Hackers target LinkedIn users with fake job offers
Hacking group aims to infect users of the platform with malware
A group of malefactors calling themselves “Golden Chickens” is targeting LinkedIn users. They are enticing these professionals with offers of employment while really intending to infect those who respond with malware.
The cyb...
New Android malware attacks devices masquerading as a “system update”
The spyware can take complete control of the user's device.
Researchers at Zimperium have discovered a new type of malware that attacks Android devices. They found the spyware hidden in an app called “System Update”. The app had to be installed outside of Google Play, the store where most ap...
Google engineer: Devs must adopt new methods in a post-Spectre world
An engineer at Google is asking developers to be more security conscious in a world filled with malware like Spectre.
In 2018, the Spectre family of vulnerabilities were disclosed to exist in the latest generation of microprocessor chips. The Spectre wave consisted of data-leaking side-channel a...
Hackers work to enhance SEO on sites that deliver their malware
They make their delivery sites popular on Google before deploying their malware.
Evil genius at work! Hackers have started using search engine optimization (SEO) techniques to deploy malware to even more victims.
Sophos, the cybersecurity firm, has identified this new technique. They ca...
Apple M1-native malware is already appearing in the wild
Apple's machines are becoming more targeted as macOS market share grows.
Thanks to the relatively small size of Apple's share of the PC market, Apple users in the past did not have to worry so much about malware. Indeed, ten years ago, macOS' operating system market share was only 6.5 perce...
Kubernetes clusters for crypto mining targeted by “Hildegard”
Kubernetes clusters used for cryptocurrency mining are being targeted in the wild by a new form of malware. Details of this were released by security researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42. The malware has been named Hildegard and was first detected in January. It is believed that the TeamTN...
Microsoft Defender will now offer automatic malware remediation
The change to a key setting is designed to limit the damage that an infection can cause in an enterprise setting.
Microsoft is enhancing security for users of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint by changing a key setting in the software. Specifically, they are switching the default setting from opti...
Hackers use Covid-19 vaccine to spread malware
Security researchers have uncovered a new phishing campaign that uses the Covid-19 pandemic vaccine news to spread malware and Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks. The attacks target people in businesses by pretending to be organizations involved in the manufacture of vaccines, the WHO, and DHL...
MacOS malware with crypto miner remained undiscovered for years
In the last five years (perhaps more), macOS users have been targeted by a sneaky malware operation, which used a clever trick, making it virtually invisible, while hijacking hardware resources on infected machines to mine cryptocurrency.
The malware has been distributed in the wild since at lea...
Microsoft fixes Defender’s zero-day vulnerability on Patch Tuesday
Microsoft’s latest monthly security patches came out on Patch Tuesday, with the fix for Defender’s zero-day included. January's updates patch a total of 83 vulnerabilities, spread out over a wide range of Microsoft's products. They include cloud-based offerings, the Windows OS, Enterprise Serve...
Malware uses WiFi BSSID to identify victims
The malware authors the WiFi AP MAC address (aka BSSID) to geo-locate the systems they have infected.
Malware operators who want to know the location of their victims usually rely on a simple technique to determine the infected system's location. They simply grab the victim's IP address and che...
Third party browser extensions infect millions with malware
Researchers say that around 3 million people worldwide have been affected.
Threat Intelligence researchers from Avast this week announced that they have found 28 extensions for the Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers that contain malware.
According to Avast, the add-ons presented thems...