Notorious spammer Peter Levashov was arrested over the weekend; Levashov is the alleged botmaster behind the Kelihos botnet.

A recent lull in the distribution of spam linking to the malicious downloader Hancitor has been snapped as researchers warn of new campaigns.

The banking Trojan TrickBot is evolving fast, according to researchers, and within weeks will expand its victim list and attack scope.

Developers behind the malicious downloader Hancitor have bolstered the malware again, this time with new delivery approaches that make it more difficult to detect.

Attackers behind the Vawtrak banking Trojan have been keeping busy, updating the malware over the last few weeks with new a domain generation algorithm (DGA) and SSL pinning capabilities. Research published by security firm Fidelis on Tuesday explains the updates and breaks down how Vawtrak’s DGA generates domains, connects to them, and validates their certificates. Researchers looked at two samples they observed on July 28...