IT Sec News updates – Malware Attacks

Ars Technica

… malware to spread without requiring any end-user interaction. Researchers who have tracked PlugX since at least 2008 have said that the malware …

Bleeping Computer

Researchers have sinkholed a command and control server for a variant of the PlugX malware and observed in six months more than 2.5 million …

SC Magazine

… malware alongside Cobalt Strike and ConnectWise ScreenConnect software to compromise networks, reports The Hacker News.

Bleeping Computer

The malware is delivered through a fake Google Chrome update that is shown while using the web browser. Brokewell is under active development and …

TechRadar

Malware first makes it to Latin America, before moving to North America.

Android Police

Ransomware is malicious software (malware) that infiltrates computers and restricts access, holding the system hostage until a ransom is paid. This …

Dark Reading

Mobile malware-as-a-service operators are upping their game by automatically churning out hundreds of unique samples on a whim.

The Record from Recorded Future News

… malware or sharing information — after a noticeable upsurge in activity around the 2023 Christmas holiday season. Using a smishing text sent to …

Ars Technica

Memory-resident malware is an advanced technique hackers use to allow their malware to escape many forms of detection. Once Line Dancer is …

Honeywell

Malware is increasingly targeting systems specifically used by devices in industrial facilities. 31% of malware attacks targeted industrial systems …