Malware stories

Cybersecurity is treated a lot like aviation security. Breaches that don't result in catastrophic consequences don't stay in the national psyche for very long, in much the same way near-misses in aviation don't invite much public scrutiny.>>

“Already with an initial customer trial of MFN up to this point we are achieving real impact," says GCSB director-general Andrew Hampton.>>

The Sabbath ransomware affiliate group is continuing to rebrand itself while still launching relentless ransomware operations, according to new research from Mandiant. >>

Sophos researchers have uncovered a new attack operation by the malware family known as BazarBackdoor, which abuses the Windows 10 App Installer to spread malware.>>

In Techday's third and final IT Jam with BeyondTrust, we speak to Marc Maiffret, who is the company's CTO.>>

Half of global IT leaders say they are not fully confident in their ability to respond to data, malware phishing, supply chain, ransomware, cloud, IoT and application attacks, according to Rackspace's global survey.>>

Cookie Theft, or pass-the-cookie attack, is a session hijacking technique that enables access to user accounts with session cookies stored in the browser. >>

SMBs in Asia Pacific are more worried about cybersecurity threats than before, research finds. >>

CPR observed a concerning increase of various malware impacting New Zealanders, with 16 additional malware families tied at tenth place for the month.>>

Implementing advanced threat protection (ATP) as part of a zero trust SASE architecture is an important step in proactively blocking known and zero-day threats.>>

New research has found 91.5% of malware arrived over HTTPS-encrypted connections.>>

With the shift to a more flexible pandemic workforce, cyber criminals have introduced new and updated threats and tactics in campaigns targeting prominent sectors, such as government, financial services and entertainment.>>

Puppet has announced a malware scanner feature for newly published modules on the Forge, Puppet's module marketplace.>>

The mobile malware infects and steals data from the phones of unsuspecting victims.>>

Ransomware attacks have reached 'stratospheric levels', now accounting for 69% of all attacks involving malware. >>

“Each one of these open instances is a data breach event waiting to happen and can pose critical business, legal and regulatory risks if they happen.">>

“We are seeing an increase in effective and destructive cyber attacks affecting thousands of organisations in a single incident creating an important inflection point for the war on cyber crime.">>

Droppers for hire are delivering bundles of malicious content to targets looking for cracked versions of popular business and consumer applications.>>

“QakBot is unlikely to stop its activity anytime soon. This malware continuously receives updates and the threat actors behind it keep adding new capabilities and updating its modules.">>

Proofpoint has observed high volumes of COVID-19 themed threats distributing malware and credential theft campaigns.>>

There is an increased risk for cyberattacks on businesses since the start of the pandemic. >>

"This should be disturbing for all serious web portals that want to protect their visitors’ data, including authentication and payment information.">>

Raccoon Stealer, a malware platform that rents out its services for $75 a week, has upgraded its services, according to a new report from Sophos.>>

"In addition to troubling growth in volume and sophistication of ransomware and BEC attacks, we discovered massive spikes in lesser-known methods like CAPTCHA techniques and steganography.”>>