malware

A staggering increase in QR code phishing (quishing) attacks during 2023 saw them skyrocket up the list of concerns for cyber teams globally, according to Egress. Attacks were …

In this Help Net Security video, Sonu Shankar, Chief Strategy Officer at Phosphorus, discusses how Blackjack’s Fuxnet malware should be a wakeup call to industrial operators …

Since June 2023, Sophos X-Ops has discovered 19 junk gun ransomware variants — cheap, independently produced, and crudely constructed — on the dark web. The developers of …

New (down)loader malware called Latrodectus is being leveraged by initial access brokers and it looks like it might have been written by the same developers who created the …

Google is working on a new security feature for Chrome called Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC), meant to prevent attackers from using stolen session cookies to gain …

Evasive, basic, and encrypted malware all increased in Q4 2023, fueling a rise in total malware, according to WatchGuard. Threat actors employ diverse tactics The average …

The rise in identity-based attacks can be attributed to a rapid increase in malware, according to SpyCloud. Researchers found that 61% of data breaches in 2023, involving over …

APT29 (aka Cozy Bear, aka Midnight Blizzard) has been spotted targeting German political parties for the first time, Mandiant researchers have shared. Phishing leading to …

Employees at US-based organizations are being targeted with emails delivering NetSupport RAT malware via “nuanced” exploitation and by using an advanced detection …

Financially motivated hackers have been leveraging SmokeLoader malware in a series of phishing campaigns predominantly targeting Ukrainian government and administration …

Attackers are exploiting the recently patched JetBrains TeamCity auth bypass vulnerability (CVE-2024-27198) to deliver ransomware, cryptominers and remote access trojans …

ESET Research has recorded a considerable increase in AceCryptor attacks, with detections tripling between the first and second halves of 2023. In recent months, researchers …