The notorious and heavily distributed email-borne malware Qakbot is now being spread via a new technique: inserting malicious replies into the middle of existing email conversations. According to cybersecurity firm Sophos, Qakbot uses the compromised accounts of other infected victims to interject itself in the form of a reply-all message that includes a short sentence […]
Enterprises that deploy smartphones and other mobile devices to its employees should be on the lookout for malware sent via text-based phishing, which has risen 500% since early February, cybersecurity firm Proofpoint says in a new report. This comes after a 2021 where malware attacks on mobile devices fell sharply. However, new strains of malware […]
Cyber attackers can be quite inventive when it comes to social engineering and persuading someone to do something that isn’t always in their best interest— logging into a phishing site and entering their credentials, luring victims to pay a fake invoice, or simply opening a file containing malware. Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint rounded up the top […]
There are now three different strains of destructive malware that have been identified in cyberattacks against organizations in Ukraine, and IT security professionals should be aware of both, especially as cybersecurity experts expect a broader range of cyberattacks to target Western organizations as the U.S. and allies respond to the crisis. Both strains of malware, […]
Symantec, a subsidiary of Broadcom and a member of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, has uncovered a new malware strain the company calls the most advanced piece of malware ever linked to China-based threat actors. The Symantec Threat Hunter team says it uncovered malware that appears to be used […]
Cyberattacks have been front and center in the Ukraine crisis, as the country is not just suffering from conventional warfare as it fights with Russia. The country’s critical infrastructure has been repeatedly attacked, purportedly by hackers working for their next door adversary. These attacks have targeted government websites, infrastructure and more with DDoS attacks and […]
Adobe is urging organizations who use the Magento 1 e-commerce platform to upgrade to the latest Adobe Commerce platform. Sansec, an e-commerce malware and detection tool has identified a mass breach of over 500 stores running on the Magento 1 ecommerce platform. Although Adobe ended support for Magento 1 in June of 2020, many companies […]
With 90% of multi-cloud environments running on Linux-based systems and current malware countermeasures mostly focused on addressing Windows-based threats, attackers have found a golden opportunity to strike as cybercriminals are increasingly targeting Linux-based operating systems, according to latest research from VMware. The company’s new report, “Exposing Malware in Linux-based Multi-Cloud Environments,” shows ransomware is evolving […]
Microsoft says that it has disabled the MSIX ms-appinstaller protocol and is working on a fix after a security bug was discovered that allows an attacker to spoof App Installer. According to a Microsoft Tech Community blog, an attacker could spoof App Installer to install a package that a user did not intend to install. […]
While new research shows a decrease in total perimeter malware detection volume in the third quarter from the record highs in the second quarter, there was still more malware activity through the first three quarters than all of 2020. The report from endpoint protection provider WatchGuard Technologies also found that nearly half of zero-day malware […]
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