’s BIOS and install a rootkit, potentially gaining complete control of the victim’s Mac.



The critical vulnerability, discovered by well-known OS X security researcher Pedro Vilaca, affects Mac computers shipped before mid-2014 that are allowed to go into

New GPU-based Linux Rootkit and Keylogger with Excellent Stealth and Computing Power

The world of hacking has become more organized and reliable over recent years and so the techniques of hackers.



Nowadays, attackers use highly sophisticated tactics and often go to extraordinary lengths in order to mount an attack.



And there is something new to the list:



A team of developers has created not one, but two pieces of malware that run on an infected computer’s graphics