Hacking groups—at least one of which works on behalf of the North Korean government—have found a new and inexpensive way […]
Tag: Malware
Open source malware up 140 percent
The latest OS Malware Index from Sonatype shows a 140 percent surge in open source malware as attackers target data […]
New techniques help malicious QR codes evade detection
Threat researchers at Barracuda have uncovered two new techniques being used by cyber attackers to help malicious QR codes evade […]
Malicious URLs overtake attachments as top email threat
Cybercriminals increasingly favor malicious URLs over attachments, as they are easier to disguise and more likely to evade detection, according […]
Growing complexity means legacy security systems miss one in every 14 threats
Traditional detection methods are being outpaced, with a 127 percent rise in malware complexity and one in 14 files initially […]
GitHub abused to distribute payloads on behalf of malware-as-a-service
Researchers from Cisco’s Talos security team have uncovered a malware-as-a-service operator that used public GitHub accounts as a channel for […]
Matanbuchus 3.0 is a serious malware threat spread via Microsoft Teams
The Matanbuchus malware loader is not new – it has been around for at least 4 years – but it […]
Hackers exploit a blind spot by hiding malware inside DNS records
Hackers are stashing malware in a place that’s largely out of the reach of most defenses—inside domain name system (DNS) […]
Open-source malware targets data exfiltration
Supply chain security company Sonatype has released the Q2 2025 edition of its Open Source Malware Index, uncovering 16,279 malicious […]
Chaos RAT malware strikes Linux and Windows as hackers exploit its flaws
Chaos RAT is back and causing trouble on Linux and Windows systems. This open source remote access tool was once […]