Collaborate Disseminate
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, companies are increasingly calling on employees to work from home. Hospitals, clinics and doctor’s offices are preparing for massive numbers of infections, not only of patients but also healthcare workers. College… Continue reading Dealing With Viruses, Computer and Biological
Cybercriminals will stop at nothing to exploit every chance to prey on internet users.
Even the disastrous spread of SARS-COV-II (the virus), which causes COVID-19 (the disease), is becoming an opportunity for them to likewise spread malware or launch… Continue reading Beware of ‘Coronavirus Maps’ – It’s a malware infecting PCs to steal passwords
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) earlier today issued a warning to all industries operating critical infrastructures about a new ransomware threat that if left unaddressed could have sev… Continue reading US Govt Warns Critical Industries After Ransomware Hits Gas Pipeline Facility
Emotet, the notorious trojan behind a number of botnet-driven spam campaigns and ransomware attacks, has found a new attack vector: using already infected devices to identify new victims that are connected to nearby Wi-Fi networks.
According to resear… Continue reading Emotet Malware Now Hacks Nearby Wi-Fi Networks to Infect New Victims
Following its efforts to take legal action against those misusing its social media platform, Facebook has now filed a new lawsuit against a Hong Kong-based advertising company and two Chinese individuals for allegedly abusing its ad platform to distrib… Continue reading Facebook Sued Hong Kong Firm for Hacking Users and Ad Fraud Scheme
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new, previously undiscovered destructive data-wiping malware that is being used by state-sponsored hackers in the wild to target energy and industrial organizations in the Middle East.
Dubbed ZeroCleare, the … Continue reading ZeroCleare: New Iranian Data Wiper Malware Targeting Energy Sector
Watch out Windows users!
There’s a new strain of malware making rounds on the Internet that has already infected thousands of computers worldwide and most likely, your antivirus program would not be able to detect it.
Why? That’s because, first, it’s… Continue reading Microsoft Warns of a New Rare Fileless Malware Hijacking Windows Computers
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new computer virus associated with the Stealth Falcon state-sponsored cyber espionage group that abuses a built-in component of the Microsoft Windows operating system to stealthily exfiltrate stolen data to a… Continue reading New Malware Uses Windows BITS Service to Stealthy Exfiltrate Data
It’s been a summer of ransomware hold-ups, supply chain attacks and fileless attacks flying under the radar of old-school security. With malware running amok while we were lying on the beach, here’s a recap of the most burning strains and trends seen i… Continue reading The Hottest Malware Hits of the Summer
The French law enforcement agency, National Gendarmerie, today announced the successful takedown of one of the largest wide-spread RETADUP botnet malware and how it remotely disinfected more than 850,000 computers worldwide with the help of researchers… Continue reading French Police Remotely Removed RETADUP Malware from 850,000 Infected PCs