Getty Images reader comments 33 with 29 posters participating Share this story High-performance computer networks, some belonging to the world’s most prominent organizations, are under attack by a newly discovered backdoor that gives hackers the ability to remotely execute commands of their choice, researchers said on Tuesday. Kobalos, as researchers from security firm Eset have… Read More »
Enlarge / Circuit board with speed motion and light. reader comments 2 with 2 posters participating Share this story Researchers have uncovered a software supply chain attack that is being used to install surveillance malware on the computers of online gamers. The unknown attackers are targeting select users of NoxPlayer, a software package that emulates… Read More »
Dmitry Nogaev | Getty Images reader comments 13 with 12 posters participating Share this story Google has warned it has uncovered an “ongoing” state-backed hacking campaign run by North Korea targeting cyber security researchers. The Silicon Valley group said its threat analysis team found that cyber attackers posing as researchers had created numerous fake social… Read More »
reader comments 25 with 16 posters participating Share this story The malware used to hack Microsoft, security company FireEye, and at least a half-dozen federal agencies has “interesting similarities” to malicious software that has been circulating since at least 2015, researchers said on Monday. Sunburst is the name security researchers have given to malware that… Read More »
reader comments 33 with 22 posters participating Share this story As many as 3 million people have been infected by Chrome and Edge browser extensions that steal personal data and redirect users to ad or phishing sites, a security firm said on Wednesday. In all, researchers from Prague-based Avast said they found 28 extensions for… Read More »
reader comments 67 with 51 posters participating, including story author Share this story An ongoing malware campaign is blasting the Internet with malware that neuters the security of Web browsers, adds malicious browser extensions, and makes other changes to users’ computers, Microsoft said on Thursday. Adrozek, as the software maker has dubbed the malware family,… Read More »
reader comments 97 with 68 posters participating Share this story One of the Internet’s most aggressive threats has just gotten meaner, with the ability to infect one of the most critical parts of any modern-day computer. Trickbot is a piece of malware that’s notable for its advanced capabilities. Its modular framework excels at gaining powerful… Read More »
Milana Romazanova | Getty Images reader comments 8 with 6 posters participating Share this story Though ransomware has been around for years, it poses an ever-increasing threat to hospitals, municipal governments, and basically any institution that can’t tolerate downtime. But along with the various types of PC malware that are typically used in these attacks,… Read More »
reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating Share this story The malware known as Emotet has emerged as “one of the most prevalent ongoing threats” as it increasingly targets state and local governments and infects them with other malware, the cybersecurity arm of the Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday. Emotet was first identified… Read More »
sasha85ru | Getty Imates reader comments 29 with 25 posters participating Share this story For only the second time in the annals of cybersecurity, researchers have found real-world malware lurking in the UEFI, the low-level and highly opaque firmware required to boot up nearly every modern computer. As software that bridges a PC’s device firmware… Read More »