Malware Variants: More Sophisticated, Prevalent and Evolving in 2021

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A malicious program intended to cause havoc with IT systems—malware—is becoming more and more sophisticated every year. The year 2021 is no exception, as recent trends indicate that several new variants …

YIKES! Hackers flood the web with 100,000 pages offering malicious PDFs

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Cybercriminals are resorting to search engine poisoning techniques to lure business professionals into seemingly legitimate Google sites that install a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) capable of carrying out a wide …

New WhatsApp Bugs Could’ve Let Attackers Hack Your Phone Remotely

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Facebook-owned WhatsApp recently addressed two security vulnerabilities in its messaging app for Android that could have been exploited to execute malicious code remotely on the device and even compromise encrypted …

New JavaScript Exploit Can Now Carry Out DDR4 Rowhammer Attacks

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Academics from Vrije University in Amsterdam and ETH Zurich have published a new research paper describing yet another variation of the Rowhammer attack. Dubbed SMASH (Synchronized MAny-Sided Hammering), the technique can be …

Simplify, then Add Lightness – Consolidating the Technology to Better Defend Ourselves

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One of the biggest consequences of the rapidly evolving cybersecurity threat landscape is that defenses must constantly build bigger systems to defend themselves.  This leads to both more complex systems …

New NAME:WRECK Vulnerabilities Impact Nearly 100 Million IoT Devices

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Security researchers have uncovered nine vulnerabilities affecting four TCP/IP stacks impacting more than 100 million consumer and enterprise devices that could be exploited by an attacker to take control of …

Hackers Using Website’s Contact Forms to Deliver IcedID Malware

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Microsoft has warned organizations of a “unique” attack campaign that abuses contact forms published on websites to deliver malicious links to businesses via emails containing fake legal threats, in what’s …