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Mandiant’s mWISE Event is Where Security’s Best Get Better

Mark your calendar for mWISE™, a global gathering where security’s top practitioners come together to tackle the industry’s biggest challenges. It runs from September 18-20, 2023 in Washington, DC […]

27 Apr

Android Minecraft clones with 35M downloads infect users with adware

A set of 38 Minecraft copycat games on Google Play infected devices with the Android adware ‘HiddenAds’ to stealthily load ads in the background to generate revenue for its operators. […]

27 Apr

Google banned 173K developer accounts to block malware, fraud rings

Google says it banned 173,000 developer accounts in 2022 to block malware operations and fraud rings from infecting Android users’ devices with malicious apps. […]

27 Apr

Linux version of RTM Locker ransomware targets VMware ESXi servers

RTM Locker is the latest enterprise-targeting ransomware operation found to be deploying a Linux encryptor that targets virtual machines on VMware ESXi servers. […]

27 Apr

New Atomic macOS info-stealing malware targets 50 crypto wallets

A new macOS information-stealing malware named ‘Atomic’ (aka ‘AMOS’) is being sold to cybercriminals via private Telegram channels for a subscription of $1,000 per month. […]

26 Apr

Tencent QQ users hacked in mysterious malware attack, says ESET

The Chinese APT hacking group known as ‘Evasive Panda’ are behind a mysterious attack that distributed the MsgBot malware as part of an automatic update for the Tencent QQ messaging app. […]

26 Apr

Google disrupts the CryptBot info-stealing malware operation

Google is taking down malware infrastructure linked to the Cryptbot info stealer after suing those using it to infect Google Chrome users and steal their data. […]

26 Apr

Thousands of Apache Superset servers exposed to RCE attacks

Apache Superset is vulnerable to authentication bypass and remote code execution at default configurations, allowing attackers to potentially access and modify data, harvest credentials, and execute commands. […]

25 Apr

VMware fixes critical zero-day exploit chain used at Pwn2Own

VMware has released security updates to address zero-day vulnerabilities that could be chained to gain code execution systems running unpatched versions of the company’s Workstation and Fusion software hypervisors. […]

25 Apr

New SLP bug can lead to massive 2,200x DDoS amplification attacks

A new reflective Denial-of-Service (DoS) amplification vulnerability in the Service Location Protocol (SLP) allows threat actors to launch massive denial-of-service attacks with 2,200X amplification. […]

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Mandiant’s mWISE Event is Where Security’s Best Get Better

Android Minecraft clones with 35M downloads infect users with adware

Google banned 173K developer accounts to block malware, fraud rings

Linux version of RTM Locker ransomware targets VMware ESXi servers

New Atomic macOS info-stealing malware targets 50 crypto wallets

Tencent QQ users hacked in mysterious malware attack, says ESET

Google disrupts the CryptBot info-stealing malware operation

Thousands of Apache Superset servers exposed to RCE attacks

VMware fixes critical zero-day exploit chain used at Pwn2Own

New SLP bug can lead to massive 2,200x DDoS amplification attacks