Security News

Dangerous Cryptomining Worm Racks Up 850K Infections, Self-Destructs
2019-08-28 14:12

Law enforcement takedown causes Retadup malware to eat itself.

Patch time! Microsoft warns of new worm-ready RDP bugs
2019-08-14 13:27

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday bought some bad news yesterday: more wormable RDP vulnerabilities, this time affecting Windows 10 users.

New Variant of the Houdini Worm Emerges
2019-06-18 20:36

A new variant of the well-known Houdini Worm has been spotted in phishing attacks earlier this month, Cofense’s security researchers report.  read more

Millions of Linux Servers Under Worm Attack Via Exim Flaw
2019-06-14 14:04

Attackers are exploiting a Linux Exim critical flaw to execute remote commands, download crypto miners and sniff out other vulnerable servers.

BlueKeep ‘Mega-Worm’ Looms as Fresh PoC Shows Full System Takeover
2019-06-05 14:14

A working exploit for the critical remote code-execution flaw shows how an unauthenticated attacker can achieve full run of a victim machine in about 22 seconds.

Two weeks after Microsoft warned of Windows RDP worms, a million internet-facing boxes still vulnerable
2019-05-28 22:07

If you haven't patched CVE-2019-0708 aka BlueKeep, then, well, now would be a good time The critical Windows Remote Desktop flaw that emerged this month may have set the stage for the worst...

Virus attack! Hackers unleash social media worm after bug report ignored
2019-02-20 11:24

Is it ok to launch a benign proof of concept that you know will go wide, to bring a flaw to people's attention, or should you stay quiet?

Hackers unleash social media worm after bug report ignored
2019-02-20 11:04

Is it ok to launch a benign proof of concept that you know will go wide, to bring a flaw to people's attention, or should you stay quiet?

WordPress worms, Android fraud and Flash fails [PODCAST]
2018-12-13 13:10

Here's the latest Naked Security podcast - enjoy!

Old-School Bagle Worm Spotted in Modern Spam Campaigns
2018-12-10 17:00

Bagle.A and Bagle.B date back to 2004.