Security News

Malware Attack Disrupts Merck's Worldwide Operations (Security Week)
2017-08-01 12:33

American pharmaceutical giant Merck revealed in its financial results announcement for the second quarter of 2017 that a recent cyberattack has disrupted its worldwide operations, including...

The Human Face of Malware (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-01 09:48

A look by DataBreachToday Executive Editor Mathew J. Schwartz at the human element behind malware leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also, changes in the U.S. government's...

PoC Malware Exploits Cloud Anti-Virus for Data Exfiltration (Security Week)
2017-07-31 16:31

Security researchers at SafeBreach have created proof-of-concept (PoC) malware that can exfiltrate data from endpoints that don’t have a direct Internet connection by exploiting cloud-enhanced...

Someone Hijacks A Popular Chrome Extension to Push Malware (The Hackers News)
2017-07-31 10:01

Phishers have recently hacked an extension for Google Chrome after compromising the Chrome Web Store account of German developer team a9t9 software and abused to distribute spam messages to...

Power Grid Malware: Don't Freak Out, But Do Prepare (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-28 10:03

While the power grid malware unleashed against Ukraine could be repurposed to attack other grids, "it's not to the point yet where people should be freaking out or building bunkers or anything...

Attack Uses Docker Containers To Hide, Persist, Plant Malware (Threatpost)
2017-07-27 23:30

Abuse of the Docker API allows remote code execution on targeted system, which enables hackers to escalate and persists thanks to novel attacks called Host Rebinding Attack and Shadow Containers.

Rurktar Malware: An Espionage Tool in Development (Security Week)
2017-07-27 19:52

A newly discovered spyware family that appears designed for cyber-espionage is still under development, G DATA security researchers say. read more

Iranian Cyberspy Groups Share Malware Code (Security Week)
2017-07-27 14:57

Two cyberspy groups believed to be operating out of Iran, tracked by security firms as OilRig and Greenbug, have apparently shared malware code, according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks. read more

FireEye Releases Free Malware Analysis Toolbox (Security Week)
2017-07-27 12:13

FireEye has released a piece of software that creates a fully customizable virtual machine (VM) containing all the tools and tweaks needed for malware analysis and other cybersercurity-related...

CowerSnail — Windows Backdoor from the Creators of SambaCry Linux Malware (The Hackers News)
2017-07-27 04:40

Last month, we reported about a group of hackers exploiting SambaCry—a 7-year-old critical remote code execution vulnerability in Samba networking software—to hack Linux computers and install...