KnowBe4’s Chief Hacking Officer Kevin Mitnick called me with some chilling news. A white hat hacker friend of his developed a working “ransomcloud” strain, which encrypts cloud email accounts like Office 365 inRead More →
At the beginning of October 2017, we discovered new Android spyware with several features previously unseen in the wild. In the course of further research, we found a number ofRead More →
The Meltdown and Spectre bugs have generated a lot of media attention, and users have been urged to update their machines with fixes made available by various vendors. While some patches have createdRead More →
Fruitfly creepware turned on cameras and mics, automatically detected porn searches. Early last year, a piece of Mac malware came to light that left researchers puzzled. They knew that malware dubbed FruitflyRead More →
ESET researchers have found that Turla, the notorious state-sponsored cyberespionage group, has added a fresh weapon to its arsenal that is being used in new campaigns targeting embassies and consulatesRead More →
No user interaction required – and the exploit could’ve been used to distribute any form of malware. A vulnerability in Google Apps Script could have allowed attackers to use GoogleRead More →
As the values of the largest cryptocurrencies have multiplied, so too have reports of digital-currency miners stealing resources to increase the profitability of their operations. Few weeks back, we reportedRead More →
How ‘Elf Bowling,’ the incredibly popular viral game from 1999, became an early victim of what we might now call “fake news.” I know this sounds pretty crazy and dangerous,Read More →
Security researchers are noticing something curious about Tuesday’s BadRabbit ransomware outbreak. Apparently, the malicious code is built to avoid encrypting PCs running antivirus from a certain vendor. Researchers at FireEye noticed the issueRead More →
Charges filed against pair coincide with arrests abroad. Two of the five unnamed individuals cuffed this month in Romania on suspicion of spreading ransomware face US computer crime charges – for theirRead More →
