Security News > 2019 > November

New Malware 'Messagetap' Intercepts Communications for Espionage, Researchers SayThe Chinese advanced threat group APT41 is using a new espionage tool to intercept SMS messages from specific phone...

Identity deception attacks continue to grow, but the type of attack seems to be changing. During Q3, 2019, phishing campaigns impersonating brands dropped by 6% over the previous quarter. Attacks...

"Spear phishing... remains the principal attack vector for most cybercrimes," says Europol in a new report. Sixty-five percent of targeted attack groups use it as their primary infection vector,...

Wake-on-LAN and ARP pinging have expanded Ryuk's reach into corporate LANs -- and its operators' monetization abilities.

Commissioner Elizabeth Denham Also Calls for Creating a 'Code of Practice'Elizabeth Denham, the U.K.'s chief privacy watchdog, is urging police to go slow when it comes to using live facial...

Cybersecurity firm Proofoint announced on Saturday that it has agreed to acquire ObserveIT, a Boston, Mass.-based provider of insider threat management solutions. read more

The network configuration management utility has two unpatched critical remote code execution vulnerabilities.

Serious vulnerabilities found by researchers in Investintech’s Able2Extract Professional tool can be exploited by hackers to execute arbitrary code using specially crafted image files. read more

But RDP Attack Overuse Leads Other Hackers Back to Botnets, Researchers FindMany ransomware-wielding attackers continue to hack into organizations via remote desktop protocol. But some Sodinokibi...