In recent years, the use of malware embedded in Adobe Acrobat PDF plugins has become an increasingly sophisticated threat to cybersecurity. As PDFs are a widely used format for document sharing, they ...

A newly discovered FileFix social engineering attack impersonates Meta account suspension warnings to trick users into unknowingly installing the StealC infostealer malware. FileFix is a new variant ...

TikTok has become one of the most powerful engines for viral trends, and attackers are quietly riding that wave to slip malware onto phones and laptops. Instead of relying on clumsy spam emails, they ...

Researchers have found that attackers are abusing OAuth to send users from legitimate Microsoft or Google login pages to phishing sites or malware downloads.

Pakistan's APT36 threat group has begun using vibe-coding to churn out mediocre malware, but at a scale that could overwhelm ...

A new malware campaign is turning WhatsApp Web into a weapon. Security researchers say a banking Trojan linked to Astaroth is now spreading automatically through chat messages, making the attack ...

When malicious code is engineered not for ransom but for ruin, the very continuity of government is at stake. Wiper malware has emerged as a favored ...

Here is a practical look at common ransomware attacks, how they operate, and how organizations can defend against them.

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On a cold winter night in 2016, Ukrainians experienced the first-ever known blackout caused by malicious code (malware) designed to autonomously attack the power grid. One-fifth of Kyiv’s citizens ...

CrowdStrike Global Threat Report warns how adversaries are leveraging AI to make campaigns more efficient and more effective ...

Contrary to popular belief, Macs are not immune to trojans and viruses. In the last couple of years, there’s been a significant uptick in the number, variety and sophistication of malware targeting ...