reader comments 22 with Smartphone malware sold to governments around the world can surreptitiously record voice calls and nearby audio, collect data from apps such as Signal and WhatsApp, and hide apps or prevent them from running upon device reboots, researchers from Cisco’s Talos security team have found. An analysis Talos published on Thursday provides… Read More »
Enlarge / Cybercriminals or anonymous hackers use malware on mobile phones to hack personal and business passwords online. Getty Images reader comments 54 with Overall, Android devices have earned a decidedly mixed reputation for security. While the OS itself and Google’s Pixels have stood up over the years against software exploits, the never-ending flow of… Read More »
reader comments 7 with Share this story Threat actors with a connection to the Chinese government are infecting a widely used security appliance from SonicWall with malware that remains active even after the device receives firmware updates, researchers said. SonicWall’s Secure Mobile Access 100 is a secure remote access appliance that helps organizations securely deploy… Read More »
Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 144 with Share this story Researchers on Wednesday announced a major cybersecurity find—the world’s first-known instance of real-world malware that can hijack a computer’s boot process even when Secure Boot and other advanced protections are enabled and running on fully updated versions of Windows. Dubbed BlackLotus, the malware… Read More »
Celestino Arce/Getty Images reader comments 16 with Share this story Amidst the tragic toll of Russia’s brutal and catastrophic invasion of Ukraine, the effects of the Kremlin’s long-running campaign of destructive cyberattacks against its neighbor have often—rightfully—been treated as an afterthought. But after a year of war, it’s becoming clear that the cyberwar Ukraine has… Read More »
reader comments 2 with Share this story Nearly 11,000 websites in recent months have been infected with a backdoor that redirects visitors to sites that rack up fraudulent views of ads provided by Google Adsense, researchers said. All 10,890 infected sites, found by security firm Sucuri, run the WordPress content management system and have an… Read More »
Getty Images | Carol Yepes reader comments 32 with 0 posters participating Share this story Hackers have devised a way to bypass ChatGPT’s restrictions and are using it to sell services that allow people to create malware and phishing emails, researchers said on Wednesday. ChatGPT is a chatbot that uses artificial intelligence to answer questions… Read More »
Getty Images reader comments 84 with 0 posters participating Share this story Searching Google for downloads of popular software has always come with risks, but over the past few months, it has been downright dangerous, according to researchers and a pseudorandom collection of queries. “Threat researchers are used to seeing a moderate flow of malvertising… Read More »
Getty Images reader comments 26 with 0 posters participating Share this story Since its beta launch in November, AI chatbot ChatGPT has been used for a wide range of tasks, including writing poetry, technical papers, novels, and essays, planning parties, and learning about new topics. Now we can add malware development and the pursuit of… Read More »
Getty Images reader comments 19 with 0 posters participating Share this story Microsoft has once again been caught allowing its legitimate digital certificates to sign malware in the wild, a lapse that allows the malicious files to pass strict security checks designed to prevent them from running on the Windows operating system. Multiple threat actors… Read More »