Vega Stealer Malware Goes After Your Saved Credentials
There's a new security threat to be worried about, and security professionals are warning that it could be very bad indeed. The new malware is known as the "Vega Stealer," and ...
Your Kids’ Personal Info May Have Been Compromised
An identity threat company called 4iQ has recently published a report called "Identities in the Wild: The Tsunami of Breached Identities Continues." Unfortunately, the information in the report contains all bad ...
Hackers Can Use PDF Files To Access Windows Credentials
Security researcher Assaf Baharav from Check Point Security has discovered a new twist on an old, fairly well-known attack. He was able to essentially "weaponize" PDFs to steal Windows credentials stored ...
New Malware Takes Screenshots and Steals Your Passwords
Recently, a new strain of malware called "SquirtDanger" has been found by researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, and it's a particularly nasty one for a couple of reasons. First ...
Major Server Ring Distributing Malware Taken Down
Score one for the good guys. A researcher from BrilliantIT was recently able to figure out how infected computers would connect to EITest's command and control server, and using that information, ...
Hacked Routers Being Used To Spread Malware
Beware of compromised routers spreading malware. This is according to both Kaspersky Labs and a recently released government report. Using hacked routers to spread malware is nothing new. Security insiders have ...
Most “Wannacry” Hacks Were On Windows 7 Machines
Last year's Wannacry attack was bad, but in many ways, it was a self-inflicted wound. According Webroot's recently published "Annual Threat Report," almost all of the machines that succumbed to the ...
21 Percent Of Internet Traffic Riddled With Bad Bots
How much of your website's traffic is driven by bots? The answer may surprise you. Overall, bots account for nearly half of all web traffic. The "good" bots account for 20.4 ...
Huge Spike in Malware With Mining Capabilities
There's a new type of hacking attack to be concerned with, and it's growing by leaps and bounds. Called "Crypto-Jacking," it's a process by which malicious code is placed on websites. ...
RottenSys Malware Has Infected 5M Android Devices Since 2016
There's a new threat on the horizon, according to security researchers from Check Point. A group of hackers in China are busy building a massive botnet that so far, totals almost ...
