A newly discovered FileFix social engineering attack impersonates Meta account suspension warnings to trick users into unknowingly installing the StealC infostealer malware. FileFix is a new variant ...

In recent years, the use of malware embedded in Adobe Acrobat PDF plugins has become an increasingly sophisticated threat to cybersecurity. As PDFs are a widely used format for document sharing, they ...

Here is a practical look at common ransomware attacks, how they operate, and how organizations can defend against them.

TikTok has become one of the most powerful engines for viral trends, and attackers are quietly riding that wave to slip malware onto phones and laptops. Instead of relying on clumsy spam emails, they ...

Darktrace researchers say hackers used AI and LLMs to create malware to exploit the React2Shell vulnerability to mine cryptocurrency. It's the latest example of bad actor's using AI to create ...

CrowdStrike Global Threat Report warns how adversaries are leveraging AI to make campaigns more efficient and more effective ...

A new malware campaign is turning WhatsApp Web into a weapon. Security researchers say a banking Trojan linked to Astaroth is now spreading automatically through chat messages, making the attack ...

Threat actors are now abusing DNS queries as part of ClickFix social engineering attacks to deliver malware, making this the first known use of DNS as a channel in these campaigns.

When malicious code is engineered not for ransom but for ruin, the very continuity of government is at stake. Wiper malware has emerged as a favored ...

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On a cold winter night in 2016, Ukrainians experienced the first-ever known blackout caused by malicious code (malware) designed to autonomously attack the power grid. One-fifth of Kyiv’s citizens ...

The arrival of generative AI software like ChatGPT prompted immediate speculation that hackers would use those programs to create and fine-tune malware attacks. Products like ChatGPT and Gemini might ...