Security News

News of yet another attack involving a bank and SWIFT, the financial network used by thousands of banks to transfer funds, came to light Thursday.

The latest Petya ransomware attacks come with a twist; if Petya is not granted privileges to encrypt the Master File Table, it instead installs Mischa ransomware.

Several vulnerabilities were fixed this week in the file archiver 7-Zip which could have led to arbitrary code execution and file corruption.

Adobe pushed out an emergency Flash Player update, patching a zero-day vulnerability. Adobe said a public exploit exists for CVE-2016-4117.

Google is urging Windows, Mac and Linux users to update their Chrome browser to fix five security holes - two rates as high.

Mozilla filed a motion asking the courts to compel the government to turn over details on a zero-day vulnerability in the Tor Browser used to hack visitors to a child pornography website.

Fast-food chain Wendy’s disclosed 300 of its restaurants were hit with malware tied to a PoS system attack.

100 North American firms fell victim to a Microsoft zero day exploit targeting retail, restaurant and hospitality verticals.

The Viking Horde Android malware campaign can leverage victims' phones for ad fraud, carry out DDoS attacks, send spam, and more, researchers warn.

Researchers at Onapsis and DHS CERT today published reports describing a critical SAP Invoker Servlet vulnerability that has been used to attack 36 global enterprises spanning 15 critical industries.