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Newly discovered Vigilante malware outs software pirates and blocks them

reader comments 69 with 54 posters participating Share this story A researcher has uncovered one of the more unusual finds in the annals of malware: booby-trapped files that rat out downloaders and try to prevent unauthorized downloading in the future. The files are available on sites frequented by software pirates. Vigilante, as SophosLabs Principal Researcher… Read More: Newly discovered Vigilante malware outs software pirates and blocks them »

Mystery malware steals 26M passwords from 3M PCs. Are you affected?

reader comments 56 with 35 posters participating, including story author Share this story Researchers have discovered yet another massive trove of sensitive data, a dizzying 1.2TB database containing login credentials, browser cookies, autofill data, and payment information extracted by malware that has yet to be identified. In all, researchers from NordLocker said on Wednesday, the… Read More: Mystery malware steals 26M passwords from 3M PCs. Are you… »

Actively exploited macOS 0day let hackers take screenshots of infected Macs

reader comments 12 with 9 posters participating, including story author Share this story Malicious hackers have been exploiting a vulnerability in fully updated versions of macOS that allowed them to take screenshots on infected Macs without having to get permission from victims first. The zeroday was exploited by XCSSET, a piece of malware discovered by… Read More: Actively exploited macOS 0day let hackers take screenshots of infected… »

Actively exploited Mac 0-day neutered core OS security defenses

Getty Images reader comments 63 with 54 posters participating Share this story When Apple released the latest version 11.3 for macOS on Monday, it didn’t just introduce support for new features and optimizations. More importantly, the company fixed a zero-day vulnerability that hackers were actively exploiting to install malware without triggering core Mac security mechanisms,… Read More: Actively exploited Mac 0-day neutered core OS security defenses »

Millions of web surfers are being targeted by a single malvertising group

reader comments 81 with 40 posters participating Share this story Hackers have compromised more than 120 ad servers over the past year in an ongoing campaign that displays malicious advertisements on tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions, of devices as they visit sites that, by all outward appearances, are benign. Malvertising is the… Read More: Millions of web surfers are being targeted by a single… »

Windows and Linux devices are under attack by a new cryptomining worm

Getty Images reader comments 15 with 13 posters participating Share this story A newly discovered cryptomining worm is stepping up its targeting of Windows and Linux devices with a batch of new exploits and capabilities, a researcher said. Research company Juniper started monitoring what it’s calling the Sysrv botnet in December. One of the botnet’s… Read More: Windows and Linux devices are under attack by a new… »

Malicious cheats for Call of Duty: Warzone are circulating online

reader comments 32 with 26 posters participating Share this story Criminals have been hiding malware inside publicly available software that purports to be a cheat for Activision’s Call of Duty: Warzone, researchers with the game maker warned earlier this week. Cheats are programs that tamper with in-game events or player interactions so that users gain… Read More: Malicious cheats for Call of Duty: Warzone are circulating online »

Tens of thousands of US organizations hit in ongoing Microsoft Exchange hack

reader comments 56 with 32 posters participating Share this story Tens of thousands of US-based organizations are running Microsoft Exchange servers that have been backdoored by threat actors who are stealing administrator passwords and exploiting critical vulnerabilities in the email and calendaring application, it was widely reported. Microsoft issued emergency patches on Tuesday, but they… Read More: Tens of thousands of US organizations hit in ongoing Microsoft… »

A new type of supply-chain attack with serious consequences is flourishing

reader comments 50 with 37 posters participating Share this story A new type of supply chain attack unveiled last month is targeting more and more companies, with new rounds this week taking aim at Microsoft, Amazon, Slack, Lyft, Zillow, and an unknown number of others. In weeks past, Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, and 32 other companies… Read More: A new type of supply-chain attack with serious consequences is… »

New malware found on 30,000 Macs has security pros stumped

reader comments 121 with 87 posters participating, including story author Share this story A previously undetected piece of malware found on almost 30,000 Macs worldwide is generating intrigue in security circles, which are still trying to understand precisely what it does and what purpose its self-destruct capability serves. Once an hour, infected Macs check a… Read More: New malware found on 30,000 Macs has security pros stumped »