Conficker: A 10-year retrospective on a legendary worm
This November marked the 10-year anniversary of Conficker, a fast-spreading worm targeting Microsoft systems that went on to claim one of the highest levels of infection in …
Worms
Vaporworms: New breed of self-propagating fileless malware to emerge in 2019
WatchGuard Technologies’ information security predictions for 2019 include the emergence of vaporworms, a new breed of fileless malware with wormlike properties to …
Malicious hacking activity increasingly targeting critical infrastructure
In this podcast, Andrew Ginter, VP of Industrial Security at Waterfall Security Solutions, and Edward Amoroso, CEO of TAG Cyber, talk about how the traditional focus of most …
Banking Trojan attacks increase, large scale Ramnit campaign impacts organizations worldwide
Check Point revealed a significant increase in attacks using the Ramnit banking trojan. Ramnit has doubled its global impact over the past few months, driven by a large scale …
Traffic manipulation and cryptocurrency mining campaign compromised 40,000+ machines
Unknown attackers have compromised 40,000+ servers, networking and IoT devices around the world and are using them to mine Monero and redirect traffic to websites hosting tech …
DHS, FBI warn about malware tied to North Korean threat actor
US-CERT has released a new technical alert on malware used by Hidden Cobra, a threat actor whose activities they believe to be directed by the North Korean government. The …
Hajime IoT worm infects devices to head off Mirai
Mirai is the name of the worm that has taken control of many IoT devices around the world and used them to mount DDoS attacks, the most high-profile of which was directed …
Ubiquiti routers hit by backdoor-generating worm
A worm targeting wireless network equipment developed by US-based Ubiquiti Networks has already managed to compromise thousands of routers across the world. To spread it, …
Facebook worm spreads by leveraging cloud services
Facebook users are in danger of having their computers turned in a bot by a worm that spreads via the social network. The worm, identified as belonging to the Kilim malware …
Mass infection malware attack targets Android
AdaptiveMobile uncovered one of the single largest messaging-initiated mobile malware outbreaks. The malware, dubbed Gazon, which uses victims’ mobile phone contacts to …
