Kaspersky said in a recent Securelist blog post that the phishing attack against the Apple brand has reached 1.6 million times in six months, a 9% increase from the total number of attacks last...
Recently, researchers have discovered a fake PayPal payment website that can implant ransomware called Nemty to victim devices. The ransomware encrypts the file on the device and asks the victim for 0.09981 bitcoin which...
Will Dormann, a vulnerability analyst for the Software Engineering Institute, recently discovered that Microsoft’s WindowsDefender security software will actively ignore certain content. Under normal circumstances, Microsoft will analyze and detect according to the file...
Kaspersky Lab researchers recently released a report saying that downloading learning materials from the Internet will bring great cyber risks. The researchers analyzed malware with educational-related file names encountered by Kaspersky users during the...
“For years, an enduring mystery has surrounded the Stuxnet virus attack that targeted Iran’s nuclear program: How did the U.S. and Israel get their malware onto computer systems at the highly secured uranium-enrichment plant?”...
Researchers from Cofense recently found that hackers began to use the Google Docs online word processor to spread the TrickBot banking Trojan. In October 2016, the TrickBot banking trojan was first discovered. Currently, TrickBot...
The Czech security company, AVAST has recently tracked a backdoor program, Retadup worm that focuses on infecting Latin America, which forms a huge botnet for mining. During the tracking process, the company discovered that...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued a security warning to remind taxpayers and tax practitioners of a fraudulent IRS fraud. IRS has received reports from multiple victims this week, describing a phishing email...
The maintainers of the RubyGems package repository have recently removed 18 malicious Ruby library versions that include a backdoor mechanism to launch cryptocurrency mining when using Ruby. Malicious code was first discovered in four...
Security research firm ESET discovered the malicious information theft of open-source Android spyware on Google Play. It is reported that the first spyware is based on the spyware instance of the open-source spy tool...
Researchers at Positive Technologies have discovered an extremely rare botnet. The botnet was formed by hackers using the Neutrino Trojan to attack servers that have been exploited by other hackers. After the attack is...
As the 2020 election approached, threat intelligence company Anomali commissioned Harris to investigate Americans’ attitudes toward cybersecurity and government. The survey covered 2,000 US citizens over the age of 18, focusing only on one...
Ransomware may have only played a small role in the field of cybercrime five years ago, but now it is one of the most expensive problems plaguing IT systems. Texas has become the latest...
Although the Google Play Store has very strict review conditions, however, the malicious app exists. To this end, Google will clean up the Play Store from time to time, and remove malicious programs that...
Researchers at data security firm Varonis have recently discovered a new variant of monero-mining malware called “Norman.” The malware exploits the processing power of the infected computer to mine the cryptocurrency, causing the system...
The security researcher, nickname MG demonstrated the iPhone Lightning cable which he developed at the annual Def Con hacking conference. This malicious iPhone Lightning cable contains additional malicious components, including malicious hardware and malware...
