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New-fangled malware protection gives users a false sense of security, critics say.
Point out that this is a commercial anti-malware company.
Sadly, the easier and safer you make your file sharing service, the more attractive it becomes to the crooks.
Last week, KrebsOnSecurity reported to health insurance provider Blue Shield of California that its Web site was flagged by multiple security products as serving malicious content. Blue Shield quickly removed the unauthorized code. An investigation determined it was injected by…
Former NSA hacker repackages in-the-wild Mac malware for his own use.
The infection has generated no shortage of questions and opinions. Here's what we know.
Encryption is one of the strongest weapons malware authors can leverage: They can use it to obfuscate their code, to prevent users (in the case of ransomware) from being able to access their files,…
Emotet Malware gets a new Wi-Fi spreader module that hack nearby Wi-Fi networks to infect new victims
Almost certainly too advanced for 510, but some students might enjoy knowing about it.
Rootkit attacks are considered one of the most dangerous cyberthreats today. Learn what they are, how they infect systems, and how to protect against them.
Here’s a short list of 7 malware categories we hope you never encounter. Sadly, it’s not an exhaustive list… but it’s a helpful start.
We obsess about school shootings. Meanwhile, our schools endure constant and dangerous cyber-attacks. Let’s talk about that.
In-memory infection makes it harder for end-point protection to detect it.
Three out of the nine exploit kits active today are using fileless attacks to infect victims.
A Wordfence report shared exclusively with ZDNet shows how the gang and its malware operates, what they're after, and how to avoid becoming their next victim.
Cyberattacks and malware are one of the biggest threats on the internet. Learn about the different types of malware - and how to avoid falling victim to attacks.
The laptop is infected with six notorious strains, including WannaCry and ILoveYou.
Black hat hackers are after patient healthcare data, and such breaches will only intensify. Which forms of malware are behind the attacks? We take a look at the advanced threats targeting a sector struggling to keep up.
Hackers targeted and compromised “hundreds of thousands” of Asus computer owners by pushing a backdoored update software tool from the company’s own servers. The bombshell claims, first reported by Motherboard, said the hackers digitally signed the Asus Live Update tool with one of the company’s own code-signing certificates before pushing it to Asus’ download servers, […]
The Taiwan-based tech giant ASUS is believed to have pushed the malware to hundreds of thousands of customers through its trusted automatic software update tool after attackers compromised the company’s server and used it to push the malware to machines.