Browsing the "malware" Tag

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Rodrigo Chaves Robles

Costa Rica declares state of emergency following Conti ransomware attack

The US has released a $10m bug bounty for information on the attackers

10 May

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Malware

Open source dev attacked for spreading data-wiping ‘protestware’

Developer denies wiping users' drives in spite of detailed code analysis

21 Mar

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mobile malware

Businesses on alert as mobile malware surges 500%

Researchers say hackers are deploying new tactics that put Android and iOS at equal risk

10 Mar

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Teams malware code

Hackers caught dropping malware into Microsoft Teams chats

The self-administering files can take complete control of a user's system after a single click

18 Feb

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Hacker

Hackers bypass patched Microsoft Office flaw to inject Formbook malware

The attack is thought to be a dry run for a wider campaign in the future

21 Dec

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Hacker

US, UK security agencies warn against Russian ‘global brute force campaign’

APT28 is accused of targeting hundreds of government and private sector targets worldwide

2 Jul

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Fake AnyDesk Google ads deliver malware

Malware pushed through Google search results

28 May

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Colonial Pipeline

Colonial Pipeline confirms $4.4m payment to DarkSide hackers

Experts view the CEO's candidness about the hack as a benefit to the cyber security industry

20 May

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Hackers target LinkedIn users with fake job offers to spread malware

Golden Chicken group is selling the More_Eggs backdoor to other groups as a malware-as-a-service model

7 Apr

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Macs from 2020

Thousands of Macs are infected with ‘Silver Sparrow’ virus and no one knows why

Someone planted malware that has no point

23 Feb

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Ransomware

New Intel CPU-level threat detection capabilities target ransomware

Latest developments in mobile processors make it harder for ransomware to avoid detection

19 Jan

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Hacker

Hackers attacked businesses 22m times in the last seven days globally

Malware attacks comprised 63% of hacking attempts

22 Apr

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Cybercriminal group mails malicious USB dongles to targeted companies

Recent attack is the first known use of the BadUSB exploit in the wild

30 Mar

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Malware

How to prevent scripting attacks in Microsoft Office

Rise in phishing attempts requires another look at your Microsoft Office settings to minimise the risk of a user executing a malicious script

26 Feb

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Shield

Ireland most cybersecure country in Europe – report

Machines in the Netherlands are most likely to encounter cybercrimes

25 Feb

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Hacker

Hackers target industrial sector with free tools in new APT campaign

Attackers seek to make attribution harder and use sophisticated, realistic spear-phishing emails

18 Dec

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WatchGuard: Equifax breach vulnerability surfaces as top network attack

New research highlights an increase in malware and network attacks as zero-day malware accounts for 50% of all detections

12 Dec

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Python

Malicious Python libraries discovered in repository

Malware purporting to be Python libraries now routinely shows up on PyPI

6 Dec

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Malware

Web payment card skimmers add anti-forensics capabilities

The newly discovered Pipka script can delete itself from a website after execution, making it very difficult to detect

15 Nov

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Hacker

How much does it cost to launch a cyber-attack?

What CISOs needs to know about cyber-crime markets

13 Nov