Malware
Security Vulnerability of Switzerland’s E-Voting System
Online voting is insecure, period. This doesn’t stop organizations and governments from using it. (And for low-stakes elections, it’s probably fine.) Switzerland—not low stakes—uses online voting for national elections. Andrew Appel explains ...
RomCom Malware Group Targets EU Gender Equality Summit
A hacker group that continues to extend its reach from financially motivated attacks into cyber-espionage this summer targeted attendees of a gender equality conference with a pared-down version of the RomCom remote ...
How is Malware Detected in 2023? Uncover the Latest Techniques
Introduction In 2023, malware detection has never been more critical. As cyber threats evolve, understanding the latest techniques to identify and block malicious software is essential for safeguarding your digital assets. This ...
Qakbot Hackers Delivering Ransomware Despite FBI Takedown
The raid two months ago that shut down the infrastructure of the notorious Qakbot malware group doesn’t seem to have been the kill shot that the FBI and other law enforcement agencies ...
Two Campaigns Drop Malicious Packages into NPM
The popular NPM code registry continues to be a target of bad actors looking to sneak their malicious packages into open-source code used by software developers. Researchers with Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs this ...
AWS’ MadPot Honeypot Operation Corrals Threat Actors
Engineers with Amazon Web Services more than a decade ago began developing tools to better collect intelligence on the cyberthreats coming into the giant cloud provider’s IT environment Fast forward to now, ...
Threat Groups Accelerating the Use of Dual Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware groups are shrinking the time between attacks on the same victim, sometimes targeting the same company twice within 48 hours using different malware variants, according to the FBI. In a notice ...
US: China’s BlackTech Group Hacks Cisco Firmware in Cyberattacks
A China-linked threat group has been manipulating routers from Cisco and possibly other vendors to establish and maintain a presence in the networks of U.S. and East Asian multinational companies and quietly ...
Apple issues patches to address vulnerabilities; Malware targets Android devices
Data breaches may ultimately be out of your control, as you have to hope the organizations holding your personal data have the proper security measures in place to protect your information. However, ...
ZenRAT Targets Windows Users with Fake Bitwarden Site
Hackers are using a bogus download page for Bitwarden’s password manager solution to target Windows users with a new remote access trojan (RAT) that’s designed to steal credentials and a range of ...
