High-Severity Chrome Bugs Allow Browser Hacks
Desktop versions of the browser received a total of eight fixes, half rated high-severity.
Google has updated its Chrome web browser, fixing four bugs with a severity rating of...
Hackers-For-Hire Group Develops New ‘PowerPepper’ In-Memory Malware
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday disclosed details of a previously undiscovered in-memory Windows backdoor developed by a hacker-for-hire operation that can execute remotely malicious code and steal sensitive...
Hackers Targeting Companies Involved in Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A global spear-phishing campaign has been targeting organizations associated with the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines since September 2020, according to new research.
Attributing the operation to a nation-state...
Ransomware is a billion dollar business
That’s the amount people and companies have paid out when their files have been locked up, say researchers.What’s cooler than a million dollars? A billion dollars. The rise of...
Researchers Discover New Obfuscation-As-a-Service Platform
Researchers detail how a Android APK obfuscation service automates detection evasion for highly malicious apps.A new obfuscation-as-a-service platform detailed by researchers today during the Botconf 2020 virtual conference offers yet...
TrickBot’s New Tactic Threatens Firmware
A newly discovered module checks machines for flaws in the UEFI/BIOS firmware so malware can evade detection and persist on a device.TrickBot malware has a new, and dangerous, trick:...
U.S. states plan to sue Facebook next week
A group of U.S. states led by New York is investigating Facebook Inc for possible antitrust violations and plans to file a lawsuit against the social media giant next...
